New Zealand 43 Georgia 10: New Zealand moved into the World Cup quarter-finals by predictably beating Georgia in bonus-point fashion – but it was a performance laced with errors.

NORWAY: A 21-year-old Norwegian man was fined 10,000 crowns ($1,300) for fraud because he accepted a contract killing job without intending to carry it out, police told Reuters

No matter what else the television sports year offers up, we think we saw its most delightful touch last Saturday night.

New Zealand 28 England 27

New Zealand's assistant coach Ian Foster says he and the squad are determined to finish their season on a high.

Ireland scrum coach Greg Feek has backed rookie Ulster tighthead Declan Fitzpatrick to step up for Ireland against the All Blacks on Saturday should first-choice Mike Ross fail to recover from a hamstring injury.

Israel Dagg has revealed New Zealand’s sense of “great relief” at ending a 24-year wait to be crowned world champions.

NEW ZEALAND captain Richie McCaw hailed his team’s courage and desire after they ended 24 years of hurt by winning the closest final in World Cup history.

THE All Blacks never forgave Stephen Donald for the missed touch kick which ultimately condemned them to defeat by Australia in Hong Kong this time last year.

New Zealand captain Richie McCaw hailed his team’s courage and desire after they ended 24 years of hurt by winning the closest final in World Cup history.

France 7 New Zealand 8

France 0 New Zealand 5

NEW ZEALAND rolled over Canada in their World Cup encounter in Pool A in Wellington but the performance of Dan Carter’s replacement gave the All Blacks cause for concern.

NEW ZEALAND coach Graham Henry praised an impressive showing by Sonny Bill Williams after the All Blacks romped to an 83-7 victory over Japan at Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium yesterday.

IF you point your car south from Kilkenny city and travel on any of the major three arteries towards Waterford, Carrick-on-Suir or Clonmel, you’ll travel through Danesfort GAA country.

Blues doctor Stephen Kara has allayed fears over New Zealand prop Tony Woodcock's fitness following weekend reports that he could miss the World Cup on home soil later this year due to a foot injury.

ROBBIE DEANS has faced pressure before, but the vultures are circling after Saturday’s disaster in Melbourne.

New Zealand 32 South Africa 12

NEW ZEALAND yesterday filed an official complaint over what they believe was an eye-gouge on prop Tony Woodcock following their crushing win over France in Marseilles on Saturday.

MARTIN JOHNSON’S bid to keep his management team in place for the Six Nations could be undermined after it emerged Mike Ford is being considered for the England rugby league head coach’s job.

AUSTRALIA have quickly turned their attentions to their forthcoming tour of Britain and Ireland after coming up short against New Zealand for the fourth time this year.

New Zealand assistant coach Steve Hansen had no argument with the one-match bans handed out to prop Tony Woodcock and wing Sitiveni Sivivatu following Saturday's 32-19 victory against Australia in Tokyo.

NEW ZEALAND were left to lament costly errors after going down 28-19 to South Africa in the Tri-Nations match in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

Hooker Corey Flynn has been ruled out of New Zealand’s remaining Test matches against Wales and England.

KILKENNY are odds on for another All-Ireland success in two weeks — with the national ploughing championships due to be held at Farmley, Cuffesgrange, over three days.

New Zealand stopped the rot and got their Tri-Nations campaign back on track with an emphatic victory against Australia today.

NEW ZEALAND coach Graham Henry has refused to get into a war of words with South Africa counterpart Peter de Villiers after the latter accused the All Blacks of cheating in the scrums.

An Armagh man who claimed he was a terrorist on board a transatlantic flight will be deported from America, US authorities said today.

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.

Coronation Street’s Liz Dawn would have been dead by now if she had not quit smoking five years ago, her physician said.

A HAT-TRICK of tries for Munster-bound winger Doug Howlett — to draw him level with Christian Cullen at the top of the All-Black try-scoring charts — was the good news for Irish fans after this rout in Marseille on Saturday.

Next year's National Ploughing Championships are to be held in Farmley, Cuffesgrange, Co Kilkenny.

AUSTRALIA have recalled full-back Chris Latham for the Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cup showdown against the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday.

THE ALL BLACKS have been forced to call up the seventh and eighth locks on their pecking order yesterday, after Ali Williams and Keith Robinson joined a growing list of seriously injured middle row forwards.

ENGLAND’S record Twickenham crowd of 82,000 witnessed a record-breaking occasion — but for all the wrong reasons as New Zealand underlined their credentials as overwhelming World Cup favourites.

Wales 3 New Zealand 41

New Zealand 91 Fiji 0

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