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

Following the Blues' clutch 19-20 victory over the Chiefs in the Super Rugby Pacific Qualifying Final, here's how we rated ...

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

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

Following the Blues’ 20-19 triumph over the Chiefs in their Super Rugby Pacific play-off clash at FMG Stadium Waikato in ...

The Blues needed to win to give themselves a chance to defend their title - tonight they faced the Chiefs in front of a ...

The Blues have kept their defense of the Super Rugby title alive, beating the top-seeded Chiefs 20-19 Saturday with a try three minutes after the fulltime siren to advance to next week's semifinals.

Former All Blacks fly-half Stephen Donald believes that an in-form Beauden Barrett will be enough for the Blues to get the ...

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

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

Defending champions Blues have stunned minor premiers Chiefs with a last-minute 20-19 win to throw the competition on its ...