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  •   Home > News > Sports > Rugby

    Former All Blacks first-five Lima Sopoaga suggests Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph's people skills make him the best option to take over the national team job from Scott Robertson

    Former All Blacks first-five Lima Sopoaga suggests Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph's people skills make him the best option to take over the national team job from Scott Robertson


    India have beaten New Zealand by 48 runs in the opening T20 cricket international of their five-match World Cup build-up series at Nagpur.



    To second round Australian Tennis Open results from Melbourne Park.

    In the women's draw, Coco Gauff, Jasmine Paolini and Mirra Andreeva, the third, seventh and eighth seeds, have advanced.

    In the men's tournament, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev and Alex de Minaur, the top, third and sixth seeds, are through.



    The 38th America's Cup match will be contested from July 10 next year in Naples.



    Josh Burnett will don the race leader's orange jersey on the fifth stage of cycling's Tour of Southland.



    In Adelaide, Laurence Pithie sits fifth after the first stage of the Tour Down Under.



    The New Zealand women's hockey team have lost 2-1 to the United States in cold, wet and windy conditions at Dunedin.



    The second-ranked South East Melbourne Phoenix have beaten the seventh-placed Breakers 123-116 in ANBL basketball.

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     Other Rugby News
     30 Jan: Rugby Australia has shown its desire to retain young talent after re-signing star Wallabies outside back Max Jorgensen through to the 2031 World Cup
     30 Jan: Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell will remain a thorn in the side of the Black Ferns
     30 Jan: This year's first Super Rugby Pacific pre-season matches take place across New Zealand this afternoon
     29 Jan: Ireland's Auckland-born midfielder Bundee Aki will sit out half of Ireland's Six Nations rugby campaign over referee abuse
     29 Jan: All Blacks are returning to Super Rugby franchises while the hunt for a new national coach remains the talking point
     28 Jan: All Blacks halfback Cam Roigard is adamant the axing of Scott Robertson will not cause further fallout once they're in camp later in the year
     28 Jan: Three-time world surfing champion John John Florence has stunned the sport by revealing he will not return to competition on the 2026 Championship Tour, extending his sabbatical for a second successive year
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