New Zealand

The Rugby Championship Round 1 was exciting with two really high scoring matches. Why were so many points scored?

Following New Zealand's 47-29 Rugby Championship 2013 win over Australia, watch reaction from Steve Hansen, Ewen McKenzie and James Horwill.

The All Blacks are the hot favourites to win the Rugby Championship in 2013. Can anyone beat them?

It is almost the end of 2012 and I thought that I would name a World Rugby Team of 2012 to encourage debate

The draw for the 2015 Rugby World Cup has been made

New Zealand rugby is structured very differently to in England.

Rugby in the northern hemisphere is power based. Fear of defeat outweighs ambition. This has been starkly proved in the Autumn Series.

As an All Blacks supporter it's always interesting to see how opposition sides respond to the Haka, and Italy's response in Rome on the weekend spoke volumes about their sides' mindset going in to the match.

Here is my Autumn International Test Rugby Review following the weekend, from a New Zealand perspective.

The recent chat suggesting that Richie McCaw is the best All Black rugby player of all time is an interesting debate

The ITM Cup has been labelled a "coach killer" by some coaches because of the lack of time not only for players to recover from injuries sustained during matches with short turnarounds, but also for the lack of opportunities for coaches to rectify poor performances because training time is so limited.

The Rugby Championship 2012 is pretty much decided with the All Blacks hot favourites to win

For the last few months rumours have been circulating that next year the All Blacks, South Africa and Australia could come together to create a SANZAR team.

1,500 kilometres east of Australia in the southwest Pacific Ocean lay two large islands and a lot of smaller islands.

Sonny Bill Williams is leaving New Zealand rugby and the All Blacks jersey, for the bigger money in Japan rugby

The June International Matches leaves me wondering if there should be a Northern vs Southern Hemisphere rugby series at the end of the year, so some players who are injured now would still be available.

New Zealand, Australia and South Africa each recorded their second wins of the summer against northern hemisphere tourists.

Here is my June International Rugby tests Team of Week One.

The June International test matches between Southern and Northern Hemisphere teams looks set to be closer than expected in 2012.

After eight previous stops, in five continents, over six months; the 13th World Sevens Series reached its final destination at the home of English rugby.