New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has joined the condemnation of the "run it straight" rugby tackle challenge that ...

A New Zealand court on Thursday discharged the husband of an Australian diplomat without convicting him, months after the man ...

The new board of New Zealand Rugby may be dominated by metropolitan residents and a Sydney-based chairman, but the board ...

The Pacific Qualifying Finals have been confirmed, with the table-topping Chiefs, Crusaders and Brumbies holding home-field ...

All Blacks number eight Wallace Sititi, who was named World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year in 2024, has signed a ...

A 19-year-old New Zealand man has died after imitating with friends a new tackling game trending on social media in which competitors run at each other and collide while wearing no protective equipmen ...

The growth that rugby in New Zealand seeks won’t come from the women’s game. At least not for a decade or two. First XV schoolgirls’ rugby remains in its infancy, but will flourish over time.

Winger Portia Woodman-Wickliffe entered the record books with seven tries Saturday as the New Zealand Black Ferns thumped the U.S. 79-14 to dethrone Canada as Pacific Four Series rugby champion on ...

The Roar can reveal that World Rugby chairman Brett Robinson and CEO Alan Gilpin met with officials in Los Angeles about the proposal. New Zealand Rugby CEO Mark Robinson confirmed discussions ...

SYDNEY: A teenager has died in New Zealand after taking part in a rugby-inspired social media craze that sees participants sprint and crash into each other, police said Tuesday (May 27).

The Canadians kept coming and, taking advantage of a poor New Zealand clearing kick, scored again in the 64th with Corrigan scoring on an overlap for a 22-19 lead. Canadian rugby women down France ...

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