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Since winning the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, Aotearoa has made the final in one of the last three tournaments and that should serve as reminder of how hard winning a World Cup can be for any nation in any sport.
Last year Aotearoa Kiwis won the Pacific Championships with a strong squad full of top-tier talent.
Pacific Championships rugby league has ended with New Zealand Kiwis defeating Papua New Guinea to stay in the top tier and Kiwi Ferns losing to Australia in their final.
Aotearoa Kiwi Ferns are in the Pacific Championship final where they will play against Australia on Sunday and the Kiwis have a crucial game against Papua New Guinea to keep their spot in the upper echelon of the Pacific Championships.
New Zealand Kiwis and Kiwi Ferns put on an admirable show in Christchurch but weren't good enough to get a win against Australia.
On one side of the road we have dates and ideas for the NRL's return and on the other side of the road we have the fact that the NRL is proving themselves to be a strange ol' organistaion rooted in strange ol' Aussie ways.
After a rather concerning loss to Australia in the first of three Spring International games, Aotearoa Kiwis grabbed a 2-0 series win over Great Britain with a 23-8 win in Christchurch wrapping up the year.
Last week's loss to Australia is best described as under-whelming and Aotearoa Kiwis coach Michael Maguire doesn't appear to be fuckin' around with under-whelming performances.
As we settle into the Michael Maguire era of Aotearoa Kiwis footy, the coming fixtures led by Friday night's game vs Australia could offer a wee bit more clarity around what to expect from the Kiwis.
Aotearoa Kiwis have a squad for their upcoming spring internationals where they will face Australia, then the touring Great Britain folk.
Tonight, State of Origin's game two will go down in Perth and the inter-state angst fueled by Aussies being Aussies will look nothing like Aotearoa vs Tonga.
Look past the surface-level niggle of Aotearoa vs Tonga and you'll find an intriguing contest rooted in two contrasting ways of playing footy.
Aotearoa Kiwis coach Michael Maguire has trimmed his extended squad down to a group of 19 to face Tonga on Saturday, with Dallin Watene-Zelezniak retained as skipper.
On the back of Tonga and Aotearoa naming their wider squads, as well as 19-wahine Kiwi Ferns squad, Martin Taupau announced that he would be returning to represent Samoa.
As we lead into Aotearoa Kiwis vs Tonga, there are still a bunch of intriguing selection moves to be made by Kiwis coach Michael Maguire.
Aotearoa Kiwis coach Michael Maguire has the luxury of choice mid-way through the 2019 season in selecting his squad to face Tonga and that presents a different vibe to what Maguire is going to serve up.
We are quickly approaching the first Aotearoa Kiwis appearance of 2019 as the Kiwis host Tonga on June 22 and that means that there is a squad of Kiwis to suss out.
Even though England ended up being too good for Aotearoa across a three game series, there wasn't exactly a shortage of encouraging signs in the Shaun Johnson/Kodi Nikorima halves combo.
Aotearoa Kiwis put up 34 points and conceded nada in their third Test vs England, capping off a weird ol' tour that should be considered just another few steps forward.
Previewing these Kiwis vs England games is fairly difficult when coach Michael Maguire doesn't want to name his team until the last minute, then Maguire comes out and names a 20-man squad for this third and final Test.