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  •   Home > News > Sports >  Subscribe to NZCity's Rugby articles  Rugby
    Zac Lomax has been offered a near-million-dollar deal to sign with Super Rugby's Western Force
     19 December 2025
    Zac Lomax has been offered a near-million-dollar deal to sign with Super Rugby's Western Force
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    High jumper Hamish Kerr is shaping as one of the major contenders for the Halbergs Supreme prize in February
    18 Dec: High jumper Hamish Kerr is shaping as one of the major contenders for the Halbergs Supreme prize in February... more
    High jumper Hamish Kerr has been awarded the Lonsdale Cup for 2025
    18 Dec: High jumper Hamish Kerr has been awarded the Lonsdale Cup for 2025... more
    Netball New Zealand's boss has stepped down, after a troubling year for the sport
    18 Dec: Netball New Zealand's boss has stepped down, after a troubling year for the sport... more
    Blues coach Vern Cotter is intrigued by the idea of cross-hemisphere rugby clubs swapping players
    17 Dec: Blues coach Vern Cotter is intrigued by the idea of cross-hemisphere rugby clubs swapping players... more
    The Highlanders have signed promising Southland playmaker Mika Muliaina for the next four years
    17 Dec: The Highlanders have signed promising Southland playmaker Mika Muliaina for the next four years... more
    An Otago University student and rising rugby talent is recovering after a near-fatal fall from a Dunedin rooftop in September
    17 Dec: An Otago University student and rising rugby talent is recovering after a near-fatal fall from a Dunedin rooftop in September... more
    Could Warren Gatland be poised to return to international rugby coaching?
    16 Dec: Could Warren Gatland be poised to return to international rugby coaching?... more
    Former New Zealand Rugby high performance manager Don Tricker has been called in to oversee the review into the 2025 All Blacks season
    16 Dec: Former New Zealand Rugby high performance manager Don Tricker has been called in to oversee the review into the 2025 All Blacks season... more
    High praise for Hayden Wilde from the the voice of triathlon after a dominant year on the T100 circuit
    15 Dec: High praise for Hayden Wilde from the the voice of triathlon after a dominant year on the T100 circuit... more

     Most Popular Recent Rugby News
     17 Dec: An Otago University student and rising rugby talent is recovering after a near-fatal fall from a Dunedin rooftop in September ++++++++++++++++++++
     14 Dec: The Tauranga Whai have defended their Tauihi national women's basketball league title with a resounding 93-66 win over the Mainland Pouakai in the final in Christchurch +++++++++++++
     09 Dec: New Zealand Rugby are open to early kickoff times and other initiatives to get fans through the gate +++++++++++
     03 Dec: Striving to compete with a specialist American medley training squad is the reason behind two-time Olympian Lewis Clareburt making the move to Australia +++++++++
     09 Dec: New Zealand Rugby are happy to acknowledge their reasons for giving Eden Park half of the All Blacks' home tests in 2026 +++++++++
     03 Dec: Izayah Le'afa unknowingly played through a stress fractured foot in the Tall Blacks basketball World Cup qualifier loss to Australia in Wellington +++++++++
     07 Dec: The Black Ferns Sevens are moving on quickly from a perfect start in Cape Town as they eye another finals run +++++++++

     Rugby NewsLinks
      31 Dec: Pacific sport year in review: the highs and lows of 2025 (RadioNZ)
      30 Dec: ‘love doesn’t end’: former all black announces baby news in bittersweet post (Stuff.co.nz)
      30 Dec: Five rookie signings who could take super rugby by storm (Stuff.co.nz)
      29 Dec: Less may be more as zac lomax prepares to chase a dream, not money (Sydney Morning Herald)
      29 Dec: How the hurricanes pulled off the 'biggest' signing of the super rugby season (Stuff.co.nz)
      27 Dec: Blues recruit rugby's wannabe helicopter pilot — and it’s not richie mccaw (Stuff.co.nz)
      25 Dec: Nz rugby’s teams in black have big problems. what happens next? (Stuff.co.nz)
      24 Dec: Can rugby star's stolen caps be found after 40 years? (BBCWorld)
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     Today's News

    Environment:
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    Entertainment:
    Tyler Perry's lawyer has branded a new allegation of sexual misconduct a "failed money grab" 13:38

    Rugby:
    The quarter-finals are set at the world darts championship - and for the first time in a non-Covid year since 2012 Michael van Gerwen won't be there 13:37

    Business:
    Recognition for the lawyer behind class action against two major banks 13:27

    Entertainment:
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    Rugby:
    Bowls great Val Smith is struggling to come to terms with her second major award in three months 13:07

    Entertainment:
    Billie Lourd "will never stop missing" her late mom Carrie Fisher 12:38

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