All Black hopeful Tyrone Thompson is back and ready to work
Tyrone Thompson back in the heat of training with Super Rugby Pacific side the Chiefs in Hamilton. Photo…
Behind the Crusaders’ big plans to make rugby great again
“Free-flowing, guys expressing themselves, playing with that smile and full speed – moving fast, but usually quite short…
Poverty Bay’s Keanu Taumata savours Ian Kirkpatrick medal presentation as Heartland Player of the Year
“You deserve it, mate,” Kirkpatrick replied. The Ian Kirkpatrick Medal, presented since 2022 to the Heartland Player of…
Kiwis great Garry Smith, member of Grand Slam Kiwis side, dies
NZ Herald 16 Dec, 2025 07:46 PM2 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require…
Aotearoa NZ Māori Rugby League pulls five major tournaments from Rotorua
The league organisation’s chairman John Devonshire said the tournaments had grown since Rotorua started hosting them 13 years…
NRL: Why music icon King Kapisi is backing Mana Pasifika bid
Speaking to the Herald, he said he believed sport can have an equally powerful impact. “I’ve always been…
Rugby: Warren Gatland linked with vacant Georgia coaching role – reports
Cockerill cited a difference of opinion with Georgia Rugby Union (GRU) president Davit Kacharava as an underlying factor…
All Blacks review: Don Tricker to assist in New Zealand Rugby assessment of 2025 season from Scott Robertson and his men
Previous All Blacks coaches who worked with Tricker say he’s adept at extracting information from players, coaches and…
Pressure builds on All Blacks coaches as internal frustrations emerge
The on-field issues that plagued the All Blacks this season – from their wild inconsistencies to the third-quarter…
Rugby World Cup: Penetana Carter-Smith eyes representing Hong Kong China ahead of potential All Blacks clash
“It’s going to be a challenge, but I’m up for it,” Carter-Smith told the Herald. “It’ll be an…
Defeat to All Blacks: Irish prop Andrew Porter reveals he needed therapy after World Cup
But when the couple came home, negative thoughts enveloped Porter, with the prop writing: “It felt like a…
2025 NZ Rugby Awards: Ardie Savea’s Player of the Year prize caps a dominant year
Savea will miss the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season due to a sabbatical in Japan, but will be…