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The All Blacks are expected to play the Wallabies in a four-Test series this year

All Blacks v Australia's rugby league team on the cards

"Every game is almost like a trial for higher honours," says Warren Gatland

Gatland excited as New Zealand tribes ready for battle

Recap: All Blacks break Irish hearts in 2013 thriller

Cane made his New Zealand debut against Ireland in 2012

Sam Cane confirmed as new All Blacks skipper

The cutbacks will apply to Super Rugby players, including All Blacks, the women's Black Ferns and the sevens programmes

All Blacks accept 50% pay freeze

NZR chief executive Mark Robinson said that in a worst-case scenario the All Blacks and the country's five Super Rugby teams would not play again this year.

New Zealand cut wages in 'incredibly challenging time'

Williams ready for new adventure with Toronto Wolfpack

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Recap: Your morning sports updates

Other sport / 11 Dec 19

Ian Foster served eight years as Steve Hansen's assistant

Ian Foster confirmed as new All Blacks head coach

Rugby / 11 Dec 19

Joe Schmidt (L) with Andy Farrell

Schmidt tells Farrell: 'Enjoy the special days'

Rugby / 27 Nov 19

Joe Schmidt: 'I think there's a danger in becoming too focused on delivering one-off performances at the end of four-year cycles'

Schmidt: Ireland lost 'confidence' prior to All Blacks

Rugby World Cup 2019 / 21 Nov 19

Warren Gatland has moved on from his position as Wales coach

'It'd break my heart if Wales went back to doldrums'

Rugby World Cup 2019 / 01 Nov 19

Warren Gatland's charges will square off with Steve Hansen's charges on Friday

All Blacks ring changes to face injury-hit Wales

Rugby World Cup 2019 / 30 Oct 19

The fine is understood to be £2,000

England fined for going past half-way line during Haka

Rugby World Cup 2019 / 30 Oct 19

"England went out to do a job and put it up to New Zealand very early on."

Maybe the game needs England to go all the way

Rugby / 29 Oct 19

O'Sullivan: "On balance, you'd feel New Zealand will win this, but having said that, England have nothing to lose"

Eddie O'Sullivan's World Cup semi-final predictions

Rugby World Cup 2019 / 25 Oct 19

Steve Hansen wants the Six Nations to back a global championship

All Blacks coach calls for global season

Rugby / 22 Oct 19

Kieran Read enjoys a chat with Peter O'Mahony and his daughter Indie following the quarter-final win last weekend

Hansen '100%' certain that Read will start semi

Rugby World Cup 2019 / 22 Oct 19

RTÉ Rugby podcast: All Black and blue Ireland go home

Rugby World Cup 2019 / 20 Oct 19

'Well boys, now is the time; this can be the defining moment of many careers and it needs to be'

All Blacks will have doubts and Ireland can beat them

Rugby World Cup 2019 / 18 Oct 19

'I'm really happy about Barrett being at 15 because I don't think he's going to get his hands on the ball as much'

O'Sullivan: This New Zealand team have weaknesses

Rugby / 17 Oct 19

Despite two wins over Steve Hansen's side in their last three visits - the last less than 12 months ago - Ireland are very much the underdogs for Saturday's World Cup quarter-final

Ferris: Coach reverts to type with team selection

Rugby / 17 Oct 19

Peter O'Mahony: 'We're going to need to top any of the performances we've put in over the last few years'

'You need guys having the games of their lives'

Rugby World Cup 2019 / 16 Oct 19

Beauden Barrett (r) and Richie Mo'unga will have had a 17-day rest

Rest v Rust: Key Kiwis short on minutes for Ireland tie

Rugby World Cup 2019 / 15 Oct 19

Sexton: 'There's been some negativity around us and we'd feel that's been pretty strange'

Sexton questions 'strange negativity' around Ireland

Rugby / 14 Oct 19

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