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Super Rugby Pacific 2024 Round Seven Teams

Round Seven of Super Rugby Pacific will be the first of the bye weeks of the competition as teams start to make a push towards the finals. The Blues host the Western Force in Auckland, followed by the...

Moana Pasifika gear up to take the 2024 season by storm

A new wave of Moana Pasifika talent is set to light up DHL Super Rugby Pacific in 2024.  Twenty newly contracted players headline the 38-man squad. The team boasts 19 players that featured at...

Two Former All Blacks Included In Samoa's November Tests Squad

Samoa head coach Seilala Mapusua has named two former All Blacks in his squad for the November internationals.   Samoa play Italy, Romania and Georgia on tour, their first northern hemisphere...

Barrett brothers named in Taranaki's first team of the season

Taranaki will open their Mitre 10 Cup campaign on Sunday with Beauden and Jordie Barrett both starting for the side that will take on Bay of Plenty.   Beauden has been named to start at first-five...

New Zealand Conference: Ins and Outs

The 2019 edition of Super Rugby gets underway this weekend and with the first fixtures being played on Friday, we continue our series by bringing you a comprehensive list of transfers which have happened...

Manu Samoa names team for Northern Hemisphere tour

Manu Samoa's squad for the forthcoming Northern Hemisphere Tour in November this year has been named.   Head coach Steve Jackson has retained most of the old heads in the team with a number of new...

Jordan Taufua ruled out of Super Rugby final

The Crusaders will be without Jordan Taufua in Saturday’s Super Rugby final against the Lions in Christchurch after the flank broke his arm. The 26-year-old sustained the injury in the 19th...

Crusaders Change Six To Face Blues

The Crusaders will host the Blues on Saturday, in the last round of the regular season before the playoffs next week. Scott Robertson has made six changes to the starting line-up, from the team that...

Mitre 10 Highligts: Auckland Vs Otago

ITM Cup live updates: BOP v Otago

Follow LIVE coverage as Bay of Plenty hosts Otago in their ITM Cup match in Mount Maunganui. 40mins BOP 19-10 OTATRY! Otago loosehead Aki Seiuli finishes off a series of deft passes that saw Otago streak...