April – Stephen Fleming resigns as New Zealand's One Day International captain. Horse racing Harness racing New Zealand Trotting Cup: Flashing Red Auckland Trotting Cup: Flashing Red Thoroughbred racing Motorsport 21 January – A round of the international A1 Grand Prix is held at Taupo, with Germany winning both races. 31 August – 3 September – the Rally of New Zealand, a leg of the World Rally Championship is won by Marcus Grönholm who beat Sébastien Loeb by the narrowest margin in WRC history, 0.3 seconds. Netball 5 April – 22 June – The final season of the National Bank Cup competition is played. The Southern Sting, win, beating the Northern Force 50-49 in the final. From 2008 the National Bank Cup and its sister competition in Australia will be replaced by the ANZ Championship. 10–17 November – The 2007 Netball World Championships takes place in West Auckland. The champs were originally to be held in Fiji, but the hosting rights were withdrawn after that country's military coup. The Silver ferns come 2nd after losing to Australia in the final. Rugby league see also Rugby league in New Zealand and Rugby league in 2007 17 March – 30 September – the NRL Telstra Premiership is played in various venues across Australia and New Zealand. 20 April – The eighth annual ANZAC Test between Australia and New Zealand is played at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, with Australia runaway winners, 30 to 6. April–September – the Bartercard Cup domestic competition will be played October – the New Zealand national rugby league team will tour Great Britain to celebrate one hundred years of rugby league in New Zealand. Rugby union 2 February – 19 May – The 2007 Super 14 season was played. For only the second time in Super Rugby, no New Zealand team makes the final. 2–3 February – The 2007 Wellington Sevens, the third leg of the IRB Sevens World Series take place at Westpac Stadium. Samoa win the tournament. (stuff) 21 July – The All Blacks win the 2007 Tri Nations Series and the Bledisloe Cup with a 26–12 win over Australia at Eden Park. (BBC News) 26 July – The first game of the 2007 Air New Zealand Cup will be played. 8 September – The All Blacks begin their quest to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, with their first game against Italy in Marseille.