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Soccer - Wellington Phoenix finally recorded their first away win of the A-League soccer season with victory over Newcastle Jets at Energy Australia Stadium in Newcastle over the weekend. Phoenix 1 Newcastle Jets 0

Rugby – Aside from beating England, it was the least impressive, least dynamic and least effective New Zealand team play at Twickenham for a long time. England 6 All Blacks’ 19.

Motorsport – TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup heads to the penultimate Australian V8 Supercar round, at Barbagallo Raceway Perth, having stretched his lead to 122 points at the previous round at Phillip Island.

Yachting - Team New Zealand were gracious in defeat after Italian yachting syndicate Azzurra won the Louis Vuitton Trophy final in France over the weekend. The Italians beat the New Zealanders 2-0 in the final, winning by margins of 25 seconds and 17sec in light winds of six to 10 knots off the coast near Nice.

Tennis - New Zealand’s top two tennis players, Sacha Jones and Marina Erakovic, could cross paths in Japan this week.

Source: NZHerald

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