Braid poaching strains trans-Tasman accord
New Zealand rugby boss Steve Tew has admitted Daniel Braid's poaching by Australian rugby remains a touchy subject, and one that could have an impact on tender negotiations over the expansion of Super rugby.
McCaw to take it up a gear on year-end tour
Lifting his competency as captain is Richie McCaw's main aim on the grand slam northern hemisphere tour next month.
Anzac rugby unions shape up for player war
New Zealand and Australia are on the verge of a fully fledged turf war as our trans-Tasman neighbour mounts a new attempt to raid our player reserves to bolster its Super rugby franchises.
Picking the All Blacks
Graham Henry says his squad of 35 is picked so Duncan Johnstone and
Jim Kayes select theirs for Europe.
NZ players kicked off flight
South Canterbury rugby team yellowed carded off flight after
"pick-up line " from player goes awry.
Braid honoured by his Aussie rating
Daniel Braid says he's comfortable with being Australia's first "marquee" signing after negotiating a two-year option with the Queensland Reds, starting with next year's Super 14.
Tuitavake's big decision
Utility player has less than a week to decide whether he wants to
remain an All Black.
Reds sign All Black flanker
All Blacks flanker Daniel Braid today became the first overseas
international signed by an Australian Super Rugby team under the
new Foreign Player Policy.
Kahui says he'd rather not wing it
All Blacks Mr Fix-it has shunned the prospect of playing on the
wing for New Zealand in the long-term.
Sonny Bill on the All Blacks' radar
All Blacks coach admits he's interested in former league star
though has yet to be convinced about his resilience.
All Blacks squad picked: Henry
Coaches have all but picked their 35-strong squad for tour to
Europe.
Henry sweating over Donald's rib knock
Stephen Donald's rib injury during Waikato's last-gasp Thursday
night thriller over Taranaki has given All Blacks coach Graham
Henry a few anxious moments.
Time to face some provincial realities
Let's back the truck up a bit. Before we go spraying the NZRU with too many bullets, perhaps we need to ask ourselves one important question: has New Zealand's main provincial competition had its day?
Wallabies get four camps for Hong Kong
The Wallabies won't lack for preparation ahead of their final
Bledisloe Cup Test against the All Blacks with Robbie Deans
assembling his players for four training camps while Graham Henry
will have his entire squad together for just the week in Hong Kong.
Twickers Bledisloe ruled out
New Zealand rugby officials dismiss suggestions the All Blacks
might play a Bledisloe Cup match in London.
'Let's get Sonny Bill'
Struggling province called upon to sign former league superstar to
help survive in Air New Zealand Cup.
All Blacks exodus continues
The drain of New Zealand's core talent continues with long-serving
winger Scott Hamilton moving to England.
Time starts to tick away for injured All Blacks
It looks like sidelined stars Joe Rokocoko and Daniel Braid will have to rely on reputation rather than form to press their claims for the All Blacks' end of year tour as their untimely injuries continue to drag on.
New laws for Bledisloe clash
New Zealand and Australia's rugby players might have to adapt to another set of rules when they play their Bledisloe Cup match in Hong Kong under the worldwide Experimental Law Variations (ELVs).
Former AB allays fears Carter will be bashed
Former All Black Scott Robertson has tempered fears Dan Carter is
in danger of getting the bash during his six-month stint with
French club Perpignan.
Cowan fined, Weepu escapes
New Zealand halfbacks both face the law after alchohol-related
incidents.
Carter in cotton wool
All Blacks flyhalf Dan Carter is unlikely to play again before the
end of year grand slam tour.
Hooray for Henry
Graham Henry made the comment before Saturday's Tri-Nations decider that victory would only mean the knives wouldn't be as sharp on his return to New Zealand. But the reality is it's pats, not sharp instruments, that will be peppering the back of the All Blacks coach this week.
Howlett contemplates another World Cup
Doug Howlett might be able to help New Zealand's lack of quality
wings with the All Blacks great contemplating a return home to have
a crack at the 2011 World Cup.
NZ cry foul over spies at training
THE Wallabies have laughed off claims from All Blacks assistant coach Steve Hansen that they had spies at a New Zealand training session in Brisbane last week.
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