Blues

Over the last few years, the Blues have gone from one of the most exciting and effective sides in Super Rugby to perennially sitting at the foot of the New Zealand conference.

New Zealand have made a great start to The Rugby Championship, seeing off the challenges of Argentina and South Africa, and now only Australia stand between them and lifting the southern hemisphere’s grandest prize.

The Springboks saw off the challenge of the World XV this weekend, beating the select side 46-10 at Newlands in Cape Town.

Former New Zealand captain Tana Umaga has been named as the new coach of struggling Super Rugby side the Blues.

As the 2015 Rugby World Cup draws ever closer Mike Stanton continues to look at some of the best young players that could feature at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. This week it is New Zealand and recently signed Ulster full-back, Charles Piutau.

Substitute Ihaia West kicked a late penalty at Eden Park to end the Blues' seven-match Super Rugby losing run with a 16-14 victory over the Brumbies.

Munster have signed New Zealand international Francis Saili on a two-year deal.

Centre Dan Bowden has played his last game for Leicester after signing with New Zealand Rugby and the Blues for the 2015 and 2016 Super Rugby seasons.

Welsh regional rugby has been given a boost after a new three-year sponsorship deal was agreed with BT Sport.

A try-scoring double for prop Ben Tameifuna helped reigning Super Rugby champions the Chiefs to a hard-fought 32-20 derby win over the Blues in New Plymouth.

The Blues held on to claim a 21-13 win over the Waratahs in their ANZAC Day clash at Eden Park on Friday.

New Zealand half-back Piri Weepu has been ruled out for around a month after it was determined he had recently suffered a minor stroke.

Four tries in 15 minutes either side of half-time guided the Blues to a 35-24 win over the Crusaders at Eden Park.

Benji Marshall has signed to play Super Rugby in 2014 for the Blues, is this a good signing and which position should Marshall play?

Super Rugby 2013 is almost here and before you sign up for any tipping competitions based on picking the winning teams and margins, check out my analysis.

Super Rugby: Week 5 Review

Super Rugby 2012 is a great stage not only for existing stars like Sonny Bill Williams, Bismarck Du Plessis and Will Genia to strut the stuff, but it is always exciting to see the new talent coming through the ranks and New Zealand's cupboard of young scrum and fly halves look encouraging.

Super Rugby: Week 3 Review

A second half double from All-Black winger Zac Guildford helped the Crusaders seal a massive win against the Blues, which has all but secured them top spot in the New Zealand conference.

The Blues play-off aspirations suffered another knock as the Chiefs condemned them to a third successive defeat in Auckland on Saturday