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      Home > News > Sports > Rugby

    Provincial women's teams have been given the green light to return to the rugby pitch later in the year

    Provincial women's teams have been given the green light to return to the rugby pitch later in the year


    NZ Rugby have confirmed a Farah Palmer Cup competition to kick off on August 22.

    13 teams will compete, divided into North and South pools, with seven weeks of round-robin play before two weeks of finals.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     30 Jan: Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell will remain a thorn in the side of the Black Ferns
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     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
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