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All Blacks loose forward Ardie Savea will skip Super Rugby with Moana Pasifika next year and take a sabbatical in Japan at the Kobe Steelers club, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) said on Tuesday.

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Sititi signs New Zealand Rugby deal through next World Cup

All Blacks number eight Wallace Sititi, who was named World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year in 2024, has signed a contract extension through to the end of the 2027 World Cup.

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Six games in Fiji, one in Samoa in 2023 Super Rugby season

SYDNEY : Fijian Drua will play six games in their island home and Moana Pasifika will play their first in Samoa next season as Super Rugby fully embraces its Pacific expansion after the end of COVID travel restrictions.

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Schmidt takes NZ role as Foster backed by Kiwi board

New Zealand head coach Ian Foster has been given the full backing of his bosses to continue in his job, with former Ireland boss Joe Schmidt taking up a full-time assistant role.

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New Zealand rugby review reveals cultural insensitivity, body shaming

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Rugby's (NZR) chief executive said that the governing body had "to do better" after coaches were found to have made culturally insensitive comments to the country's top women players and indulged in favouritism and body shaming.

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NZ rugby review reveals cultural insensitivity, body-shaming

New Zealand Rugby's chief executive says the governing body has "to do better" after coaches were found to have made culturally insensitive comments to the country's top women players and indulged in favouritism and body-shaming.

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Tight turnarounds for Moana Pasifika as Super Rugby matches rescheduled

SYDNEY : Super Rugby new boys Moana Pasifika will twice have turnarounds of only four days between fixtures in late March and early April after two of their matches, postponed because of an outbreak of COVID-19 in their squad, were rescheduled on Friday.

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New Super Rugby season hit by more Covid trouble

Moana Pasifika's debut Super Rugby season was thrown into further disarray on Thursday as their third match in four weeks was postponed because of Covid, this time an outbreak in an opposing team.

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