Students from Mangatainoka School got the best end of year outing they could wish for when they were invited to watch the Hurricanes Super 14 rugby team practice in Wellington.

Surf boats will be the common link when the Vodafone Warriors and the Blues hit the water to face off in a rugby league v rugby union battle at Auckland's Viaduct Harbour tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday).

Hon Heather Roy speech to the Inaugural NZDF Reservist of The Year Awards Dinner; Defence House, Aitken St, Wellington; Saturday December 12 2009.

Wellington, Dec 12 NZPA/AFP - New Zealand, winners of last week's opening round of the world sevens rugby series in Dubai, made the quarterfinals of this week's round in South Africa despite an opening pool match loss to Samoa.

Wellington, Dec 12 NZPA - The fate of the four unions who yesterday received a stay of execution from being axed from the Air NZ Cup provincial rugby competition lies in their own hands, New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive Steve Tew said.

Former Kiwi and current high performance director Tony Kemp has today been appointed the New Zealand Rugby League's new football manager.

Wellington, Dec 11 NZPA - The domestic rugby landscape will not be changed after all.

After months of impassioned debate the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) has decided to stick with the status quo for the Air NZ Cup and Heartland Championship competitions for 2010.

The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) Board has decided to maintain the current 14-team premier competition and 12-team Heartland Championship in the same formats as the 2009 season for 2010.

Man, time flies don't it? This time last year I posted my very first blog for Voxy and in this past year I've had a few interesting comments on my posts.

As the 2010 rugby league season nears, Vodafone are proud to announce they are renewing their sponsorship of the Vodafone Warriors for a further four years, to the end of the 2014 NRL season.