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Rugby: Players rush for Super 15 teams

New contract system means many leading NZ super rugby players will move to new franchises.

Rugby: NZRU keen to keep Hobbs' experience

NZRU and Rugby New Zealand 2011 Ltd Chairman Jock Hobbs has stood down from both roles effective immediately due to health issues.

Lauaki to be sentenced in June for assault

All Black Sione Lauaki was today remanded for sentencing next month after pleading guilty to an assault charge in March.

<i>Chris Rattue</i>: NZ rugby badly in need of the master

Check out NZ rugby, now that the master Crusaders coach has gone. You'll find one sick puppy, a sad mob of Super 14 lost souls.

Rugby: Cold, hard season not over yet

The Highlanders may have won on Friday night but they are still in a bad place on and off the field, writes Gregor Paul.

Rugby: Kiwi influence vital to Australian game

Filling the Cup - cost $500m and climbing

A <i>Herald on Sunday</i> investigation into the economics of the Rugby World Cup suggests we shouldn't take claims about the event at face value.

Rugby: Fringe ABs will head offshore before rush

Rugby: $612m deal eases rugby's pain

Rugby: Injured elite drain NZRU bank accounts

Rugby: NZRU tipped to unveil big loss

<i>That Guy:</i> Rugby Union must face the shame of its past

Rugby: Full credit: Troubled Makos turn in a profit

Rugby: Impey denies board hopes

Rugby: Memories differ on game of shame

Fifty years on from the Springboks' 1956 thrashing of Maori, questions are being raised about an order to throw the match.

<i>Editorial:</i> An apology we don't need to have