Bledisloe Cup
Bledisloe Cup reduced to a two-game contest
The Bledisloe Cup, the annual rugby union competition contested by Australia and New Zealand, has been reduced from three fixtures to two
Queensland to host remainder of Rugby Championship
An agreement has been reached between the members of the Sanzaar rugby grouping to host the remaining matches of this year's Rugby Championship in Queensland, Australia
New Zealand Rugby cancels forthcoming Tests following latest lockdown
New Zealand Rugby has announced that several forthcoming Test matches for both the men’s All Blacks and women’s Black Ferns have been cancelled in response to the latest lockdown and travel restrictions in …
Fortinet to sponsor Rugby Championship, Bledisloe Cup rescheduled
New Zealand Rugby has signed cyber security solutions company Fortinet as the naming rights sponsor of this year’s Rugby Championship as plans were confirmed to reshuffle the Bledisloe Cup series between t…
New Zealand cancels Pumas Tests, Bledisloe Cup to go ahead
New Zealand Rugby has been forced to scrap plans to host two Rugby Championship Test matches against Argentina in September after the trans-Tasman travel bubble – between Australia and New Zealand – was…
Eden Park to become Coopers Catch Park for Bledisloe Cup match
Eden Park, New Zealand’s national stadium, will take on the moniker of Coopers Catch Park this week after a decision was made on its innovative naming rights deal.
New Zealand and Australia restart Test rugby
New Zealand and Australia played out a 16-16 draw in front of more than 30,000 fans in Wellington on Sunday, in the first rugby Test since the Covid-19 pandemic shut the sport down
Eden Park signs ‘world first’ naming-rights deal with ASB
Eden Park, New Zealand’s national stadium, has signed the first naming-rights deal in its 117-year history, albeit on a temporary basis.
New Zealand relaxes Covid-19 restrictions for Bledisloe Cup
The New Zealand government has relaxed some of its Covid-19 quarantine rules to make it easier for the Australia v New Zealand Bledisloe Cup rugby union matches to go ahead next month
Rugby Championship under threat, Bledisloe Cup also challenged
This year’s southern hemisphere Rugby Championship is in danger of not going ahead as planned due to the second wave of Covid-19 cases in expected host country New Zealand, and infections in the Argentina s…
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NZR considers trans-Tasman replacement for Super Rugby
New Zealand Rugby is considering abandoning Super Rugby and replacing it with a trans-Tasman tournament, local media has reported
Australia wants to host Rugby Championship in quarantine ‘bubble’
Rugby Australia is discussing with its Sanzaar partners and the Australian government plans for a Covid-19-free "hub" to host the four-nation Rugby Championship