Ireland begin their summer tour of New Zealand with a game against the Maori All Blacks in Hamilton on Wednesday morning. Two of the three favourites for next year’s Rugby World Cup, along with hosts ...

RUGBY WORLD CUP – In the first of The Conversation’s series on the Rugby World Cup, Massey University’s Malcolm Mulholland argues for the continuation of a Maori only rugby team. Around half of the ...

SHOOTING FOR GOAL: Maori Rugby Board members Val Morrison (left) and Albie Gibson share a goal of wanting to encourage rugby participation and support across all levels of the game among Maori. But ...

In one of rugby's great ironies, the proposed match between New Zealand Maori and the Springboks in June could be canned because of the racial composition of the Kiwi side. The match, mooted to be ...

Super Rugby player Connor Garden-Bachop has died at the age of 25, New Zealand Rugby has confirmed. The son of former All Black and Samoa outside-half Stephen and nephew of ex-All Black scrum-half ...

New Zealand Maori will play England and Ireland this year, NZ Rugby Union chairman Jock Hobbs has just announced. The Ireland match will be in Rotorua on June 18 while the England game is at Napier's ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - An apology from South Africa's sports minister to Maori players excluded from All Blacks teams during the apartheid era has prompted the New Zealand Rugby Union to issue their ...