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Rugby World Cup doubles as a job interview for Ian Foster
26 Oct 2019Opinion - Don't let Steve Hansen fool you, his successor to the All Blacks throne should still be Scott Robertson, not Ian Foster, argues Hamish Bidwell.
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As it happened: All Blacks lose to England
26 Oct 2019Rugby World Cup semifinal - New Zealand have lost to England in the semifinal. See how the game unfolded with Matt Chatterton.
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Head to head: All Blacks vs England
26 Oct 2019In 41 encounters, the All Blacks have won 33 matches against England, but it hasn't always gone New Zealand's way.
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Kieran Read back to his best
26 Oct 2019All Blacks captain Kieran Read had his detractors as he worked his way back to fitness from back surgery at the end of 2017, but is showing signs he is peaking at the right time.
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Rugby World Cup: The final four
25 Oct 2019On Extra Time this week - the RNZ team is joined by Hurricanes assistant coach Jason Holland who believes New Zealanders should be more worried about South Africa than England. Audio
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All Blacks, England fans weigh in on semifinal
24 Oct 2019The All Blacks play England in Saturday's Rugby World Cup semifinal and the fans are already there debating the merits of their teams.
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Rugby World Cup: Meet Holland's biggest rugby fan
28 Oct 2019Pierre Janssen might just be the biggest rugby fan in the Netherlands.
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Greatest moments: All Blacks vs England
25 Oct 2019There have been 41 matches played between England and the All Blacks and the score stands at 33-7 to New Zealand with one draw. RNZ looks at some of the best moments. Video
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All Blacks gave Barretts option to return home after family death
25 Oct 2019The All Blacks gave the three Barrett brothers the option to return to New Zealand instead of playing their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Ireland following the death of their grandfather…
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Jones names his top lineup to face All Blacks
25 Oct 2019England coach Eddie Jones has reverted to his twin playmaker approach by recalling George Ford at first-five and shifting Owen Farrell to second-five for the All Blacks game.
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Rugby World Cup: Writers reveal bias with best-of-best lists
24 Oct 2019We know you're busy so we've been reading the headlines so you don't have to. Today, it's lists.
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All Blacks name team for semifinal clash with England
24 Oct 2019Scott Barrett will start for the All Blacks when they take on England in this weekend's semifinal clash at the Rugby World Cup.
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All Blacks tour diary: The parallels from 2015 and now
24 Oct 2019Opinion - The similarities between the All Blacks' game in the previous world cup and this time around are hard to dismiss, and Jamie Wall asks the question, how does 2019 edition stack up against…
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Scott Barrett set for a start in World Cup semi-final
24 Oct 2019The All Blacks will this afternoon name their team to play England in Saturday night's rugby world cup semi-final in Yokohama and Scott Barrett appears set to start at blindside.
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All Black loyal to pre-match family tradition: 'Go hard, boy. Good luck'
23 Oct 2019The All Blacks won't be the only ones feeling plenty of nerves ahead of this weekend's Rugby World Cup semi-final against England in Yokohama.
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Rugby-World Cup became 'self-consuming monster' - Schmidt
23 Oct 2019Outgoing Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has expressed regret for the way he prepared his players for the Rugby World Cup.
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Eddie Jones fires the verbal barbs
23 Oct 2019The England coach Eddie Jones' silver tongue is in stinging form and shooting verbal barbs ahead of this weekend's mouth watering RWC semifinal against the All Blacks. Video
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All Blacks prepared for a kicking shootout
23 Oct 2019All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is leaving nothing to chance in his Rugby World Cup semi-final against England, even the unlikely possibility of a kicking contest to decide the game.
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Eddie Jones: Pressure will be chasing All Blacks down the street
23 Oct 2019Eddie Jones has gone into his usual pre-match attack mode, insisting that New Zealand will be buckling under the pressure of trying to retain the World Cup.
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The Barrett dilemma - which brother to barrack for?
25 Oct 2019Francis Douglas Memorial College's students are beaming with pride for their alumni who are heading into tomorrow's crunch World Cup semifinal against England.
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Changing viewing habits could be leading to less interest in RWC
22 Oct 2019New Zealanders could be feeling less engaged with the Rugby World Cup because the days of sitting around a television together to watch the tournament are long gone, a survey author says.
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Rugby World Cup: Men separate themselves from the boys
22 Oct 2019The rugby gods listened to Hamish Bidwell and have given him what he wanted - a New Zealand-England semifinal - but he's not still not happy.
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Japan calling: From feeling homesick to using te reo in a foreign land
22 Oct 2019We are getting down, as they say, to the pointy end of the Rugby World Cup - but that hasn't stopped a wealth of interesting angles being covered by RNZ's team in Japan.
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Cane looking forward to facing England loosies
22 Oct 2019All Blacks flanker Sam Cane is relishing facing up to England's "pretty impressive" Tom Curry and Sam Underhill in their World Cup semi-final on Saturday.
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