Karmichael Hunt says being labelled a dobber has been even harder to deal with than facing cocaine-related charges. The three-code football star says he has spoken to all of the …
Jamie Joseph completed one of the great coaching redemption stories when his Highlanders clinched their first Super Rugby crown. After five years at the helm, Joseph took a team lacking …
Highlanders’ final hero Elliot Dixon has his faith restored in television match officials after the biggest call of the Super Rugby season fell his team’s way. Dixon’s rampaging try and …
As he’s done throughout his career on the field, it was captain Conrad Smith providing the measured voice after more Hurricanes heartbreak. So often they’ve boasted a glittering roster but …
The Hurricanes admit they melted when it counted in the Super Rugby final, casting a long shadow over a record-breaking season. Coach Chris Boyd struggled to hide his disappointment following …
Southern defensive pride and planned attacking chaos were at the heart of the Highlanders’ unexpected Super Rugby triumph. The southerners had been written off by most all season but co-captain …
The Highlanders have produced heist after heist all season but unleashed Super Rugby’s version of daylight robbery against the Hurricanes to claim a maiden title. The little-fancied southerners upset the …
The streets of Wellington are awash with black and yellow as the city counts down to the Super Rugby final. There’ll be a sellout crowd of 36,000 filling Westpac Stadium …
The weather, the rosters and the pre-match banter all point to the same thing. The 20th Super Rugby final between the Hurricanes and Highlanders will be a spectacle worthy of …
Nothing changed this week for long-time Hurricanes midfield comrades Conrad Smith and Ma’a Nonu as they prepared to end their Super Rugby careers in the best possible way. One of …
There were few positives to come out of Queensland’s horrendous Super Rugby campaign but Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has found one, plucking out the Reds’ front row for his 40-man …
George Smith wasn’t among the French connection named in the Wallabies’ Rugby Championship squad but the Test veteran is very much part of coach Michael Cheika’s plans. The Wallabies announced …
Karmichael Hunt’s exclusion from an extended Wallabies squad has nothing to do with the drugs scandal he is at the centre of, coach Michael Cheika says. On the same day …
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has saved himself the trouble of making the hard calls – instead, he’ll get his players to do that for him. There were a few surprises …
Dynamic flanker Ardie Savea is likely to be cleared fit for the Hurricanes in a major boost ahead of the Super Rugby final against the Highlanders. Savea has been bracketed …
France-based Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell have been included in Australia’s squad for the start of the Rugby Championship while Karmichael Hunt and James O’Connor are notable omissions. After a …
Uncapped Chiefs midfield backs Charlie Ngatai and Seta Tamanivalu are among three players added to the All Blacks squad to prepare for the Test against Samoa on Wednesday next week. …
An injury cloud hangs over dynamic flanker Ardie Savea in an otherwise-unchanged Hurricanes starting team to face the Highlanders in the Super Rugby final. Savea has been bracketed with the …
