OITA, Japan (AP) — If the All Blacks' pre-match haka against South Africa to open their Rugby World Cup defense appeared to have extra bite, it was deliberate. With New Zealand set to play its second ...

Rugby is a brutal sport on the field, but its warm-up showdowns can apparently be just as intense. When the New Zealand All Blacks took the field at Tokyo Stadium on Saturday for their Rugby World Cup ...

Silence fell on Cardiff Arms Park as the first New Zealand rugby team to be called the All Blacks faced Wales before their epic 1905 test. The South Wales Daily News reported the “Colonials" stood ...

The Wellington Hurricanes will apologise to New Zealand’s government after a haka performed by their women’s side labelled the coalition “redneck”, local media reported on Tuesday. The team, known as ...

The Rugby World Cup is poised to set the sporting world alight once again. England and Wales will host a total of 20 teams, which will consist of 20 pool stage matches, as well as a knockout stage of ...

South Africa have formally apologised to New Zealand after the All Blacks’ Haka was interrupted by music, fireworks and a plane flyover in Johannesburg. The end of the visitors’ traditional pre-match ...

RUGBY WORLD CUP – When New Zealand’s All Blacks take on France in the final tonight, they will be proud to perform a haka. They’ve taken some criticism for it in the past, but, as André Brett of the ...

New Zealand head coach Steve Hansen has described the England team’s controversial response to the All Blacks’ Haka ahead of their Rugby World Cup semifinal as “fantastic.” While most teams stand in a ...

IF THE pre-match ritual were the deciding factor, New Zealand’s All Blacks would have had the Rugby World Cup in the bag even before their victory over Australia in London on Saturday. With both sides ...

Most people start their working day by plowing through a stack of emails. New Zealand’s national rugby team performs a war dance. The haka is designed to strike fear into opposing players, and ...

OITA, Japan (AP) — If the All Blacks' pre-match haka against South Africa to open their Rugby World Cup defense appeared to have extra bite, it was deliberate. With New Zealand set to play its second ...