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'Trained the house down': De Groot returns after 'indiscretion'
Loosehead prop returns to the All Blacks starting lineup to face Italy this weekend.
'I’d love him to be successful': Erasmus defends Gatland after 11 straight defeats
Wales face the Boks in the Principality Stadium on Saturday.
Sports Insider: Is top talent gun-shy of standing for NZ Rugby's board?
OPINION: The national game has a chance to get fresh thinking at the top.
Gregor Paul: Inside the bitter feud between Ireland and All Blacks
The rivalry has intensified recently, leading to heightened animosity and fierce matches.
One of Hawke’s Bay’s oldest rugby clubs moving after 50 years
The Napier club is building a brand-new clubroom and changing rooms – at a new location.
Phil Gifford: All Blacks' season delicately poised after England choke
OPINION: Logic suggests the All Blacks will require a step up to win against Ireland.
Phil Gifford's talking points: Rattling the rush defence against England
OPINION: How the All Blacks plan to counter England’s defensive strategies and more.
Paul Lewis: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot? More like Swing Low, Sweet Whining
OPINION: How England’s rugby culture struggles to respond to New Zealand’s haka.
Inside Rugby: The money and power behind World Rugby's chair vote
OPINION: England have already proven they have the greater brand value.
How the All Blacks became rugby’s cultural icons in Japan
'The players are very popular here. There is an aura about them ... it generates profile.'
Steamers ‘did us proud’ despite NPC loss to Wellington
Close, but so far away after the Steamers push the Lions to extra time in the NPC final.
All Blacks player ratings: Who performed best in scrappy win?
Which loose forward rated highest? And who was the backline star that underwhelmed?
Inside Rugby: Soul at risk as ABs chase yen while NPC faces funding cuts
OPINION: NZ Rugby’s commercial focus risks the sport’s grassroots and provincial future.
Sports Insider: Time to draw a line under Silver Lake shambles
OPINION: 'I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.'
'Fewer scrums and more ball carries': A peek into rugby's future
How different might rugby look in 25 years?
'I don’t understand': NPC coach fires broadside at NZ Rugby over its future
Financial struggles and funding cuts threaten grassroots rugby.
Bay of Plenty book maiden NPC final spot
Bay of Plenty scored 24 unanswered points to reach their first final.
North v South: NZ's best sporting schools revealed
Which island holds the balance of power in secondary school sports? Mike Thorpe reports.
Hoskins Sotutu withdraws from All Blacks XV tour
It comes after the All Blacks announced that their loose forward stocks have taken a hit.
Schools rugby: The intangible power behind the Māori U18 game
Eight nights on the floor of Tauhei Marae fostered something special.
Waikato hang on to upset Taranaki in NPC quarter-final
All the action from the NPC quarter-final between Taranaki and Waikato.
Battle of the Bays: Bay of Plenty steal quarter-final in dying moments
The Steamers roll on to the semifinals.
International arrest warrant issued for Australian great Rocky Elsom
The former Wallabies captain left club Narbonne in ‘catastrophic financial situation’.
NPC quarter-finals: Wellington too strong for Counties Manukau
Top seeds Wellington raced in front and held off Counties in the first quarter-final.
From hero to heckler: David Campese's greatest off-field gaffes - Paul Lewis
OPINION: Campese has a history of making unfounded comments about coaches and players.
'Our next Silver Ferns': Netball's elite and their superstar coaches
Former Silver Ferns are coaching the next generation at the National School Champs.