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Steve Hansen’s New Zealand side search for their third Rugby World Cup in a row. If they beat England on Saturday

Coach drops top All Blacks

Steve Hansen wants a “200%” improvement from his players for their clash with the Aussies

Scott and Beauden Barrett celebrate a Bledisloe Cup victory over and Australia. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

How the Barrett family has plotted the course for New Zealand rugby

Not only have Beauden, Jordie and Scott Barrett are the first sibling trio to take the field at the same time

Steve Hansen’s New Zealand side search for their third Rugby World Cup in a row. If they beat England on Saturday

All Blacks coach winds back on domestic violence comments

Steve Hansen moves to clarify comments he made, downplaying the role of gender in domestic violence

Beauden Barrett (front) and Damian McKenzie (left) will open against England, but Scott Barrett (right) is out. (Marty Melville/AFP)

All Blacks call up the big guns for England Test

New Zealand have signalled their attacking intent against England by naming two playmakers in a full- strength side for Saturday’s blockbuster Test

Rassie Erasmus has commended his side after they overcame a tough Wales outfit to reach their third Rugby World Cup final. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

All Blacks, Boks slugfests are all punched out, say coaches

The days of New Zealand and South Africa dishing up dour, forward-based slug-fests are over, according to the rival coaches

Hansen appointed new All Blacks coach

The New Zealand Rugby Union have appointed Steve Hansen as the new coach of the world champion All Blacks, replacing Graham Henry.

That’s all

That’s all, folks, says All Blacks coach Graham Henry

Graham Henry has quit as coach of the All Blacks after their World Cup win, ending one of the most successful rugby coaching careers of all time.

Coach: Collins wouldn’t have made the Kiwi squad

All Black coach Graham Henry fired a parting shot at retiring flanker Jerry Collins, saying the tough loose forward was in poor form and would not have made the first New Zealand…

All Black hit man Collins quits NZ rugby

All Blacks enforcer Jerry Collins announced his retirement from New Zealand rugby Monday but said he had made no decision on joining the exodus of top players overseas. The…

I thought I was out of a job, says Henry

All Blacks coach Graham Henry said he thought his international career was over after his team’s shock elimination from the Rugby World Cup last year, a newspaper reported on…

Henry back in All Blacks coaching hot seat

Graham Henry defied history on Friday when he was reappointed as All Blacks coach despite holding the reins during the team’s worst-ever World Cup performance this year. The New…

Henry re-applies for All Blacks coaching job

All Blacks coach Graham Henry has re-applied for his job following the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) decision to make the position contestable after the team’s failed World Cup…

All Blacks blame World Cup referee

The All Blacks coaches have blamed English referee Wayne Barnes for their World Cup failure, it was reported on Thursday as the New Zealand Rugby Union deliberated on the future…

Robbie Deans keen to coach All Blacks

Canterbury Crusaders coach Robbie Deans has confirmed the worst-kept secret in New Zealand rugby — he is keen to take over as All Black coach from Graham Henry. Henry is likely…

All Blacks scarred for life, says coach

New Zealand coach Graham Henry admitted the All Blacks were scarred for life by their agonising World Cup exit as the team received an unexpectedly warm welcome home on…

French defeat brings Henry’s All Blacks time to an end

Graham Henry will be replaced as All Blacks coach by the end of the year after his highly fancied team crashed out of the World Cup at the hands of France in the quarterfinals.…

White: Jones won’t compromise Wallaby secrets

Eddie Jones will not compromise what he knows of the Wallabies’ inner workings to the advantage of fierce Rugby World Cup rivals South Africa, Springboks coach Jake White said on…

How the coaches rate at the World Cup

During my playing career I came to the conclusion that coaching and managing a team must be a thankless task, writes Thomas Castaignede. There are always plenty of people lining…

Europe new hotbed of club rugby after post-Cup exodus

Club rugby in the northern hemisphere has long been derided as the poor cousin in world rugby. But the post-World Cup exodus of a raft of top-flight internationals from…