For all the promise dished up by last year’s breakthrough season, the Blues let some nasty old habits creep back in and took a major step backwards this Super Rugby Aotearoa campaign.

Just how much the Chiefs struggled to get into the DHL Super Rugby Pacific final in Auckland on Saturday when losing 10-41 to the Blues was obvious in the match statistics. The Blues enjoyed 67 per ...

Sorensen-McGee burst on to the scene for the Blues this year, scoring six tries in eight games to help the Auckland-based side defend their Super ... s rugby through some tough times in Aotearoa ...

The Blues (@BluesRugbyTeam) March 31, 2025 While the other four New Zealand Super Rugby teams were silent on social media, there was at least one joke from Aotearoa that caught the eye with @ ...

First, Super Rugby AU and Super Rugby Aotearoa should be played with six teams each on a home-and-away basis with a semi-final and final. Second, the two winners should play each other in a ...

World Rugby has overnight ... Māori version of the tournament logo has been designed. Highlighting the importance of te reo as an official language of Aotearoa, New Zealand, the competition ...

(Reuters) - The Waikato Chiefs will play the Canterbury Crusaders in the Super Rugby Aotearoa final on May 8 after governing body SANZAAR confirmed on Monday that the tiebreaker for teams tied on ...

The match was typical of many in Super Rugby Aotearoa this season — it meandered for long periods with neither side taking control. The Blues were strong at the scrum and had a breakdown edge ...

CHRISTCHURCH – Defending champions Canterbury Crusaders returned to form and secured a home final in Super Rugby Aotearoa Sunday with a 29-6 victory over the Auckland Blues in Christchurch.

Jack Goodue and Joe Moody are the latest frontline All Blacks to suffer serious injuries as veteran scrum-half Aaron Smith says the Super Rugby Aotearoa season has "come home to roost" as more and ...

The second season of New Zealand's Super Rugby Aotearoa got off to a cracking start when the Canterbury Crusaders held off the Otago Highlanders 26-13 in Dunedin on Friday evening. Feb 26 (Reuters ...