Moana Pasifika will play the Māori All Blacks at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton on Saturday, 5 December, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) announced today. It will be the first time a team has played under the Moana Pasifika banner. The match also brings together the Māori All Blacks for the only time in 2020 and […]

Mt Smart hosted its first game of the calendar year as Niue Rugby League and Hakula Tonga went head to head as part of NZRL’s Clash of the Pacific Women’s Double Header. It didn’t take long for Tonga to break the deadlock as number 23 Alice Vailea took advantage of a great first set to […]

Rising five-eighth Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly scored two tries and set up another on debut as the New Zealand Kiwi Ferns proved too powerful against a Fetu Samoa invitational side 28-8 at Mt Smart Stadium on Saturday. In a week when the Kiwi Ferns were celebrating 25 years of rich history, an inexperienced New Zealand outfit put […]

Black Ferns Head Coach Glenn Moore and his selectors have named the two teams for the Possibles v Probables match which kicks off the Black Ferns domestic season. The match will be played at North Harbour Stadium on the North Shore on 7 November with a family-friendly 2.05pm afternoon kick off, and all 52 players will be vying for a […]

The All Blacks team has been named to play Australia in the third Bledisloe Cup and first Investec Tri Nations Test at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, on Saturday 31 October. The matchday 23 features the selection of 2020 All Black Hoskins Sotutu at number eight in his first Test start, in for Ardie Savea, while loose […]

SOURCE: 1 NEWS The Blues’ front row is set for some fierce selection battles in 2021 with the Auckland franchise picking up its fourth All Black front rower in Nepo Laulala. The Blues announced this morning Laulala is heading north from the Chiefs on a two-year deal where he’ll link up with fellow All Blacks […]

The All Blacks team has been named to play Australia in the opening Bledisloe Cup presented by Steinlager at Sky Stadium, Wellington, on Sunday 11 November. The matchday 23 is an exciting blend of experience and rising, young talent, with the selection of three new All Blacks on the bench: lock Tupou Vaa’i, loose forward Hoskins Sotutu and […]

Following months of speculation, New Zealand’s Duco Events has joined forces with Joseph Parker’s promoters Matchroom and Fa’s promoter DiBella Entertainment to finally make possible Joseph Parker versus Junior Fa, a globally televised heavyweight boxing event, live from Spark Arena, Auckland, on December 11 (NZ time). Touted as “the biggest fight in New Zealand boxing […]

Last Chance U is an American documentary series that looks at the world of college football. It features athletes who've had trouble in their lives and struggled to find purpose. Soana Aholelei caught up with fan favourite Samoan Nu'u Taugavau, who was brimming with pride after landing a scholarship at Murray State University.