I would have thought there's no greater country to watch…

Passionate people watch rugby league, we've just got to expand the passion and the numbers.

— Lindsay Hoyle

As a kid in New Zealand, you play cricket in summer and rugby in winter. I played cricket and hockey. Not rugby. I wasn't…

— Glenn Turner

I think the main message is that world rugby needs New Zealand and New Zealand needs world rugby.

— Mike Miller

New Zealand are the best team in the world - the execution and accuracy of their skills were a lesson in modern rugby.

— Josh Lewsey

I come from a country that lives and breathes rugby, and I didn't think there would be anywhere else in the world that could…

— Luke Evans

I don't watch rugby.

— Kevin Spacey

Every time we go to New Zealand, it gets harder to leave. Everyone's always treated us like we're at home.

— Benji Madden

I am not very happy the way things are going out there in New Zealand,

— Sanath Jayasuriya

And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand

— David Coleman

New Zealand's got so much more talent to showcase.

— Dan Hooker

An interesting thing about New Zealand, you know, literature is that it really didn't begin in any real sense until the 20th century.

— Eleanor Catton

Coming from New Zealand and Australia is like a tough pre-school for Hollywood. And having been on 'Neighbours,' even though the agents I met…

— Jay Ryan

This is the difficulty about talking about it without sounding big-headed, but you cannot speak of New Zealand now without my involvement in what…

— David Lange

I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi…

— Antony Gormley

I feel that New Zealand is my second home.

— Luke Evans