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

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

The pieces of the playoffs puzzle in Super Rugby have locked into place match by match during the last round of the regular season. The Hamilton-based Chiefs have sealed first place and the ...

Known for making the big calls on large scale professional matches, the retired former referee Nigel Owens has been focusing ...

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

Mrs Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahu) is considered one of the greatest women’s rugby players ever, ...

A 19-year-old New Zealander has died of a "serious head injury" sustained in a social media-inspired game of tackle with ...

SYDNEY: A teenager has died in New Zealand after taking part in a rugby-inspired social media craze that sees participants ...

New Zealand Rugby have issued a statement after a teenager died in what his family says was a "freak accident" while playing ...

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

OPINION: Whisper it quietly. Football has arrived on these shores like never before.