The New Zealand Herald motorsport correspondent Eric Thompson is joined by special guest Wade Cunningham as he prepares to join leading New Zealand team International Motorsport for the enduro rounds of the 2012 V8SuperTourer NZ motor racing series at Taupo, Pukekohe and Christchurch over the next three months.

The Wallabies can only look to the next game against South Africa after a historic loss to the All Blacks. The first pointless loss to the All Blacks in 50 years. Coach Robbie Deans had to give credit to the world champions for their performance.

After a blistering win at Eden Park, captain Richie McCaw is satisfied with the team's performance - although he feels there were a few missed opportunities they should have capitalised on.

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans faced the New Zealand media before the second Bledisloe Cup test at Eden Park, being very upfront about what his Aussie team has to do to beat the All Blacks at home.

All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw said that preparations have been good for the All Blacks but they need to bring that to the field tomorrow night at Eden Park.

Boil Up brings in the big guns to talk League this week, Stacey Jones, Wairangi Koopu, and Richie Barnett look at The Warriors turmoil. Plus what’s the chances of The Wallabies breaking their Eden Park hoodoo.

This weekends Bledisloe Cup Test will be Sonny Bill's final outing for the All Blacks, but he hopes it's not the last we will see of him playing rugby. A sense of timing has always been Sonny Bill Williams' strong point and like all true entertainers he is about to bow out with the crowd - and in his case the All Blacks coaches - wanting more. He has farewelled his Chiefs teammates, a job made much harder by the fact that he helped them win their maiden Super Rugby title and had finally seemed to have found his spiritual home in Hamilton.

Herald writers Gregor Paul & Wynne Gray give their expert analysis & opinion after Steve Hansen, head coach for the All Blacks named his squad of 22 to play against the Wallabies at Eden Park.

Relive some of the key moments in pictures from the All Black victory over the Wallabies in Sydney from last Saturday.

The individual skill level of the All Blacks needs to rise after last weekends disappointing performance. The Wallabies are expected to bring a lot more to this weekends test at Eden Park.

After a 19-27 win over the Wallabies, All Black Head Coach, Steve Hansen says there is always room for improvement. After the Wallabies defeat in the opening match for the Investec Rugby Championship they must improve if they are to win their first game at Eden Park since against the All Blacks since 1986.

Big Rugby League special on Boil Up today. Star Judges Stacey Jones, Tony Kemp, and Sir Peter Leitch will preside over a league debate of massive proportions .

Herald writers Gregor Paul & Wynne Gray give their expert analysis & opinion on the All Blacks squad named to play the Wallabies in the upcoming Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney.

A run of strong games for the Chiefs has earned Liam Messam an All Black callup for the start of the Bledisloe Cup series. Last in first on, might be Messam's catchword while his battle cry should be about repeating the work he has produced in the past two months.

Cheers and congratulations met the New Zealand Olympians as they arrived back in Auckland. Single sculling gold medallist Mahe Drysdale said, "to get this sort of welcome is just awesome".

Red Bull Salzburg striker Jonathan Soriano took one of the worst penalties ever seen in his sides Austrian Bundesliga match this weekend.

Local Wanaka rider, Stef Zeestraten (NZL), 27, has defeated a field of more than 50 international riders to claim the Open Men's division of the Billabong Bro Down presented by Xperia Sony Smartphone 4Star World Snowboard Tour event. Zee's winning run was the very first of the final, the local favorite registering 79.30 points from the judges. He began with a gnarly cab 270 gap to the down rail, followed by a frontside 720, a backside 900, switch backside double cork 1080 and a switch 50-50 on the final feature which Zee said he was "actually surprised" he landed.

Kawerau's Sarah Walker has won BMX silver for New Zealand at the London Olympics. She has a message for small-town Kiwi kids.

Olympic Silver medalist Valerie Adams talks to nzherald.co.nz about her disappointment at not winning Gold in London, and the effect of the entry form mistake which almost cost her a place in the shot put field.

Hundreds of Chiefs fans turned out to cheer on the Super Rugby champions, the Chiefs Rugby team in a victory parade for the team in Hamilton.

The New Zealand Herald's motorsport correspondent Eric Thompson with his weekly motorsport update.

ZM's Jay Reeve and Classic Hits' Justin Brown look at Usain Bolt's back-to-back gold medals, the Black Sticks, Nick Willis and Team GB with Hauraki's Matt Heath in today's Olympics 180

The New Zealand Herald sports writer Wynne Gray give his expert analysis on the All Blacks squad named to play in the Investec Rugby Championships.

All Blacks Head Coach Steve Hansen and his fellow selectors Assistant Coach Ian Foster & former All Black Grant Fox have announced the squad for the 2012 Investec Rugby Championship, with Auckland Blues prop Charlie Faumuina the latest All Black to be named.

As sporting fairytales go, the Chiefs as 2012 Super Rugby champions is right up there. Their transformation from conference easy beats to title holders in the space of 12 months should really raise suspicion were it not for the fact they owe everything to hard work, commitment, bravery, simplicity and an enormous amount of creative talent from both players and coaching staff. They are worthy champions and probably more than that: they have the look of a side ready to build a dynasty. The foundations are rock solid. Every part of their game has held up under the most intense scrutiny all season and especially last night.

Mark down trust as the key component in the Olympic success of gold medallists Eric Murray and Hamish Bond on Eton Dorney today. Anything other than a win, and by a solid margin would have been among the shocks of the regatta. Their dominance of the discipline has been overwhelming since they came together in 2009, after being members of the coxless four who won the world title in 2007 but missed the A final at the Beijing Olympics.

Joseph Sullivan who won gold in London with Nathan Cohen in the men's double sculls has been filming videos pre Olympics... watch his work. courtesy YouTube 1joenz.

Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking and Radio Sport's Tony Veitch talk to Hauraki's Matt Heath about our first gold medal, our upcoming medal prospects, and Michael Phelps in today's Olympics 180.

Double scullers Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan have painted gold on New Zealand's Olympic campaign. The defending world champions won the title with a sizzling second half on Eton Dorney to roar home and collect New Zealand's first gold medal of the Games. Sullivan, sitting in the stroke seat, flung his arms in the air and sank back into Cohen's lap, turned to his right and shook hands with his partner before standing upright in the boat.

It’s a Super Rugby Special this week on Boil Up. Special Guests Robbie Fruen and Jarrod Hoeata join Buck Shelford, Ian Jones and Willie Lose to debate the Chiefs vs Sharks Super Rugby final. Plus Martin Devlin sits in for Meoldie Robinson and tries to take down Te Arahi Maipi in oral battle of mass proportions.