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Former All Black Liam Messam will be hoping to play his 181st match for the Chiefs this week when they face the Crusaders in the final of Super Rugby Aotearoa. The veteran was called into the squad last Tuesday aft
The Brumbies will take on the Reds in the Super Rugby Australia final next week. This is after the Brumbies beat the Western Force 21-9 last night. /+SB-21+SB/ The Force played most of the match with 14 men
The Blues took a bonus point from a 39-19 win over the Chiefs in their final regular-season match in Super Rugby Aotearoa last night. All Blacks No. 8 Hoskins Sotutu scored a try in the 74th minute and replacement
Blues winger Caleb Clarke says he will use next week to decide whether he will go to the Olympics or play Super Rugby trans-Tasman for the Blues and then for the All Blacks. Super Rugby Aotearoa finishes off for th
The Hurricanes have ended their Super Rugby Aotearoa season in style with a second-half clinic to thump the Highlanders 41-22 at Sky Stadium in Wellington. Both sides were playing for pride as the inaugural final w
Ireland's planned summer tour of Fiji has been cancelled because of the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in the country. The Ireland Rugby Union says the recent developments mean the planned tour which was scheduled to b
The Crusaders have added some serious firepower to their forward pack for the 2022 season with Argentinian International Pablo Matera set to join the franchise next year. Crusaders CEO Colin Mansbridge says they kn
Rugby Australia has recorded a net deficit of Australian $27.1 million for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the governing body losing so much money it even considered reverting to amateur status. The $45.7 m
Hoskins Sotutu who has links to Fiji has been named in the Blues starting line-up for their final Super Rugby Aotearoa match against the Chiefs tomorrow night. While a bonus point victory would see the Blues draw l
Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan says there are “probably seven†spots up for grabs for his team’s Super Rugby Aotearoa final against the Crusaders in Christchurch next weekend. That should at least ensure some
New Zealand Rugby has voted in favour of selling a stake to US investors Silver Lake at its annual general meeting today. The vote - cast by the 26 provincial unions and New Zealand MÄori Rugby Board - was to offl
Jona Nareki has been named to start for the Highlanders last match against the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby Aotearoa competition. Nareki will start on the left-wing while Sam Gilbert returns from a 9-month injury
The Fiji Airways Flying Fijians test-matches in July is not yet confirmed by World Rugby. The Flying Fijians were scheduled to host Ireland on the 10th of July and play the All Blacks in NZ on the 17th of the same
New Zealand scrum-half TJ Perenara has confirmed he is interested in a switch to rugby league after being approached by the Sydney Roosters. The 29-year-old - part of the All Blacks squad at the last two World Cups
The Western Force were dealt a blow ahead of Saturday’s Super Rugby AU semi-final against the Brumbies after former Wallabies centre Tevita Kuridrani received a three-week suspension from SANZAAR. The 30-year-old
The Chiefs have handed veteran Liam Messam a shock recall to their squad, with injuries striking their loose forward stocks. The franchise announced that Kaylum Boshier, Mitchell Karpik and Simon Parker had all suf
All Blacks and Crusaders prop Joe Moody will have surgery and faces up to five months out of the game. Crusaders coach Scott Robertson confirmed his premier loosehead prop required surgery on the foot he busted aga
The Fiji Airways Flying Fijians will likely play Wales at the end of this year. Fiji is expected to face Wales at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on 14th November. Fiji was scheduled to meet Wales in the Autu
Braydon Ennor’s bid to be available for the Super Rugby Aotearoa final against the Chiefs is on track after his encouraging return to the rugby over the weekend. 23-year-old Ennor played his first match last Satu
The Super Rugby Aotearoa final has been confirmed, with the Crusaders to host the Chiefs in two weeks. The Crusaders' 29-6 win over the Blues eliminated the Auckland franchise from contention. This was the fir
