The weekend announcement of a new rain radar came after years of campaigning, with the region considered a national blank spot.

Huge landslides in Tasman have caused widespread destruction in the past week's damaging storms.

A combined team of Wallabies and All Blacks has been talked about for decades. A clash at the Adelaide Oval weekend may finally see it happen, believes former All Blacks coach Ian Foster.

An AUNZ Invitational XV squad will tackle the might of the British and Irish Lions in Adelaide on Saturday night - the first time the trans-Tasman selection have gathered since 1989.