Ilona Maher is among the most popular rugby players, if not athletes, on the planet, and within her fan club happens to be someone who blazed a trail before her.

New Zealand’s players perform the haka during the Rugby Championship Test match between the New Zealand All Blacks and Argentina at Eden Park in Auckland on 17 August 2024. Picture: MICHAEL ...

All Blacks utility Damian McKenzie has recommitted to New Zealand ... most capped player in Chiefs history alongside retired club legends Sam Cane and Liam Messam. The NZ Rugby media release ...

Newcastle’s bid to bring New Zealand rugby superstar ... medallist in sevens and two-time Rugby World Cup winner. The flyer was named the World Sevens player of the decade for the 2010s while ...

Tim Horan has received some backing from across the Tasman after his forthright comments on New Zealand Rugby.

While Sititi proved a revelation, progressing to claim the All Blacks player of the year and World ... He is, however, contracted to New Zealand Rugby through to the end of 2026.

Rugby· April ... and rugby league players have joined a long-running concussion lawsuit against the sports' governing bodies, the firm representing them said on Tuesday. New Zealand Rugby and ...

Last week, he committed to New Zealand ... player you can follow. “We’re excited where he’s at with his game, his leadership. He’s thinking deeply how he gets that right. The best rugby ...

It was the sight that no English rugby fan wanted to see ... Not playing games is not the only way to manage a player. After the New Zealand tour in the summer, we gave our players an extra ...

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) chief executive Mark Robinson insists that the Damian McKenzie deal has provided justification for their tough stance on overseas-based players. The 29-year-old has committed ...

Their lowest post-war total in an initial Lions squad is five players back in 1993 - when Tony Clement, Ieuan Evans, Scott Gibbs, Robert Jones and Richard Webster toured New Zealand. Evans will be ...