Rugby Championship: Rob Horne scored a late try, converted by Bernard Foley, to give Australia a 24-23 win over South Africa in their Rugby Championship game in Perth.

Beauden Barrett inspired New Zealand to a thumping 28-9 win over Argentina in the Rugby Championship at McLean Park, Napier.

New Zealand 28 England 27

Kieran Read has been ruled out of the series opener at Eden Park against England on Saturday.

With five minutes to play in Dublin, I was blaming last week’s loss to Australia for what seemed certain to be an historic Irish victory.

All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen has challenged his players not to get sidetracked by their pursuit of a perfect year and concentrate purely on the business of beating Ireland in Dublin next Sunday.

England 22 New Zealand 30

South Africa 27 New Zealand 38

New Zealand 29 South Africa 15

New Zealand have selected uncapped scrum half TJ Perenara ahead of veteran Piri Weepu in their squad for the Investec Rugby Championship.

Wales 10 New Zealand 33

Kieran Read will captain New Zealand for the first time when the All Blacks tackle Italy on Saturday.

New Zealand 60 Ireland 0

Injured pair Jamie Heaslip and Gordon D’Arcy are out of Ireland’s Third Test against New Zealand.

NEW ZEALAND coach Graham Henry has announced his 30-man squad for the Rugby World Cup with no place for quintet Sitiveni Sivivatu, Wyatt Crockett, Liam Messam, Jarrad Hoeata and Hosea Gear.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has announced his 30-man squad for the Rugby World Cup with no place for quintet Sitiveni Sivivatu, Wyatt Crockett, Liam Messam, Jarrad Hoeata and Hosea Gear.

A host of fringe players will get the chance to stake a final claim for a place in New Zealand’s World Cup squad after being named in the starting XV for Saturday’s Tri Nations clash with South Africa.

New Zealand lock Brad Thorn has been ruled out of tomorrow’s match with Ireland having failed to recover from a hamstring strain.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has named his side to face Ireland in the 2010 Guinness Series at the Aviva Stadium.

New Zealand have made five changes from the side which inflicted a 49-3 humiliation on Scotland last week for Saturday’s clash with Ireland.

NEW ZEALAND will enter the second match of their autumn Grand Slam quest with Scotland today without Keven Mealamu after the hooker’s appeal against his four-week ban was only partially successful.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has made four changes to his starting XI from the team that beat England last weekend for Saturday’s Test against Scotland at Murrayfield.

Former New Zealand rugby league star Sonny Bill Williams will make his All Blacks Test debut against England at Twickenham on Saturday.

Former rugby league star Sonny Bill Williams has been named in New Zealand’s 30-man squad for their end-of-season tour of the northern hemisphere but there is no place for Aaron Cruden, Robbie Fruean or Colin Slade.

John Afoa, Corey Flynn, Liam Messam and Ma'a Nonu have been recalled to the New Zealand squad for the Tri-Nations series with Australia and South Africa.

FT New Zealand Maori 35 England 28

Geordan Murphy has spoken of his pride in captaining Ireland for the first time as they provide the opposition for New Zealand Maori’s centenary match tomorrow.

NOT long ago, the chances of John Muldoon, Niall Ronan or Chris Henry wearing the number six jersey on the Irish team against either New Zealand or Australia would have been fairly remote.

THE New Zealand Maori squad has been named for next month’s Centenary series — which includes a clash with Ireland — with former All Blacks Corey Flynn, Hosea Gear, Tanerau Latimer, Luke McAlister, Liam Messam and Isaac Ross all named.

New Zealand loose forward Jerome Kaino claims reclaiming the number six jersey is his priority on the All Blacks' upcoming tour.

New Zealand 22 France 27

New Zealand coach Graham Henry says his young players will be all the better for having to dig deep and find a late try to defeat Munster 18-16 Munster at Thomond Park.

Munster 16 New Zealand 18

THE GREAT New Zealand wing Joe Rokocoko is the only starting member of Saturday’s All Blacks XV at Croke Park included in the lineup for tomorrow night’s clash with Munster at Thomond Park.

Scotland paid the price for missed chances and sloppy defending against an under-strength New Zealand as their first Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test ended in a resounding defeat.

NEW ZEALAND coach Graham Henry is not concerned about the lack of experience in his side to face Scotland today.

In an All Blacks XV skippered by hooker Keven Mealamu for the first time, Southland prop Jamie Mackintosh, Waikato number eight Liam Messam and Canterbury flanker Kieran Read all make Test debuts.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has named regular captain Richie McCaw and star fly-half Dan Carter on the bench for Saturday’s clash with Scotland at Murrayfield.

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has named seven new players in his 35-man squad for the autumn tour to Hong Kong and Europe.

Defending champions New Zealand Maori have named four debutants in the side to face Canada in tomorrow’s Barclays Churchill Cup clash in Northampton.

Crusaders centre Rua Tipoki will lead the New Zealand Maori in their Churchill Cup defence this month.

THE Ireland A team to play New Zealand Maori in tonight’s Pool B Churchill Cup tie shows four changes from that which defeated USA 28-13 last weekend.

New Zealand Maori coach Donny Stevenson has made wholesale changes for Saturday’s Churchill Cup match against Ireland A in Santa Clara.

England were crushed 26-5 by New Zealand in the final of the Singapore Sevens