Blues

The Hurricanes have finished with a well-timed flourish to beat the Blues 28-24 at Eden Park.

The Blues appear to be at a loss as to why Sonny Bill Williams decided to tape up the Bank of New Zealand advertising on his Super Rugby jersey.

Captain Ben Smith and loose forward Liam Squire are back for the Highlanders Super Rugby game against the Blues in Dunedin on Saturday night.

All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams will make his Blues debut from the bench in their Super Rugby game against the Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday night.

The Blues have enjoyed back to back victories after beating the Western Force 24-15 at Eden Park.

After misfiring over the past few weeks Blues centre Rieko Ioane has been dropped to the bench for this Saturday's match against the Western Force.

The Blues utility back Piers Francis is returning to Britain.

Blues coach Tana Umaga is in no mood to rush All Black midfielder Sonny Bill Williams back into Super Rugby.

The Blues have called in the cavalry for Saturday's Super Rugby game against the Highlanders at Eden Park, after their loss to the Chiefs last weekend.

The Highlanders co-captain Ben Smith will miss a second week of Super Rugby because of concussion.

The Blues have named an unchanged starting line-up to take on the Chiefs in Hamilton in the second round of the Super Rugby competition.

All Black back-rower Steven Luatua has agreed terms to join English rugby club Bristol later this year, the club has announced.

The Crusaders and the Highlanders are the only New Zealand Super Rugby teams to make it through the opening day of the inaugural Brisbane Tens unbeaten.

The New Zealand rugby community remains tight lipped about Blues and All Black lock Patrick Tuipulotu's positive test for a banned substance.

The Blues will take an historic first Super Rugby Championship match to Samoa in June.

The Hurricanes will open their Super Rugby title defence in Tokyo next year with a round one clash on February 25th against Japan's Sunwolves.