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Apr 18, 19 •
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Record $191m invested in rugby in New Zealand Financial result ahead of budget, but challenges ahead New Zealand teams celebrate year of on-field success Female player numbers continue to drive growth Shaun Nixon elected to NZR Board, Bill Osborne...
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Apr 16, 19 •
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New Zealand Rugby and the Highlanders are celebrating further good news, following the recent re-signing of halfback Aaron Smith, with All Blacks hooker Liam Coltman also re-signing with his Super Rugby club and New Zealand Rugby through to 2022. Coltman has...
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Apr 5, 19 •
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One of the most exciting rugby players of his generation, All Blacks, BNZ Crusaders and Hawke’s Bay outside back Israel Dagg, is hanging up his boots, announcing his retirement from rugby. The injury-enforced announcement comes after 30-year-old...
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Apr 2, 19 •
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Oceania Rugby and New Zealand Rugby (NZR) are working together to deliver rugby programmes in the Pacific. The partnership is the result of discusisons between the two organisations earlier this year looking at how NZR’s ‘Pacific Sporting Partnerships –...
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Apr 1, 19 •
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BNZ Crusaders centurion and 44-Test All Black Ryan Crotty has announced he will leave New Zealand rugby at the end of the year, and link up with Japanese club Kubota Spears. The long-serving Crusaders midfielder confirmed the news on Monday...
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Apr 1, 19 •
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In a major coup for New Zealand Rugby (NZR), the All Blacks most capped number nine and second most capped Highlanders player, halfback Aaron Smith, has put pen to paper – and signed a new two-year deal with NZR and his Super Rugby side through to...
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Mar 15, 19 •
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New Zealand Rugby Chief Executive Steve Tew today welcomed developments in World Rugby talks on the future model for international rugby. “World Rugby has been working very hard on finding a solution that ensures the future growth of the game in New Zealand...
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Mar 13, 19 •
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NZR World Rugby Sevens Series hosting licence extended to 2023 HSBC NZ Sevens to be combined men’s and women’s event from 2020 NZR in talks with Fiji Rugby to alternate hosting between Hamilton and Fiji HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series expanded to...
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Feb 7, 19 •
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Powerful midfielder Ngani Laumape has become the latest player to commit to New Zealand, after extending his contract with New Zealand Rugby and his Hurricanes Super Rugby team. 25-year-old Laumape made his Investec Super Rugby and provincial debut...
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Jan 24, 19 •
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All Blacks hooker and Hurricanes captain Dane Coles has confirmed he is staying in New Zealand after extending his contract through to 2021. His recommitment means New Zealand Rugby and the Hurricanes can continue to rely on his outstanding leadership, skill...
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Jan 22, 19 •
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Independent Review makes 31 recommendations NZR to begin implementing recommendations from January 2019 School and rugby community thanked for their contributions to the Review New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today announced the completion of the independent...
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Dec 30, 18 •
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New Zealand Rugby congratulates Sir Bill Beaumont on being awarded a Knighthood for services to rugby in The Queen’s New Year’s honours list. Beaumont has been the Chairman of World Rugby for the past two years and has contributed more than five decades...
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Dec 17, 18 •
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A thrilling day of finals rugby treated fans in Tauranga yesterday with Tasman and Manawatu claiming the respective men’s and women’s TECT National Sevens titles. It was a maiden crown for Tasman, who were beaten finalists in January but managed to go one...
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Dec 13, 18 •
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• Kendra Cocksedge dominates awards taking Player of the Year, Women’s Player of the Year and Fiao’o Faamausili Medal • Black Ferns Sevens win first ever adidas New Zealand Team of the Year • Crusaders crowned inaugural adidas...
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Dec 11, 18 •
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Five club rugby players have been banned from participating in rugby after a New Zealand Rugby Judicial Committee completed the latest anti-doping hearings of allegations brought by Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ). The charges were brought against club...
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Nov 26, 18 •
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Michaela Blyde – Women’s Sevens Player of the Year DJ Forbes – joint International Rugby Players Special Merit Award Brodie Retallick – Try of the Year Black Ferns Sevens speedster Michaela Blyde has been named Women’s Sevens Player of the year,...
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Nov 14, 18 •
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Wellington to host IRC 2019 match-up against South Africa Black Ferns and All Blacks double header returns to Eden Park New Zealand’s world champion All Blacks and Black Ferns will feature in a blockbuster double-header in Auckland next year, while...
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Sep 21, 18 •
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New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today announced that they have secured the key signatures of All Blacks, Blues and Auckland Rugby brothers, Rieko and Akira Ioane, who have both signed long-term contracts with the national body, their Blues club and the Auckland...
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Sep 19, 18 •
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Red Bull announced as naming rights sponsor for Ignite7 Trusts Arena in Waitakere signs on as official venue More than 500 athletes registered, 119 from outside rugby New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has teamed up with Red Bull to ignite the search for our future...
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Sep 19, 18 •
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· 157,218 total registered players, up 1 percent · 14.6 percent increase in female player numbers to 27,838 registered players · 2.6 percent increase in Small Blacks (5-12 years) New Zealand’s female rugby player...
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Sep 11, 18 •
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Manawatu have won the 2018 Air New Zealand Rippa Rugby Championship in a high-scoring gold medal match against Bay of Plenty in Wellington today. Manawatu, represented by College Street Normal School, and Bay of Plenty (Te Akau ki Pāpāmoa school), traded...
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Sep 6, 18 •
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Trafalgar Park is officially sold out for Nelson’s historic, first ever All Blacks Test match this weekend, New Zealand Rugby announced today. When the All Blacks and Argentina take the field on Saturday night, it will be in front of a sold out crowd of...
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Aug 18, 18 •
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New Zealand Rugby has paid tribute to All Blacks lock Sam Whitelock, who became the All Blacks’ eighth Test Centurion, playing against Australia at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia, tonight. The All Blacks won the match 38 – 13. 29-year-old Whitelock is...
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Aug 11, 18 •
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Auckland and Whangarei confirmed as host cities if bid successful New Zealand Government supports New Zealand Rugby in bid Possibility of Pacific Island women’s rugby tournament WRWC could be held in the Southern Hemisphere for the first time New Zealand...
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Aug 5, 18 •
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New Zealand Rugby has today congratulated back-to-back Investec Super Rugby champions, the Crusaders after they beat the Lions 37 – 18 at AMI Stadium, in Christchurch tonight. The Crusaders, playing their first Final at home since 2008, were cheered on...
