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- Rugby: Tackling the credit crunch
The credit crunch has worked its way from Wall Street to Main Street and is now making its presence felt at rugby headquarters around the world. Rugby is feeling the bite and there is no sense of this being the season of goodwill.... - Gregor Paul: NZRU review a waste of time
Of all the things said and done by the New Zealand Rugby Union this year, the most irksome was their claim that the provincial review, which achieved precisely nothing, was an entirely valid and worthwhile exercise. The provincial... - Rugby: Funding cuts hit NZ Maori, Heartland XV
The financial squeeze is on as the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) today announced the scrapping of a minor competition and no matches for New Zealand Maori or the Heartland 15 in 2009. The NZRU wants to reduce the budgets of the... - Review: All Blacks find redemption after successful 2008
World Cup? What World Cup. Such sentiment would have been unimaginable a year ago but the shocking failure of 2007 seemed forgotten by most All Blacks followers as this rugby year wound up. The nation's flagship sporting team... - Rugby: Tasman survives the chop - again
Tasman officials hope healed internal rifts will make it a more viable concern in next year's Air NZ Cup after being granted another lifeline by the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU). Chief executive Peter Barr acknowledged Tasman... - Rugby: Tasman survive for 2009
Tasman will compete in the 2009 Air NZ Cup, the New Zealand Rugby Union confirmed today. NZRU general manager provincial union and community rugby Brent Anderson said the NZRU had been advised today of funding arrangements put... - Rugby: Chiefs looking to build alliance with Toulouse
The Chiefs are exploring the potential of an alliance with clubs in the Northern Hemisphere. While it is very much in its infancy at the moment, French club Toulouse has hosted Chiefs CEO Gary Dawson and coach Ian Foster with the... - Rugby: Another deadline for Tasman to prove viability
The latest - and possibly the last - in a long series of deadlines for the Tasman rugby union arrives today, with the troubled joint venture due to respond to NZRU queries over its financial viability. Tasman and Northland had... - Rugby: Tasman quiet ahead of financial deadline
The Tasman Rugby Union (TRU) is staying tight lipped ahead of a New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) deadline tomorrow to come up with the money to compete in next season's national championship. TRU chief executive Peter Barr said this... - Rugby: South African refs dominate Super 14 merit panel
SYDNEY - South Africans account for four of the nine referees in the inaugural merit panel of officials announced by Sanzar to take charge of next season's Super 14 rugby matches. South Africa New Zealand Australia Rugby (SANZAR)... - Rugby: A consummate player ahead of his time
Former All Black flanker Alan Whetton used to get a kick out of watching John Drake's pre-training antics during their days as teammates in the peerless Auckland side of the mid-1980s. Before coach John Hart took control for training... - Rugby: Shock and sadness at Drake's death
The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) today expressed shock and sadness at the sudden death of former All Blacks John Drake yesterday at the age of 49. Drake, a member of the New Zealand team who won the 1987 World Cup, died in Mt... - Rugby: Henry pays tribute to Drake
The tributes continue for former All Blacks prop John Drake who died at his Mt Maunganui home yesterday, at the age of 49. All Blacks coach Graham Henry coached Drake at both Auckland Grammar School and the University rugby club... - Rugby: Time called on troubled ref Walsh
Professional referee Steve Walsh faces an uncertain future following an incident at the Sanzar conference for coaches and referees. The Herald on Sunday has been told that Walsh, now New Zealand's longest serving referee, was...