Sonny Bill Williams was the creator of Ihaia West's try with six minutes to go that helped the Blues defeat the British and Irish Lions 22-16 at Eden Park.
The 'sold-out' sign for the opening match of the Lions Series has been put up as Toll Stadium, Whangarei prepares for the eagerly awaited match between the British & Irish Lions and the New Zealand Provincial Barbarians.
New Zealand and South Africa have been placed in Pool B together, while Australia is in Pool D with Wales. Argentina find themselves in Pool C with England and France.
The pool draw for Rugby World Cup 2019 will take place on Wednesday 10 May in the historic Japanese city of Kyoto at the iconic Kyoto State Guest House. Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa await which Pool they will be drawn into for the tournament.
Perth Stadium will play host to the state’s first ever Bledisloe Cup match when the Wallabies and New Zealand clash at the new 60,000-capacity Western Australian venue in 2019.
Finishing the season with a 24-19 win against a resurgent France the All Blacks retained the Dave Gallagher trophy to reflect on a pretty successful year.
The final All Blacks team of the year has been selected for the fourth Test of the Northern Tour. The All Blacks next Test will be against the British & Irish Lions in 2017.
All Blacks firepower and finesse when their few opportunities occurred denied Ireland their sought-after double winning 21-9 in a tough encounter in Dublin.
The All Blacks team has been named to play Ireland in the eagerly-anticipated Test at Aviva Stadium, Dublin. The Irish won the last encounter in Chicago two weeks ago thus ending the All Blacks world record Test run.
New Zealand's Beauden Barrett has been named Men's Player of the Year, head coach Steve Hansen Coach of the Year and the All Blacks Team of the Year at the 2016 World Rugby Awards in London.
Ten tries to one and a scoreline of 68-10 showed the difference between a team of emerging All Blacks and a wayward Italian side who struggled in Rome.
After 29 meetings and 111 years of trying, Ireland finally have a win over New Zealand. Joe Schmidt's sie entered the history books with a strong five-try performance against the reigning World champions in Chicago.
The All Blacks team to play Ireland at Soldier Field, Chicago, on Saturday 5 November, has been named, with new All Black Scott Barrett, the brother of Beauden Barrett, set to make his Test debut from the bench.
World Rugby has unveiled the shortlists for seven top awards, including the men's and women's sevens players of the year, to be presented at the World Rugby Awards 2016 dinner in London on 13 November.
England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales have announced their sqauds for the various November Tests in Europe against the All Blacks, Pumas, Springboks and Wallabies.
The All Black selectors have announced the 36-man squad that will play Tests in November against Ireland, Italy and France. The squad contains two new caps, Rieke Ioane and Liam Coltman.
Blackout and the statistcis prove it ! The 2016 Rugby Championship saw the conquering All Blacks win an historic perfect clean sweep – winning all six matches with six bonus points.
New Zealand equalled the record of 17 consecutive Test wins with a 57-15 victory over the Springboks at Kings Park. They also completed a perfect Rugby Championship clean sweep – six wins six bonus points.
