Hurricanes

Crusaders have kept their hope of defending the Super Rugby title alive as they defeated Hurricanes 30-12 at AMI Stadium on Saturday.

Ben Mercer dissects the tactics behind the Crusaders as they aim to reach the 2018 Super Rugby Final.

Hurricanes survived a late scare from Chiefs as they defeated their New Zealand rivals with a 32-31 margin at Westpac Stadium to become the first team to reach the semi-final in the ongoing season of Super Rugby.

All Blacks duo Jordie Barrett and Ardie Savea have penned new deals with New Zealand Rugby and Hurricanes that will keep them with the province until the end of 2019.

Chiefs managed to hold-off Hurricanes despite being one man as they completed a 28-24 victory in their Super Rugby encounter at FMG Stadium Waikato.

Chiefs have received a much-needed boost ahead of the Friday's Super Rugby encounter against Hurricanes with New Zealand international Brodie Retallick returning back to the line-up.

Ngani Laumape scored four tries as Hurricanes completed a 42-24 win over Blues in their Super Rugby encounter at Westpac Stadium on Saturday.

Hurricanes captain Brad Shields is set to make his 100th appearance in Super Rugby when he lines up against Blues at Eden Park on Saturday.

The 17th week of the ongoing Super Rugby season saw Jaguares stretch their winning streak to seven games while Blues and Sunwolves had rare victories as the battle for play-off heats up.

Brumbies have stretched their winning streak to three games as they came from behind to defeat Hurricanes 24-12 in their Super Rugby encounter at GIO Stadium on Saturday.

Crusaders extended their dominance in the 16th week of the ongoing Super Reason while Rebels inch closer to the top of the Australian Conference. Here is a roundup of all the action from the previous week.

Highlanders dominated the second half as they completed a 30-14 victory over Hurricanes in their Super Rugby encounter at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Friday.

The 15th week of the ongoing Super Rugby saw Crusaders stretch their winning streak to claim the pole position in the overall standings and Lions and Waratahs have managed to remain in top three despite their mixed outing in the second half.

Crusaders maintained their impressive run as they went on to defeat Hurricanes 24-13 in their Super Rugby face-off at AMI Stadium on Friday.

Beauden Barrett contributed with 18 points while Ben Lam scored a double as Hurricanes went on to beat Queensland Reds 38-34 in their Super Rugby encounter at Westpac Stadium on Friday.

Hurricanes registered their ninth win from 10 games as they trounced Auckland Blues 15-36 in their Super Rugby encounter at Eden Park on Friday.

Ben Lam scored a hat-trick of tries as Hurricanes went on to beat Lions 28-19 in their Super Rugby face-off at Westpac Stadium on Saturday.

Hurricanes came up with a seven-try riot as they went on trounce Sunwolves 43-15 in their Super Rugby encounter in Wellington on Friday.

Hurricanes captain Brad Shields has requested New Zealand Rugby to release him early from the contract as he aims to feature for England in the upcoming summer series against South Africa.

Hurricanes came up with a clinical performance at Westpac Stadium as they went on to beat Chiefs 25-13 in their Super Rugby clash on Friday.