LeagueNRL cult hero's dementia battle 'saddest I've seen'Rugby league shocked after Mario Fenech's battle with dementia revealed in documentary.19 Sep 03:05 AM
PremiumRugbyDylan Cleaver: The time has come for rugby to face the truthRugby has a choice to make and it's not an enviable choice.08 Dec 04:00 PM
PremiumRugbyFormer All Black's head-knock battle: Judge leaves door open for claimsEx-All Black's CTE diagnosis rejected but judge says it is not the end of the matter.08 Dec 05:50 AM
PremiumRugby World CupDylan Cleaver: Let's hear it for World Rugby's greatest embarrassment07 Oct 04:00 AM
PremiumRugby'The average 7-year-old knows this is real': Scientists feud over sport brain injuries11 May 11:00 PM
RugbyFirst for NZ rugby: Non-contact grade starts tonightUnion aims to boost playing numbers by widening rugby's appeal.09 May 11:06 PM
PremiumPremiumRugbyDylan Cleaver: Why I've changed my mind about kids and contact sportHead injuries are the focal point of health concerns in contact sport.09 May 11:00 PM
PremiumPremiumRugbyExclusive: End contact sport for kids, experts warnThe long-term dangers of kids playing contact sports could outweigh the benefits.09 May 05:23 PM
All BlacksWhy we don't need to worry about CrottyBig symptomatic accidents like Crotty's are not the real problem in collision sports.22 Aug 03:30 AM
RugbyEddie Jones: 'It was a bit like a horror movie'No matter what he does, nothing seems to be working for the England coach.16 Jun 11:40 PM
RugbyConcussion danger worse after 25 games a seasonRugby still leads the way in ACC claims and costs.17 Mar 04:00 PM
RugbyRugby star donates his brain to scienceEXCLUSIVE: Junior AB John "JJ" Williams hopes his story will help others to seek help.12 Aug 05:00 PM
RugbyA bad week for concussion deniersStudy that found 110 cases of CTE in 111 brains inherently biased but vitally important.02 Aug 12:00 AM
RugbyFormer All Black takes his own lifeAll Black who objected to sporting contact with apartheid South Africa, dies in Australia.02 May 07:19 PM
RugbyFormer test star joins concussion fightNZ-born player agent joins crusade against concussion saying bigger, faster players could lead to frightening health issues in the future.14 Mar 08:09 AM
RugbyRugby concussion study goes globalGroundbreaking Kiwi study into the health of retired rugby players to increase in scope.07 Mar 09:00 AM
RugbyRugby star's journey back from concussionA serious concussion left rugby player Riki Hoeata in a "fog". He's now fighting his way through it.19 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionRugby damaged my brain: test starCOMMENT: There has been serious attention paid to concussion in sport recently.19 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandYoung designer strikes a blowA young Aucklander has won a top technology prize for a concussion-detecting mouthguard as the links between sport concussion and dementia continue to grow.07 Sep 05:00 PM
RugbyMidweek Fixture: Getting ahead of a head problemSports concerned that the media narrative on concussion is ahead of the science are masking their own deficiencies.06 Sep 09:02 PM
Rugby'Impact of tackles like a car hitting a wall'Former players whose dementia symptoms have only recently been linked to concussion will be the first of many cases to come forward, says former Wallaby.24 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: NZ Rugby sensitive to players' dementiaFew newspaper revelations have had a greater impact in rugby-mad New Zealand than those of Herald sportswriter Dylan Cleaver's in March.18 Jun 05:00 PM
RugbyNZ Rugby to investigate concussion-dementia linkNZ Rugby has partnered with Statistics NZ to try to determine whether the lasting impacts of concussions while playing rugby increase the risk of dementia.17 Jun 05:00 PM
RugbyRugby research caught in the breakdownLast year representatives from World Rugby, NZ Rugby and AUT delivered the results of a study into the health of retired rugby players. Behind the united front, there were divisions.17 Jun 05:00 PM
RugbyEven mild head knocks riskyA Kiwi study has found that even "mild" traumatic head knocks can cause long-term problems for the victims.04 Apr 05:00 PM
OpinionDon Battley: Let's hope rugby stories make dementia a 'sexy' illnessCOMMENT: What gets to me is that our modern culture can fly a machine to Mars to sample its soil, but can't understand what makes the human brain fail.29 Mar 12:30 AM
All BlacksRugby and dementia: Let's keep talkingSandy McNicol will never go down as one of the great All Blacks, but he might go down as one of the most principled.23 Mar 04:00 PM
OpinionAlan DuffAlan Duff: Dementia diagnosis hardest on familiesCOMMENT: A departure from being a meaningful human being. We don't wish it on any family. The good news is a cure is becoming increasingly likely.21 Mar 09:37 PM
