Gregor Paul is one of New Zealand’s most respected rugby writers and columnists. He has won multiple awards for journalism ...

There are also 75,000 current registered rugby union players, over half the New Zealand playing base, and three professional franchises in the zone. The club will be funded by a South Island-based ...

Get all three sports-related questions of varying difficulty (easy, medium and hard) and you claim the Herald hat-trick. Want more quizzes? Test your knowledge in the Herald’s Morning quiz and ...

Gregor Paul is one of New Zealand’s most respected rugby writers and columnists. He has won multiple awards for journalism ...

This is the blueprint Sir Wayne Smith believes the All Blacks and New Zealand rugby must, regardless of results on their northern tour, continue to steadfastly follow. Smith has been inundated with ...

Community rugby has seen an increase in diversity this season as a record number of women and girls are taking the field ...

But all that changed in Chicago in 2016 when Joe Schmidt’s side finally beat the All Blacks for the first time. Going back to the previous test, when the All Blacks pinched victory at the death, the ...

Photo / Photosport The last time the two sides met was the Rugby World Cup quarter-final ... He’s been in charge of the All Blacks six times, most recently New Zealand’s 24-17 win over England at Eden ...

In a typically dramatic, captivating Twickenham contest, the All Blacks somehow emerged from extreme frayed nerves with their ...

The Kiwis have become so accustomed to, as they see it, being superior to all other rugby species on the planet, that the realisation that this image of themselves no longer holds true has come as a ...