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The weekend saw a big Crusaders scrum, an assured performance at 10 and some excellent goal kicking, writes Jamie Wall.

Blues lock Josh Beehre’s emphatic, after the siren put-down to sink the Chiefs not only kept the Blues in the hunt for ...

All Blacks Head Coach Scott Robertson and his co-selectors, Assistant Coaches Scott Hansen, Jason Holland, Leon MacDonald and Jason Ryan have named their All Blacks team to play Fiji in the final ...

Rieko Ioane issued that warning last week after the Blues scraped into the Super Rugby Pacific playoffs in sixth position ...

The Super Rugby Pacific semi-final schedule has been confirmed, as the last four teams standing in the tournament are set to ...

A gutsy Brumbies ensured Australia's presence in the Super Rugby Pacific semi-finals with a 35-28 takedown of the in-form ...

A gutsy ACT Brumbies Saturday ensured Australia's presence in the Super Rugby semi-finals with a 35-28 takedown of the ...

The Auckland Blues kept alive their title defence with a last-gasp 20-19 victory over the Waikato Chiefs and the ACT Brumbies ...

The Auckland Blues narrowly beat the Waikato Chiefs 20-19, while the ACT Brumbies overcame the Wellington Hurricanes 35-28 in ...

The second of Super Rugby Pacific's qualifying finals saw the title favourites host the reigning champions in Hamilton.

Following the Blues' 20-19 win over the Chiefs in Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific play-off clash in Hamilton, here's our five ...