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						<title>Rugby: Umaga poised for return</title>        
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						<description>Tana Umaga is poised to make his return to New Zealand rugby.It is understood the former All Black captain is close to signing a deal with Counties Manukau to take over as assistant coach for this year&apos;s provincial competition.Umaga&apos;s...</description>
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						<title>Rugby: New name for national comp</title>        
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						<description>The country&apos;s national provincial rugby competition will soon have a new name.The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) are making the announcement on Monday of a new sponsor for what is currently the Air New Zealand Cup.- NZHERALD...</description>
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						<title>Readers voice strong views on state of rugby</title>        
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						<description>Readers have responded to nzherald.co.nz&apos;s  State of Rugby  series with some strongly worded comments about our national game.The series canvassed opinions on New Zea</description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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						<title>Poll: Few fear kids playing rugby</title>        
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						<description>Rugby is safe for children to play, more than two-thirds of New Zealanders say, but some schools have banned their students from playing it unsupervised.A DigiPoll of 600 people for nzherald.co.nz shows 72.6 per cent of people...</description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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						<title>Poll: Rugby a better game in pro era</title>        
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						<description>Rugby going professional was good for the game, say over 60 per cent of people, while former All Blacks say the shift was inevitable.A DigiPoll commissioned by nzherald.co.nz asked 600 people if they thought rugby turning professional...</description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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						<title>All Blacks play too many tests, say third of NZers</title>        
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						<description>Over a third of New Zealanders say the All Blacks play too many tests, A DigiPoll for nzherald.co.nz has found.The poll asked 600 people if they thought the All Blacks played too many rugby tests in a season. More than 35 per...</description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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