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All Blacks: Kahui, Muliaina add to midfield woes

Richard Kahui and Mils Muliaina are the latest casualties in a list of players unable to front for New Zealand's first test of the season.

<i>Andrew Austin</i>: This is a golden age of Springbok rugby

All Blacks: Kahui ruled out of squad

Rugby: Former All Black retires

All Blacks: Kahui casts doubts on fitness

There's more to Cup than rugby, says chief

NZ must not get hung up on the performance of the All Blacks or they could miss out on the opportunity from hosting the World Cup, warns Martin Snedden.

Govt refuses to join Maori rugby apology

PM John Key says an apology to Maori rugby players excluded from All Blacks tours to South Africa is a matter between unions.

Rugby: All Blacks schedule under scrutiny

The All Blacks' international playing schedule should see fewer fixtures from 2012, NZRU chief executive Steve Tew said today.

All Blacks: Bledisloe Cup returning to Hong Kong

Rugby: IRB confirms return to traditional tours

All Blacks: Mealamu steps in for test series

<i>Paul Lewis</i>: Contrition just politics

Maori rugby apology 'a complex issue' - Tew

Rugby officials hope their apology will consign a sorry chapter in New Zealand-South African relations to the history books.

Sharples criticises NZRU Maori for not backing apology

Pita Sharples has criticised the NZRU's Maori appointees for advising against the union's apology today for past treatment of Maori players.

Legends welcome apology to Maori rugby

Two prominent Maori former All Blacks have welcomed NZRU's apology to Maori players, but one player from the 60s says the scars will never heal.