All of which makes a change from the usual international reporting from New Zealand, which tends to focus on whale strandings, silly-season stories and, of course, rugby.

这一切，令平常无奇的新西兰国际新闻发生转变，报道焦点不再是一些鲸豚搁浅或者新闻缺乏时期编造的故事，当然，还有橄榄球赛事。

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About my boss, Tyler tells me, if I'm really angry I should go to the post office and fill out a change-of-address card and have all his mail forwarded to Rugby, North Dakota.

关于我的老板，泰勒告诉我,如果他确实惹怒了我,我可以去邮局填一张地址变更申请表,把他所有的邮件都转寄给北达科他洲的洛格比.

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New Zealand’s rugby team, the All Blacks, pipped France by eight points to seven in the Rugby World Cup final in Auckland on October 23rd.

新西兰国家橄榄球队在十月二十三日奥克兰举行的橄榄球世界杯总决赛中以8比7艰难战胜法国队，勇夺冠军。

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Anyway, it was O'Sullivan's side, and not England, as some have erroneously said, who played all the rugby.

BBC: Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan

His tireless running and no-nonsense attitude saw him named in the World XIII for 2005, a team selected by journalists from all the rugby league-playing nations.

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But Ryan, who is prone to pointing out his team are still learning how to play Heineken Cup rugby and maturing nicely as they appreciate they do not have a responsibility to play all the rugby in European games, is taking nothing for granted.

BBC: Gloucester coach Dean Ryan