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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Rugby articles  Rugby
    The final weekend of the Rugby Championship will go down to the wire, with just a point separating the table-topping Springboks and the All Blacks ... and with the Wallabies only three points behind them
     3 October 2025
    The final weekend of the Rugby Championship will go down to the wire, with just a point separating the table-topping Springboks and the All Blacks ... and with the Wallabies only three points behind them
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    All Blacks playmaker Damian McKenzie is vowing to seize the opportunity to start at number 10 in the second Bledisloe Cup test in Perth
    3 Oct: All Blacks playmaker Damian McKenzie is vowing to seize the opportunity to start at number 10 in the second Bledisloe Cup test in Perth... more
    All Blacks prop Tyrel Lomax's stop-start season could be over after re-injuring his thumb
    3 Oct: All Blacks prop Tyrel Lomax's stop-start season could be over after re-injuring his thumb... more
    Captain Scott Barrett has returned to lead the All Blacks against Australia in Perth on Saturday
    2 Oct: Captain Scott Barrett has returned to lead the All Blacks against Australia in Perth on Saturday... more
    All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has made two bold selection calls in his side to face the Wallabies in the second Bledisloe Cup test on Saturday
    2 Oct: All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has made two bold selection calls in his side to face the Wallabies in the second Bledisloe Cup test on Saturday... more
    Former All Black Ma'a Nonu's back in the points, adding to his record as the oldest player to score a try in the French Top 14 rugby competition
    2 Oct: Former All Black Ma'a Nonu's back in the points, adding to his record as the oldest player to score a try in the French Top 14 rugby competition... more
    Wing Payton Takimoana has made the NRLW's league team of the year in her first season
    2 Oct: Wing Payton Takimoana has made the NRLW's league team of the year in her first season... more
    Organisers of breakaway rugby competition R360 have told Australian player agents to plan for an October 2026 start date...with claims funding has been secured for three seasons
    1 Oct: Organisers of breakaway rugby competition R360 have told Australian player agents to plan for an October 2026 start date...with claims funding has been secured for three seasons... more
    The All Blacks are learning to be happy with ball in hand again
    1 Oct: The All Blacks are learning to be happy with ball in hand again... more
    World Rugby have confirmed the draw for the 2027 men's World Cup will take place in December
    1 Oct: World Rugby have confirmed the draw for the 2027 men's World Cup will take place in December... more

     Most Popular Recent Rugby News
     27 Sep: All Blacks edge brave Wallabies to retain Bledisloe Cup for 23rd year at Eden Park, Morgan Turinui rants at referee +++++++++++++++
     20 Sep: The Ranfurly Shield is on the move again +++++++++++++
     28 Sep: No room for complacency for Team Europe captain Luke Donald, as his group hold a sizeable advantage heading into the final day of golf's Ryder Cup in New York +++++++++++
     20 Sep: Wellington have stormed into the NPC's top eight with a 75-19 demolition of Southland in Porirua +++++++++++
     23 Sep: After a century of playing simply for prestige, the American Ryder Cup golf team is being paid for the very first time...but those greenbacks may not be going into their back pockets +++++++++++
     27 Sep: Calls from Black Ferns captain Ruahei Demant for more investment in the women's game, following the conclusion of the Rugby World Cup ++++++++++
     05 Oct: The Steelers have snatched a berth in the playoffs of rugby's NPC ++++++++++

     Rugby NewsLinks
      18 Oct: League: jahream bula scores four tries as fiji's bati defeat cook islands (RadioNZ)
      18 Oct: Npc rugby semifinal live updates: canterbury v hawke's bay (RadioNZ)
      18 Oct: The small north island school that has won four consecutive national rugby titles (Stuff.co.nz)
      17 Oct: Npc semifinal: otago v bay of plenty (RadioNZ)
      17 Oct: ‘i learned a lot from eddie’: why returning wallaby still has time for old coach jones (Sydney Morning Herald)
      17 Oct: Why the sudden 180 on r360, peter? (Sydney Morning Herald)
      17 Oct: 'terrific player': warriors confirm signing of former schoolboy rugby star (Stuff.co.nz)
      17 Oct: Pacific rugby league action set to kick of this weekend (RadioNZ)
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