Opinion by Phil Gifford Phil Gifford is a Contributing Sports Writer for NZME. He is one of the most-respected voices in New ...

A French team lacking most of the leading players from its recent Six Nations victory fully stretched New Zealand before ...

In an exercise in interesting but ultimately irrelevant statistic gathering, the All Blacks came out of 2024 as the world’s ...

One of international rugby's most storied rivalries is back. On July 5, the New Zealand All Blacks host France at Forsyth ...

Despite the result being a lot closer than many thought, Scott Robertson is pleased with what he saw in the first test of the ...

The All Blacks created history on July 5, 2025, at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, becoming the first international rugby ...

How the world’s rugby media reacted to the All Blacks’ 31-27 victory over France at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium.

Head coach Gregor Townsend was delighted to see Scotland's summer tour "start on a positive" with a 29-26 win over Maori All ...

Piney was joined by the one-and-only James McOnie to recap the All Blacks' win over France, the Māori All Blacks' defeat to ...

Scotland hold off a Maori All Blacks fightback at the death to hang on to a slender lead and win a nail-biting first game of ...

The Maori All Blacks host Scotland at the Semenoff Stadium in Whangarei on Saturday 5 July, with kick off scheduled for ...

Gregor Townsend thinks his side's win over the Maori All Blacks put "a marker down" for the rest of the summer tour, as they ...