Sonny Bill Williams will play for Canterbury in the national championship and the Crusaders in next year's expanded Super Rugby competition.

Sonny Bill Williams' hunt for an All Blacks from jersey will begin from Canterbury, a report said this morning.

Police refused seven people entry after breath-testing visitors as they came through the gates to view one of New Zealand's oldest school rugby fixtures.

Rugby writer Wynne Gray takes a nostalgic look at Carisbrook before the "quaint old arena" hosts its final All Blacks test this evening.

Auckland rugby bosses have compiled Ten Commandments for schoolboy rugby matches in a bid to stop unruly parents and others from sideline rants.

Assistant coach Wayne Smith says Sonny Bill Williams could be an All Black by the end of the domestic season.

Sam Tommas' hopes were dashed two games into the season when he was told he could not play rugby for another school.

Two schoolgirl rugby teams have been suspended after a brawl in which players were joined by spectators and reserves rushing in from the sideline.

New contract system means many leading NZ super rugby players will move to new franchises.

Rugby coach Tai Lavea - suspended for poaching a player - was himself plucked from South Auckland as a youngster to the exclusive school he now works for.

A rugby coach at an exclusive Auckland high school has been suspended for poaching a player from a poorer South Auckland school.

Flanker Daniel Braid is returning home to compete for an All Blacks jersey at next year's rugby World Cup.