Rugby

A New Zealand artist has made what he could be a controversial selection to literally toast the five greatest rugby players of all time for the exhibition 'A Game of Two Halves'.

It’s only four days until the seventh Rugby World Cup kicks-off in Auckland on Friday (09.09.2011), and rugby fever is kicking in all over New Zealand.

While the big name Rugby World Cup teams are beginning to arrive in New Zealand – Fiji yesterday, England, Japan and France tomorrow (31.08.2011) – there’s another team flying in under the radar that’s also destined to turn heads.

All Black coach Graham Henry has revealed his 30-man squad for the Rugby World Cup - 17 days out from kick off.

Night skies above New Zealand’s biggest city will glow with the colours of the world, as Sky City’s Sky Tower lights up to welcome 20 teams for the Rugby World Cup.

True fans believe that rugby is art, so it's no surprise to find that the game has also inspired some significant new art installations for Rugby World Cup 2011.

New Zealand’s rich rugby heritage has a new 21st century face with the reopening of the NZ Rugby Museum, in Palmerston North, today (11.08.11).

Offshore ticket sales indicate that New Zealand will welcome 95,000 international visitors – a rise of 10,000 from earlier predictions – for Rugby World Cup 2011, according to the Tournament organisers.

The best of Kiwi music will sound throughout the country during the Rugby World Cup when 50 top bands play 22 different cities as part of a REAL New Zealand Music Showcase tour.

Sirocco, the rare New Zealand kākāpo parrot whose frisky behaviour with a BBC television crew propelled him to global stardom, will make some cameo appearances during Rugby World Cup.