
McKenzie gets All Blacks recall
Damian McKenzie and Asafo Aumua will start for New Zealand in their showdown against Ireland on Friday in two, injury-enforced, changes to the starting XV.
Damian McKenzie and Asafo Aumua will start for New Zealand in their showdown against Ireland on Friday in two, injury-enforced, changes to the starting XV.
Japan tighthead prop Opeti Helu produced a moment of magic when he sidestepped All Blacks playmaker Damian McKenzie to score during the clash in Yokohama.
Patrick Tuipulotu was on Tuesday named All Blacks captain for the first time against Japan in Yokohama, with Damian McKenzie recalled at flyhalf.
One of New Zealand rugby’s most exciting and versatile backs is reportedly on the shopping list of former back-to-back European Champions Cup winners La Rochelle.
New Zealand cantered to the bonus-point victory they needed to progress to the World Cup quarter-finals with an 11-try thrashing of Uruguay on Thursday night.
Playmaker Damian McKenzie says his game management has “matured” to the point that he can now be trusted to call the shots for the All Blacks without going off script.
All Blacks star Damian McKenzie dazzled local fans in a New Zealand club rugby fixture as he prepared for his much-anticipated return to the Test arena.
The All Blacks are set to unleash Damian McKenzie on the Springboks in the 2022 Rugby Championship with the mercurial playmaker having re-signed with New Zealand Rugby.
Three-time world champions New Zealand face a daunting future at No 10 when another star playmaker heads overseas.
All Blacks fullback Damian McKenzie will leave the New Zealand Chiefs franchise, based in Hamilton, to join Suntory Sungoliath in Japan, the Japanese franchise announced on Monday.