Wellington, Dec 4 NZPA - All Blacks captain Richie McCaw, star first five-eighth Dan Carter and Taranaki hooker Andrew Hore were today named as nominees for the rugby player of the year award.

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.

Wellington, Nov 20 NZPA - Nominees for the 2009 New Zealand rugby awards function in Auckland on December 17:-

Age grade player: Sam Cane (Bay of Plenty), Aaron Cruden (Manawatu), Zac Guildford (Hawke's Bay), Winston Stanley (Auckland).

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

Wellington, Sept 7 - The New Zealand Schools squad for 2009 named today for a match against Australia Schools A and a one-off international against Australia Schools in October is:

New Zealand Schools (rugby) coach Karl Jones and his assistant coach Andrew Douglas have named the New Zealand Schools squad for 2009.

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.