The semi-finals are set in the NPC with Wellington hosting Waikato and Canterbury travelling to Bay of Plenty. Here are the top performers from the Bunnings NPC quarter-finals.
Put simply, spending a few hours at Pennyhill Park on a cold and blustery Wednesday - in between rounds one and two of the Six Nations, and intermittent showers of cats, dogs, monkeys, devils, and pitchforks - is to watch the best team in the world work through one of their toughest training days.
With the Premiership Women’s Rugby season about to kick off, it’s time to review who has moved where. Every team has signed some new players and lost others.
Australia has only won 15 times in 81 matches and hasn’t won on Kiwi soil in 28 matches stretching back to 11 August 2001.
UK rugby journalist Stephen Jones is well known for his controversial takes on the modern game, and his latest remarks are no different.
The Wallabies have claimed a famous victory over the All Blacks, overturning three winless encounters against their Tasman neighbours to snatch a 24-22 win at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
30 years after Buck Shelford was dropped there are some still perplexed by the decision
The Sharks have endured a topsy-turvy opening day of Super Rugby pre-season against a local university outfit and an international side in Durban.
The majority of the Super Rugby teams will prepare for this year’s tournament with two trial matches, while the Sunwolves, Chiefs and Brumbies have scheduled only one match, respectively. The Sharks, on the other hand, will play host to Russia.