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Rugby World Cup headlines with summaries.
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World Rugby could cancel World Cup games
10 Oct 2019World Rugby will hold a media briefing this afternoon to update the situation of Typhoon Hagibis potentially disrupting the last weekend of pool play at the World Cup.
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Brave Blossoms hog World Cup spotlight
9 Oct 2019Japan's rugby team have known nothing like the sort of adulation bestowed on them this week ahead of their Rugby World Cup date with destiny.
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Recap Rugby: Fiji vs Wales
10 Oct 2019Rugby World Cup - Relive all the action from Fiji's pulsating match against Wales in Oita.
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Pacific Islands Players boss wants availability issue cleared up
9 Oct 2019Pacific Islands Players boss will discuss the plight of those from countries such as Fiji, Tonga and Samoa who have failed to make an impact at the Rugby World Cup in Japan.
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Rugby World Cup: Today it's all quarter-finals, Donkey Kong and a typhoon
9 Oct 2019We know you're busy so we're reading all the headlines about the Rugby World Cup so you don't have to. Today it's all quarter-finals, Donkey Kong and a typhoon.
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All Blacks face a desperate Italian side
9 Oct 2019The All Blacks face a desperate Italian side with quarter-final ambitions in their final Pool B match in Toyota City, assistant coach Ian Foster said.
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Rugby World Cup: All Blacks' match against Italy cancelled
10 Oct 2019The All Blacks final Rugby World Cup pool match against Italy - and the England v France game - have been called off due to Super Typhoon Hagibis, World Rugby has confirmed.
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Rugby World Cup: How this tournament compares to others
8 Oct 2019What has stood out at the Rugby World Cup? Who has the best fans? Has the tournament been a success so far? RNZ answers all these questions and more.
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All Blacks to practise tackling technique
8 Oct 2019The All Blacks will devote more time to their tackling technique in training to overcome yellow cards at World Cup.
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Rugby World Cup: All Blacks on the rise
7 Oct 2019No team has been more impressive so far at the Rugby World Cup than New Zealand, according to Hamish Bidwell.
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Namibia fans relish brief lead over All Blacks
7 Oct 2019In a sea of All Blacks jerseys, Namibia supporters were vastly outnumbered but they stood tall and proud of their team's efforts.
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Rugby World Cup: Top tries
7 Oct 2019RNZ has done a deep dive to look at the best tries across all the Rugby World Cups following TJ Perenara's five pointer against Namibia. Video
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Yellow cards fair but contacts unavoidable at times, says Hansen
7 Oct 2019All Blacks coach Steve Hansen had no problems with yellow cards being given to two of his players in their 71-9 victory over Namibia yesterday, but reminded World Rugby that sometimes "contact was…
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Recap Rugby: Tonga vs France
6 Oct 2019Rugby World Cup - France have held off a brave finish from Tonga to qualify for the quarterfinals with a 23-21 win at Kumamoto Stadium. Look back at how the match unfolded here.
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Making it in Japan: Ben Patu
8 Oct 2019Samoa-born Ben Patu who has been living in Japan for 16 years says the small Samoan community living there often gets together to share Samoan values with their partners and children.
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All Blacks run rampant to thrash Namibia
6 Oct 2019The All Blacks have racked up the biggest points tally of the Rugby World Cup so far, running in 11 tries to hammer a spirited Namibia side 71-9 in Tokyo and charge back to the top of Pool B.
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Recap Rugby: New Zealand vs Namibia
6 Oct 2019Rugby World Cup - The All Blacks have thrashed Namibia 71-9 in their second pool match in four days. See how the match unfolded with Jeremy Rees.
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Rugby World Cup: Fiji not looking past Wales
The Flying Fijians are blocking out all outside noise and insist their sole focus is on ending their World Cup pool play with a strong performance against Wales.
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All Blacks won't lower guard against Namibia
5 Oct 2019The All Blacks are treating their Pool B clash with the lowest-ranked side at the World Cup tomorrow exactly the same as playing South Africa, England or any other rugby heavyweight, Anton…
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Rugby World Cup: Japan on brink of first quarterfinal with Samoa win
6 Oct 2019Kotaro Matsushima scored a bonus-point try deep into injury time as Japan moved to the brink of their first Rugby World Cup quarterfinal with a 38-19 Pool A victory over Samoa at the City of Toyota…
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LIVE Rugby: Japan vs Samoa
5 Oct 2019Rugby World Cup - Can hosts Japan guarantee themselves a quarterfinal berth or will Samoa keep their tournament hopes alive in Toyota? Follow live updates with Matt Chatterton.
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Samoa have belief as they try to stay alive at Rugby World Cup
5 Oct 2019Samoa feel confident they can take a partisan crowd of 45,000 out of the equation in Toyota City tonight and keep their World Cup hopes alive with a victory over Japan.
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RWC: Fiji make one change for Wales
The Flying Fijians have made just one change to their starting fifteen to play Wales in their final Rugby World Cup pool match in Oita.
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Steve Hansen: Retallick had started to annoy everyone!
5 Oct 2019All Blacks coach Steve Hansen knew that Brodie Retallick was ready to make a comeback from a dislocated shoulder when he started annoying everyone around him.
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