Articles by Napier Courier
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Former Kiwis league player is NZ's first case of national rep with CTE
Friday, 3 May 2024, 7:04AMNew Zealand has its first case of an international sporting representative to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy...
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Rugby player dies after head injury in Auckland match
Monday, 29 April 2024, 2:01PMThe Auckland rugby community is in a state of shock after a player died after suffering a head knock in Beachlands at the...
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Former All Blacks coach tipped to assume charge of Fiji
Friday, 12 April 2024, 2:05PMFormer All Blacks assistant coach Mick Byrne is expected to be promoted to lead the Fijian national team. Byrne, the former...
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Revealed: Ian Foster lands first coaching role after leaving All Blacks
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 12:15PMFormer All Blacks coach Ian Foster has landed a new job. Five months after leading the All Blacks to the Rugby World Cup...
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Dame Patsy Reddy confirms hardline NZR governance stance
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 3:07PMNew Zealand Rugby chair Dame Patsy Reddy has confirmed she will resign if agreement cannot be reached with the provincial...
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NZR chair threatens resignation over Governance standoff
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 4:19PMNew Zealand Rugby chair Dame Patsy Reddy has threatened to resign as tensions reach boiling point over the seven-month governance...
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NZ Rugby boss reveals his hopes for big changes to global game
Monday, 25 March 2024, 4:19PMThree years after the 20-minute red card was first ushered into the South Hemisphere, New Zealand Rugby boss Mark Robinson...
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A new hope? Six talking points ahead of Blues season
Sunday, 18 February 2024, 3:35PMAs the countdown to the kickoff for Super Rugby Pacific 2024 on February 23 gathers momentum, the Herald has examined the...
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Blues suffer another injury setback
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 3:50PMThe Blues have suffered a second injury setback before the Super Rugby Pacific season starts next week, with former All Blacks...
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Chris Bishop keen to continue bringing global sports events to New Zealand
Saturday, 23 December 2023, 12:39PMIn the last two years women’s sport moved into full view with a series of pinnacle events in New Zealand that significantly...
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Govt push to ban transgender athletes from all women's sport
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 8:54AMThe Government is threatening to withhold millions of dollars of public funding from New Zealand sports bodies if they do...
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Govt backing new test cricket venue for Auckland
Wednesday, 13 December 2023, 2:58PMColin Maiden Park has been identified as Auckland’s preferred test cricket venue. As those plans progress behind the scenes,...
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Foster's parting plea on last day as coach
Monday, 30 October 2023, 10:42AMBy Liam Napier in Paris In a parting plea to improve the global game All Blacks coach Ian Foster is calling on World Rugby...
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The pressing All Blacks selection question
Thursday, 26 October 2023, 7:13AMBy Liam Napier in Paris How successful the All Blacks are in countering the notorious Springboks ‘bomb squad’ could make...
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All Blacks shed tears on eve of World Cup final
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 3:20PMBy Liam Napier in Paris In a room full of their peers, on the eve of the most important occasion of their careers, the All...
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All Blacks vs Springboks: Why a Rugby World Cup win in Paris this weekend would trump the others
Monday, 23 October 2023, 3:10PMOPINION By Liam Napier in Paris Defining greatness is inherently difficult but if the All Blacks are to claim their fourth...
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The huge hurdle All Blacks face to reach final
Monday, 16 October 2023, 3:19PMBy Liam Napier in Paris To reach their final frontier the All Blacks must first overcome sport’s greatest mental hurdle –...
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Look out world! All Blacks triumph in one of the great World Cup tests
Sunday, 15 October 2023, 10:39AMNew Zealand 28 Ireland 24 By Liam Napier at Stade de France Revenge is sweet for the All Blacks as they stride one step...
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All Blacks side revealed, Telea stood down for disciplinary reasons
Friday, 13 October 2023, 7:18AMBy Liam Napier in Paris All Blacks wing Mark Telea will miss this weekend’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final with Ireland after...
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'Totally different team': Why the Irish series defeat might not matter
Wednesday, 11 October 2023, 8:47AMBy Liam Napier in Paris History teaches us lessons. Traversing the highs, the lows, the warts-and-all ugly shapes the present,...
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How All Blacks planned ahead for Ireland showdown
Monday, 9 October 2023, 1:39PMBy Liam Napier in Lyon Ian Foster apologised for arriving late to his final press conference in Lyon, saying he got distracted...
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Statement made: All Blacks send a message with Italy thrashing
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 10:18AMAll Blacks 96 Italy 17 By Liam Napier in Lyon A statement and a spectacle. With one foot on Italy’s throat and another...
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How All Blacks can get the fear back
Friday, 29 September 2023, 1:57PMBy Liam Napier in Lyon Fear is hard earned, easily eroded, in the unforgiving test rugby scene. For all their peaks and...
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ABs team naming: Pecking orders revealed
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 8:56AMBy Liam Napier in Lyon The cavalry returns in contrasting capacities, and the pecking order shifts in notable instances,...