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  •   Home > News > Sports > Rugby

    The All Blacks and Wallabies have been drawn in the same pool for the 2027 World Cup, but a quarterfinal showdown against the Springboks looms

    The All Blacks and Wallabies have been drawn in the same pool for the 2027 World Cup, but a quarterfinal showdown against the Springboks looms


    The Breakers have returned from basketball's international break with a 95-90 A-NBL victory over the Sydney Kings in Hamilton.



    Bowler Jacob Duffy has returned figures of five for 34 to help put the Black Caps in a commanding position after two days of their opening test against the West Indies.



    Nine New Zealanders tee off in the Australian Open, starting at Royal Melbourne this morning.

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     Other Rugby News
     05 Dec: Liam Lawson admits any sympathy for Yuki Tsunoda's Formula One future only goes so far
     05 Dec: Eben Etzebeth won't be back on a rugby field until late March
     04 Dec: All Blacks skipper Scott Barrett is relaxed about a possible quarter-final meeting with the Springboks at the 2027 World Cup
     04 Dec: All Blacks coach Scott Robertson accepts a balancing act may be needed, after being drawn Australia, Hong Kong and Chile in their pool in the 2027 World Cup
     04 Dec: A balancing act for the All Blacks to avoid being underdone come crunch time at the 2027 Rugby World Cup
     03 Dec: Striving to compete with a specialist American medley training squad is the reason behind two-time Olympian Lewis Clareburt making the move to Australia
     03 Dec: Izayah Le'afa unknowingly played through a stress fractured foot in the Tall Blacks basketball World Cup qualifier loss to Australia in Wellington
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