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Kiwi connection to running legend Deerfoot
New Zealand's list of running achievements has always been a source of fascination, given the country's smaller population and its unprecedented levels…
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Richie McCaw gained French respect
It's 10 years since former All Blacks captain and flanker Richie McCaw walked into retirement, a two-time Rugby World Cup winner and leader, and one of…
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A Colonial's 1926 view of a Lord's Test
Alan Mulgan ventures into sport
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Great 1967 Test fails to make 'definitive' list
All Blacks v France rivalry
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June 2025

Tom Pritchard - A forgotten feat
NZ cricketers of note, No 3 - an occasional series
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Mark Nicholls' best pre-WWII XV
Former All Blacks five-eighths Mark Nicholls was one of the few players, Billy Stead was another, who took to rugby writing once his playing career was…
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Stu Wilson - rugby's laughing cavalier
Stuart Wilson, b Gore, 22 July 1954, d Tauranga, 8 June 2025, age 70.
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Vale Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson, b.
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May 2025

Frank Mooney loved a batting crisis
New Zealand cricketers of note - an occasional series No.2
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Film of Shield win emerges after 66 years
Southland v Taranaki 1959
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Diack's had strong southern connection
'Tuppy' Diack's death last week in Dunedin, at 94, completed a connection with representative rugby in New Zealand that began in 1920.
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Bill McCaw - a southern rugby gentleman
Obituary
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