Category: Sports

Cam Roigard of the Hurricanes. Photo: Elias Rodriguez / www.photosport.nz The Hurricanes will start the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season with a new ownership structure as the Wellington Rugby Football Union (WRFU) sells its 50 percent stake. The WRFU’s sale of their shares in the Hurricanes is part of securing the financial sustainability of the…

Running prodigy Sam Ruthe is having a record-breaking year. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz The ease at which running prodigy Sam Ruthe smashed the long-standing secondary schools 1500 metre record took the 16-year-old by surprise. The Tauranga Boys’ College student shattered the record, held by Commonwealth Games runner Richard Potts since 1989, by eight seconds on Saturday…

Auckland FC v Wellington Phoenix Saturday, 6 December Kick-off: 5pm Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Live blog updates on RNZ Auckland FC may be the most vulnerable they have ever been ahead of a New Zealand derby game in the A-League. Saturday’s fifth edition of the derby with the Wellington Phoenix is the only one of…

West Indies batter Shai Hope sways away from a delivery against New Zealand. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz The Black Caps are being made to toil for a first test win against the West indies in Christchurch. After setting the visitors a daunting total, the Windies have offered plenty of resistance to leave the Black Caps needing…

New Zealand celebrate during the Women’s Rugby World Cup third-place match against France, 2025. Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP The Black Ferns will resume their rivalry with France for a three-Test home series in 2026, as part of the new WXV Global Series. The series headlines a four-match home schedule between August and the end…

NZ Jockey James McDonald. Photo: DAN HIMBRECHTS New Zealand jockey James McDonald has won the Longines World’s Best Jockey title for the second consecutive year and third time overall. The 33-year-old, who is based in Australia, also won the Longines World’s Best Jockey Award in 2022. On his way to claiming the 2025 title, McDonald…

All Blacks Sevens player Brady Rush. Photo: Photosport New Zealand has swept the Dubai round of the Sevens World Series with the Black Ferns Sevens and All Blacks Sevens beating Australia in their respective finals. The Black Ferns Sevens thumped their arch-rivals 29-14 before the All Blacks Sevens held on the beat a fast finishing…

New Zealand Blackcaps coach Rob Walter Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Black Caps coach Rob Walter doesn’t expect his side to have any problems slipping back into Test match mode in the first Test against West Indies starting in Christchurch on Tuesday. Walter is preparing for his first home Test series since taking over the role in…

Football Fern Annalie Longo will end her international career against the Matildas in Adelaide. Photo: www.photosport.nz Football Ferns legend Annalie Longo knew the end of a career spanning nearly 20 years at the top was coming this year and she is thankful to walk away on her own terms. Longo will retire from international football…

Tukaha Cooper of the Southland Sharks, 2025. Photo: PHOTOSPORT Breakers development player Tukaha Cooper has been banned from basketball for a month after testing positive for cannabis. The Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui tested Cooper after the Southland Sharks National Basketball League game against Saints in Wellington on 20 July. The commission’s statement said…