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'We're pretty excited': Canterbury moving NPC match to the country

Horses have been hoofed out before the first game of rugby at the ground in a decade-plus.

Champagne Rugby podcast: Fiji - you are the way Pool C should be

Rugby tastes better when it's Champagne Rugby

Jono Gibbes: What the South Africa game proved about the World Cup

OPINION: World Rugby used Twickenham match to signal to all the teams competing in France.

Gregor Paul: Maybe the Boks loss was just what the All Blacks needed

OPINION: Inside the All Blacks the reaction will be coldly analytical and practical.

Why the All Blacks still have plenty of straws to clutch

OPINION: Kris Shannon outlines five reasons why everything is fine ahead of the World Cup.

Winners & Losers: Come back David Cunliffe, all is forgiven

OPINION: Women's sport - and men's sport - is better off when these creeps move on.

All Blacks' world ranking slides after historic defeat

It comes after the All Blacks suffered their worst-ever loss at the hands of South Africa.

First XV wrap: Best of schoolboy rugby overshadows the worst

A pulsating Westlake-Sacred Heart contest was metaphorical ointment for Scots scab.

Why Scott Barrett avoided a ban for red card against Springboks

A judiciary deemed the red card at Twickenham as sufficient punishment.

Why the All Blacks can put the Bok nightmare behind them

Phil Gifford presents six talking points after the mayhem at Twickenham.

'Heads should roll' following England's worst ever defeat to Fiji

Opinion: It would be churlish to just focus on England’s faults as Fiji were magnificent.

Gregor Paul: Rugby World Cup looks set to be hijacked by pedantry, fakery and group-think

Opinion: The biggest loser on Saturday was potentially the global rugby fraternity.

'Our worst injury': ABs count the cost of Twickenham horror show

The All Blacks have lost a third starter for their World Cup opener.

'They made us look silly': Fiji stun England for first time ever

Fiji beat England for the first time by producing three sensational tries from nothing.

Exclusive: NZ Rugby set for radical boardroom changes

NZR is facing the most significant change in structure in its 130-plus-year history.

Malakai Fekitoa's big week: Engaged, a new baby and back in the RWC

In the same week as welcoming his second child Fekitoa was called up by Tonga for the RWC.

'Punch in the face': Dane Coles on next steps after record loss

The All Blacks played as if they were dazed and confused for much of the game.

'We got an upper cut': Ian Foster talks record All Blacks loss

There was plenty wrong with the All Blacks' performance but Ian Foster isn't panicking.