Following the recent announcement of nominees for the Steinlager Rugby Awards, nominees for the NZRU Women's Player of the Year and the Kelvin R. Tremain Memorial Player of the Year have been released today.

The nominees for this year's Steinlager Rugby Awards, New Zealand's premier rugby awards, have been announced.

New Zealand rugby fans and players will be invited to express their sympathy and support for victims of the devastating Pacific Islands earthquake and tsunami at New Zealand's domestic rugby matches this weekend.

Waikato centre Save Tokula has pleaded guilty to a charge of a dangerous tackle at a New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) judicial hearing in Wellington today.

30 June 2009 - Asia will again be the venue for a fourth Bledisloe Cup Test this year with Japan to host a showdown between the All Blacks and the Wallabies on October 31.

14 May 2009 - Hurricanes head coach Colin Cooper and his Chiefs counterpart Ian Foster have been re-appointed as coaches of the Junior All Blacks.

Crusaders and All Black fullback Leon MacDonald will take up a contract to play for Japanese club Kintetsu immediately following this season's Rebel Sport Super 14.

27 April 2009 - New Zealand's longest serving professional referee, Steve Walsh, has retired from his job with the NZRU. As a result of an enquiry into an employment problem arising from a referee meeting in Sydney both Steve and the NZRU have reached this outcome.

18 FEB 2009 - New Zealand's top 30 teenage rugby players have been named to attend the Sir Brian Lochore Under 17 development camp in April.

The 30 players were selected following four franchise development and selection camps involving 85 players from around the country.

The New Zealand Rugby Union will provide immediate assistance to New Zealand's 26 Provincial Unions in response to the worsening economic conditions and the strong financial position it has built up, including an estimated surplus in 2008 in excess of $7.5 million.