New Zealand coach Graham Henry has made two changes to his starting line-up for the second match of the Tri-Nations against world champions South Africa on Saturday.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has made four changes to his starting line-up for Saturday’s second Test against England in Christchurch.

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Graham Henry insists his team is not obsessed with winning the World Cup but concedes the New Zealand public may be.

Anthony Tuitavake will make his New Zealand debut on Saturday after being selected on the wing to play in the one-off Test against Ireland in Wellington.

ALL BLACK hopeful Kieran Read has failed to make Graham Henry’s 26-man squad for the Test series against Ireland and England and the Philips Tri Nations.

Llanelli Scarlets could be on the verge of making two major southern hemisphere signings – despite sacking their rugby director Phil Davies.

Canterbury duo Greg Somerville and Andrew Ellis have overcome injury to seal places in New Zealand’s World Cup squad.

Injury-plagued New Zealand prop Greg Somerville is back in hospital.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry will keep faith with the bulk of his Tri-Nations winning-squad when the World Cup favourites pursue glory in France this autumn.

NEW Zealand rugby selectors picked scrum-half Brendon Leonard and prop John Schwalger for the first time and omitted winger Rico Gear for the All Blacks’ final matches before the World Cup.

New Zealand have called up prop John Afoa and Waikato flanker Marty Holah for their second test against South Africa at Rustenberg.

New Zealand wrapped up their fourth Tri-Nations title in five years after a narrow victory over Australia at Eden Park in Auckland.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has made eight changes from the All Blacks side that beat Australia in the starting 15 for the Tri-Nations game against South Africa in Wellington.

There were few surprises in the New Zealand squad named to face Australia in Christchurch on Saturday.

WINGER Scott Hamilton will make his debut and prop Greg Somerville will play his 50th Test when New Zealand meet Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday.

South African-born lock Greg Rawlinson has been called into the New Zealand squad ahead of their Tests against Ireland and Argentina.

Prop Greg Somerville has become the latest player to be ruled out of New Zealand’s Great Britain and Ireland tour.

Otago fly-half Nick Evans has been drafted into New Zealand’s squad for their Great Britain and Ireland tour.

Graham Henry is refusing to get carried away with talk of a Grand Slam ahead of New Zealand’s tour of Ireland and Britain.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has resisted the temptation to make wholesale changes for the third and final Test against the British and Irish Lions at Eden Park on Saturday even though the series is already wrapped up.

Leon MacDonald will fill the considerable boots of Dan Carter in the New Zealand team to take on the British and Irish Lions in the third and final Test at Eden Park on Saturday.

CLIVE WOODWARD’S backroom boys believe the British & Irish Lions can overcome last weekend’s sorry performance against New Zealand in tomorrow’s second Test.

Carl Hayman has been ruled out of Saturday’s second Test against the British and Irish Lions.

EVERGREEN Justin Marshall won the contentious battle of the New Zealand half-backs when the All Blacks selectors showed their hand for the first Test against the Lions.

Leon MacDonald has been recalled by the All Blacks for the first Test against the British and Irish Lions on Saturday.

Poor form has cost Joe Rokocoko his place in the All Blacks squad to face the British and Irish Lions.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has included two uncapped players in his starting line-up for Saturday’s Test match against Italy in Rome’s Flaminio stadium.

New Zealand retained the Bledisloe Cup with victory over Australia in wet and windy Wellington today.

The decision not to include Andrew Mehrtens in his team to face England was not an easy one to make, according to New Zealand coach Graham Henry.

Andrew Mehrtens’ renaissance continued when he was named in the 26-man New Zealand squad to face England in two Tests.

Lock Ali Williams has returned to the New Zealand camp and will face Tonga on Friday after recovering from a fractured foot suffered in the build-up to the World Cup.

The All Blacks entered their second World Cup match reeling from the news that full-back Ben Blair's tournament could be over.

New Zealand’s selectors have left Jonah Lomu and two other leading players - Christian Cullen and Andrew Mehrtens – out of their World Cup squad announced today.

The continuing misfortunes of Andrew Mehrtens and Jonah Lomu continue to dominate the build-up to New Zealand’s Tri-Nations clash with Australia on Saturday.

John Mitchell returned to his strongest possible line-up for New Zealand’s twin assault on the Bledisloe Cup and the world number one ranking this weekend.

THE South African Springboks may have handed the Wallabies a blueprint on how to defeat the All Blacks and retain rugby’s Bledisloe Cup next weekend, Australian coach Eddie Jones said yesterday.

New Zealand coach John Mitchell has wielded the axe after his side’s weekend defeat by England.

Reuben Thorne will lead New Zealand in their June Tests against England, Wales and France, it was announced today.

WITH just three days to go to the Heineken Cup final, the failure of either Munster or Leinster to emerge from their respective semi-finals takes greatly from the event. I sincerely hope, both for the sake of the competition and for the ability of Ireland to host a major European sporting event that the Dublin public turns up in large numbers.

Australia blew open the 2002 Tri-Nations title race, and retained the Bledisloe Cup once again, as Matt Burke rediscovered his kicking boots.

JONAH LOMU and his Wellington Hurricanes team-mate Tana Umaga have been dropped from the New Zealand squad named yesterday for the opening Tri-Nations clash of the season against Australia.