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Three disallowed All Blacks tries, relentless French defence, and TMO interventions throughout all combined to continue the special rivalry between the two sides before New Zealand achieved its 500th Test victory in the first Lipovitan-D series clash in Dunedin on Saturday. The unfancied French belied all the controversy surrounding their selection

Third time lucky proved the case for Scotland when beating the Māori All Blacks for the first time with a 29–26 win in a game that had everything, not all of it good, in Whangārei on Saturday. The Māori All Blacks had won their two earlier clashes, in 1998 in Edinburgh

In sweltering Viadana heat, New Zealand Under 20 proved too hot for Georgia, winning their second match at the World Rugby Under 20 Championships 38-19. In contrast to the sputtering start against Italy, New Zealand enjoyed greater fluidity on attack and discipline on defence. The Junior Lelos won seven scrum penalties

Date: Saturday, July 5 Venue: Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin Kick-off: 19:05 local (08:05 BST, 07:05 GMT) Referee: Nic Berry (Australia) Assistant referees: Christophe Ridley (England), Takehito Namekawa (Japan) TMO: Damon Murphy (Australia) FPRO: Brett Cronan (Australia) When this tour was initially announced, there was feverish excitement at the prospect of two of the world’s best going head-to-head,

The Māori All Blacks have named their team (tīma) to play Scotland this weekend, as the squad returns home to New Zealand following a 50-23 win over the Japan XV in Tokyo. Kua whakaingoatia te kapa Ōpango Māori ka whakataetae atu ki a Kotirana a te Hatarei e tū mai nei,