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  •   Home > News > Sports > Rugby

    New Zealand's most decorated rower has called time on his career

    New Zealand's most decorated rower has called time on his career


    Hamish Bond is retiring from the sport - his career on the water includes three Olympic gold medals and eight golds at the World Championships.



    Cricket Wellington's expressing its disappointment at the capital being stripped of its three Black Caps fixtures this summer.

    Wellington will no longer host a South African test or two Twenty20s against Australia, as New Zealand Cricket centralises series' to prevent the spread of Covid.

    It's the first summer in 26 years the Basin Reserve won't host a test.

    Hagley Oval will now host both matches against South Africa, while Napier will host the entire Australian T20 series.



    A three-time defending motocross world champion, but contract talks are one hill Courtney Duncan's having trouble clearing.

    Duncan is off contract from her Kawasaki Dixon Racing Team, and reveals a contract renewal - which she hoped to have sorted in the new year - is yet to be finalised.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Rugby News
     12 Dec: A quick phone call turned into a return to Super Rugby Pacific in Wellington for former All Blacks assistant coach Jason Holland
     11 Dec: Departing winger Sevu Reece has no doubt the Crusaders and All Blacks will thrive in his absence
     11 Dec: All Blacks winger Sevu Reece has unfinished business in New Zealand, despite signing a three year deal to play in France from the end of next year
     11 Dec: Hurricanes head coach Clark Laidlaw is eager to palm off the workload to returning assistant Jason Holland
     11 Dec: The Crusaders and Super Rugby's all-time top try-scorer will head to France at the end of 2026
     11 Dec: Sevu Reece's All Blacks career looks over, after signing with French club Perpignan on a three-year deal
     10 Dec: Belief regional New Zealand deserves test rugby
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