New Zealand’s second A-League team has officially been unveiled. 

Auckland FC will join the league from next season and will sport a black and blue striped kit. 

Talks are underway for expanding the NRL further into New Zealand, with a Christchurch-based South Island Kea in the works. 

Former NZR boss David Moffett is helming the project, with hopes to enter the NRL in 2026. 

Australia and England cricket bosses are leading a push for setting minimum pay rates for each test appearance. 

They want the rate to be set at least NZ $22,000, in a push to compete with IPL salaries. 

Roosters prop Spencer Leniu has been banned for eight weeks after making a racist remark to Broncos half Ezra Mam.  

Elliott Smith and Andrew Gourdie joined Heather du Plessis-Allan to discuss the week’s sports news 

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