Ric Salizzo talks to the Herald about the return of SportsCafe. Video / Ben Dickens The Hawke’s Bay Magpies will be without at least four more of their most experienced regulars for the 2024 NPC rugby ...

All Blacks Samipeni Finau, Luke Jacobson and Anton Lienert-Brown headline Waikato’s team for their NPC quarter-final away to ...

Lukas Ripley looking for action in the Magpies' last home-match of the season, a 63-19 loss to Taranaki three weeks ago. Photo / Paul Taylor: Action Press The 22-year-old was among the Melbourne ...

Rugby coach Peter Russell, most credited with reviving Magpies’ fortunes with an historic first NPC top division semi-final in his first season at the helm Hawke’s Bay in 2007, died suddenly on ...

Matches in rugby's National Provincial Championship are on track to appear on a free-to-air platform. As Sky and New Zealand Rugby near renewal of their broadcast contract - the Herald reports ...

Wellington scored 31 unanswered points during a one-sided first half to set up a big win over Canterbury in the NPC on Sunday. The Lions notched their fourth straight bonus-point to continue their ...

The players in contention for this year's Air New Zealand NPC Most Valuable Player award have been confirmed. The 27 provincial winners were selected by their local sports journalists for consistent ...

No.8 Malachi Wrampling is enjoying his second stint with the New Zealand Under-20s in the Rugby Championship tournament that continues on Tuesday when playing Argentina. Wrampling said he took a lot ...

ALL Blacks veteran Dan Carter has been ruled out of the third Bledisloe Cup match next week following more injury problems. Coach Steve Hansen wants five-eighth great Carter to continue rehabilitating ...

They may be rank outsiders to qualify for the Mitre 10 Cup championship semifinals, but the Southland Stags rugby team are still a chance. Hoani Macdonald's greenhorns are yet to win a game in the ...