TORONTO - When the Maori All Blacks face up to perform the haka Sunday, chances are Piri Weepu will be orchestrating the famed challenge in front of the Canadian rugby team. The 30-year-old scrum ...

WELLINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - New All Blacks coach Steve Hansen sprang a major surprise on Sunday when he discarded World Cup-winning scrumhalf Andy Ellis and picked Piri Weepu in the 30-man ...

PETONE, New Zealand -- Even after he had been selected for the All Blacks, Piri Weepu would play for the Hurricanes on Saturdays and then on Sundays, using his middle name, would run out for the ...