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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Rugby articles  Rugby
    Codie Taylor is poised to join Keven Mealamu as the second hooker to play 100 tests for the All Blacks
     21 August 2025
    Codie Taylor is poised to join Keven Mealamu as the second hooker to play 100 tests for the All Blacks
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    Former All Black Leicester Fainga'anuku has been sidelined from Tasman's NPC game against Harbour on Auckland's North Shore on Saturday
    20 Aug: Former All Black Leicester Fainga'anuku has been sidelined from Tasman's NPC game against Harbour on Auckland's North Shore on Saturday... more
    A selection crossroads for Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus after the Wallabies exposed weaknesses in his side during the opening round of the Rugby Championship
    20 Aug: A selection crossroads for Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus after the Wallabies exposed weaknesses in his side during the opening round of the Rugby Championship... more
    Who will win the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup? We ran 10,000 simulations to rank the contenders
    20 Aug: England are clear favourites to win the Women’s Rugby World Cup, which kicks off on August 23. But that oval ball can bounce in unexpected directions.... more
    All Blacks Patrick Tuipulotu and Anton Lienert-Brown will be absent due to respective head and nose knocks this week against Argentina in Buenos Aires - prop Tamaiti Williams and loose forward Wallace Sititi are poised to return
    19 Aug: All Blacks Patrick Tuipulotu and Anton Lienert-Brown will be absent due to respective head and nose knocks this week against Argentina in Buenos Aires - prop Tamaiti Williams and loose forward Wallace Sititi are poised to return... more
    Getting rid of the third-quarter blues is a focus for the All Blacks ahead of their second match of the Rugby Championship
    18 Aug: Getting rid of the third-quarter blues is a focus for the All Blacks ahead of their second match of the Rugby Championship... more
    A close knit team is being pinpointed as a winning formula for high jumper Hamish Kerr
    18 Aug: A close knit team is being pinpointed as a winning formula for high jumper Hamish Kerr... more
    Otago have come out on top in a 12 try NPC extravaganza - prevailing 46-41 over Wellington in Porirua
    17 Aug: Otago have come out on top in a 12 try NPC extravaganza - prevailing 46-41 over Wellington in Porirua... more
    The Wallabies expect a Boks backlash to be in the forecast after their stunning victory in Johannesburg
    17 Aug: The Wallabies expect a Boks backlash to be in the forecast after their stunning victory in Johannesburg... more
    A plethora of improvement areas for Waikato heading into this afternoon's NPC rugby outing against Counties Manukau in Hamilton
    17 Aug: A plethora of improvement areas for Waikato heading into this afternoon's NPC rugby outing against Counties Manukau in Hamilton... more

     Most Popular Recent Rugby News
     02 Aug: Hopes from Northland first five Rivez Reihana that a number of reinforcements can boost their forward pack when they kick off their NPC campaign against Taranaki in New Plymouth ++++++++++++++
     04 Aug: Dame Lisa Carrington has come to the rescue for New Zealand's K4 women's kayak squad +++++++++++++
     22 Jul: Another shot at the British and Irish Lions for 95-cap Wallaby Kurtley Beale, as he leads the First Nations and Pasifika XV squad in tonight's rugby clash in Melbourne +++++++++++++
     08 Aug: Former All Blacks captain Todd Blackadder is stumped by New Zealand Rugby not allowing Richie Mo'unga to play for the national team immediately upon his return ++++++++++++
     30 Jul: Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua is welcoming an increase in international tests, with five more games scheduled for the end of the year ++++++++++++
     28 Jul: Cyclist Tadej Pogacar has won his fourth Tour de France ++++++++++++
     03 Aug: A second half surge has propelled Bay of Plenty to a 37-7 thumping of Tasman in their NPC match in Tauranga ++++++++++++

     Rugby NewsLinks
      21 Aug: Why the son of a former all black’s rugby future could be with japan (Stuff.co.nz)
      21 Aug: The school sports star who turned down the black ferns to play for england (Stuff.co.nz)
      21 Aug: Wallabies to unleash fastest man in australian rugby against springboks (Sydney Morning Herald)
      21 Aug: Old-school sprays v ice-cool control freaks: when nrl coaching schools collide (Sydney Morning Herald)
      21 Aug: Alex johnston has scored 209 nrl tries. we mapped every single one of them (Sydney Morning Herald)
      21 Aug: Wallabies critics feasting on humble pie (Sydney Morning Herald)
      21 Aug: England back experience as usa pick maher for world cup opener (BBCWorld)
      21 Aug: Cutting two of wales' four pro clubs is wru's 'radical' option (BBCWorld)
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