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Owen Farrell returns to start at fly-half for the England rugby team in this weekend’s Test against world champion New Zealand.
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New Zealand named the following team to play England in the rugby Test on Saturday, Dec. 1 at London’s Twickenham Stadium:
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No. 8 Kieran Read will captain New Zealand’s top-ranked rugby team for the first time against Italy in two days as the All Blacks made 14 starting changes.
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All Blacks center Conrad Smith will miss at least the first two matches of the southern hemisphere rugby championship following treatment for an eye injury.
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New Zealand beat South Africa 32-16 to complete a perfect Rugby Championship campaign as Australia closed the inaugural tournament with a 25-19 win in Argentina.
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New Zealand rugby selectors named the following 32-man squad for the All Blacks tour to Europe starting next month:
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New Zealand hooker Keven Mealamu will become the third All Black to play 100 Tests in this weekend’s Bledisloe Cup rugby finale against Australia, which had to make its second injury-enforced change for the match.
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New Zealand made six changes to face Argentina in the Rugby Championship this weekend, naming Julian Savea on the wing for his third Test start and calling up Aaron Cruden at fly-half after Dan Carter was ruled out.
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Australia beat Argentina 25-19 in the final match of the southern hemisphere’s inaugural Rugby Championship to finish in second place behind New Zealand.
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Australia defeated New Zealand 25-20 to win its first Tri-Nations rugby union title in 10 years and send the top-ranked All Blacks into the World Cup with back-to- back losses.