Rugby

All Blacks must lift again

Like a battered old boxer the All Blacks must pick themselves up off the canvas and stagger out for one final round.

All Blacks prop ready for France's tough love

All Blacks expect more muscle than hustle

One more big game for tired All Black

All Blacks in France

All Blacks add muscle and experience

ABs won't freeze this time - McCaw

All Blacks captain Richie McCaw is promising his side won't be possums in the headlights against France this time around.

Jackal attacks slowing game

Conrad Smith says the debate about rugby's rules is misguided.

A rugby season too far

OPINION: It should not be posed to the powers that be as a question, but rather a statement.

McCaw happy the north has clicked

All Blacks captain Richie McCaw is relieved to see the northern hemisphere is finally waking up to the game's problems.

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One more big game for tired All Black

All Blacks expect more muscle than hustle

All Blacks prop ready for France's tough love

Better late than never for All Blacks lock

Emotion key as All Blacks approach final test

Lievremont keen for second win over number one

Doubts over ABs reserves bench mix

Vodafone pulls plug on Waikato sponsorship

Scare tactics won't work with France any more

Richie McCaw ready for physicality with French

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Video: ABs update from Marseille

Smit causes stir with new book

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Opinion

Huge challenge ahead

Wayne Smith is right to be wary of the peculiar challenge that is the French at Stade Velodrome. These All Blacks will have experienced nothing like what awaits them on Sunday morning.

Robbie Deans is no quitter

Soon after he had signed Robbie Deans through to the 2011 World Cup, John O'Neill smiled like a hard-up dentist that peers into the mouth of a wealthy client and discovers a mess of rotten teeth.

England fans gluttons for punishment

All Blacks all right in white

Graham Henry would prefer black, but white's all right with the All Blacks as they carve a little piece of history against France here on Saturday night.

Tialata ready for tough French love

The All Blacks coaches say they've shown him some "love", but it's fair to say Neemia Tialata is expecting a different sort of emotion from some gnarly Frenchmen here in Saturday night's final test of the year.

ABs expect muscle not hustle

Tired Thorn longs for home

Jackal attacks slowing game

Conrad Smith says the debate about rugby's rules is misguided.

International

Wales lose captain Jones for Wallabies clash

Wales captain Ryan Jones has withdrawn from the side to face Australia at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff after failing to recover from a back injury.

Wallabies end 101-year hoodoo

The Wallabies have broken a 101-year hoodoo with a morale-boosting 31-3 victory over the Cardiff Blues in their tour match in the Welsh capital this morning (NZ time).

Lievremont has France primed

France no longer scared

The Jonah phenomenon continues

Getting through his first French club rugby match was the easy part.

Super 14

McCaw to skip three S14 matches

Richie McCaw will sit out the first three rounds of the Crusaders' 2010 campaign as part of a deal brokered with the New Zealand Rugby Union.

Crusaders post $297,000 loss

The Crusaders deny they are in financial crisis after recording a $297,000 loss for the 2009 season.

Bulls the benchmark

Cruden ready for Hurricanes hype

Kahui likes it hot

Chiefs pin-up Richard Kahui is demanding his side get rid of their "hot and cold" reputation and prove a consistent force in next year's Super 14.

News

Leicester coach banned

Leicester head coach Richard Cockerill has received a four-week suspension for abusing match officials, the RFU (Rugby Football Union) has said.

Smit causes stir with new book

Watching Richie McCaw and his All Blacks looking like rabbits in the headlights against France inspired John Smit to save South Africa's World Cup campaign.