Rugbys

The final hurdle allowing New Zealand Rugby to sign a $200 million deal with US private equity firm Silver Lake has been cleared. Does the Silver Lake deal mark a new dawn for New Zealand Rugby? Photo: 123rf.com At a special…

Super Rugby Pacific has lurched from disaster to triumph and everywhere in between this season, but the latest innovation could go either way. The Blues match against the Fijian Drua may be a highlight of the upcoming round in…

New Zealand Rugby has decided to delay the vote on the approval of the lucrative Silver Lake deal. Photo: RNZ New Zealand Rugby had originally planned for the deal with the US equity firm to be ratified at their Annual General…

Opinion - It seems depressing, but here we are in April of yet another season, having a discussion about the same old thing: officiating - or at least the laws those officials are trying to uphold. Blues wing Caleb Clarke is red…

Comment: We're only three weeks into the new rugby season and we're still a long way from being back to normal. There is serious concern at grassroots level over how the pandemic and vaccinations are going to affect the national…

Pictures hung, taped in plain view, in every player’s wooden cubby in the Los Angeles Giltinis’ locker room.Utility back Adam Ashley-Cooper, on glossy print, smiles with his wife and son. Outside back DTH van der Merwe’s daughter can be…

Opinion - Who knows if New Zealand Rugby's proposed deal with American private equity firm Silver Lake will come to fruition. To an extent, it doesn't even matter. Photo: timhester/123RF What's important here is that the game…