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  •   Home > News > Sports > Rugby

    New Zealand's most decorated rower has called time on his career

    New Zealand's most decorated rower has called time on his career


    Hamish Bond is retiring from the sport - his career on the water includes three Olympic gold medals and eight golds at the World Championships.



    Cricket Wellington's expressing its disappointment at the capital being stripped of its three Black Caps fixtures this summer.

    Wellington will no longer host a South African test or two Twenty20s against Australia, as New Zealand Cricket centralises series' to prevent the spread of Covid.

    It's the first summer in 26 years the Basin Reserve won't host a test.

    Hagley Oval will now host both matches against South Africa, while Napier will host the entire Australian T20 series.



    A three-time defending motocross world champion, but contract talks are one hill Courtney Duncan's having trouble clearing.

    Duncan is off contract from her Kawasaki Dixon Racing Team, and reveals a contract renewal - which she hoped to have sorted in the new year - is yet to be finalised.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Rugby News
     15 Jul: All Black Sevu Reece has declared himself ready to return to the test arena
     15 Jul: Former All Blacks scrum guru Mike Cron's cautioned against making any dramatic changes to rugby's laws in order to speed the game up
     14 Jul: Coach Scott Robertson's laying down a challenge to the All Blacks squad with their series against France already in the bag ahead of the third and final test
     14 Jul: Running prodigy Sam Ruthe is crediting coach Craig Kirkwood after breaking his 15th national age group record since November
     14 Jul: One All Black is out, but up to four more are set to come back into the selection fold for this weekend's third test against France in Hamilton
     14 Jul: The Black Sox will face Venezuela in the men's softball World Cup final in Canada, after beating Japan 8-3 in the Super Round
     13 Jul: Warriors NRL-W coach Ron Griffiths is backing his rugby union converts to find their feet in this afternoon's match against the Eels at Mt Smart
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