Chiefs

All Blacks flanker Liam Messam thanked his Super Rugby franchise Chiefs and the Japanese club Toshiba for reposing faith in him after the 32-year-old was left out of the Olympics sevens squad.

Chiefs managed to overcome Crusaders challenge in Suva after registering a 23-13 win at the ANZ National Stadium on Friday to give a boost to their Super Rugby 2016 title hopes.

All Blacks fly-half Aaron Cruden's participation is doubtful for the Chiefs' Super Rugby clash against the Crusaders in Suva on Friday.

Wales coach Warren Gatland admitted that he was disappointed with the performances of his reserve players after succumbing to a 40-7 defeat against Super Rugby team Chiefs at the FMG Stadium Waikato on Tuesday.

The Chiefs ran a six-try havoc at Wales in Hamilton on Tuesday as Warren Gatland's men were humbled with a 40-7 defeat at Waikato Stadium.

Former All Blacks World Cup winner Stephen Donald has been handed the reins of Chiefs captaincy for the encounter against Wales scheduled to be played in Hamilton on Tuesday.

Wales lock Luke Charteris will have the opportunity to lead his country for the first time when they take on the Super Rugby side Chiefs at the FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton on Tuesday.

A clinical performance from Chiefs ensured they recovered from the defeat to Highlanders after comfortably defeating Rebels by 36-15 at the FMG Stadium Waikato on Saturday.

Defending champions Highlanders have revived their Super Rugby campaign after defeating Chiefs by 26-13 at the FMG Stadium Waikato on Saturday.

A roundup of all the action from round 9 of the 2016 Super Rugby season.

We take a look at Round 8 of Super Rugby and round up the action from all the weekend's fixtures, with Israel Dagg's impressive game for the Crusaders.

Following on from our look at the two South African conferences last week, we now turn our attentions to Super Rugby’s Australasian conferences, starting with New Zealand.

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 Highlanders have thumped the Chiefs 36-9 in Super Rugby Round 16 in Invercargill, despite never beating the Chiefs there and only just returning from their South Africa tour.

New Zealand fly-half Aaron Cruden feels like he has been "struck down by a sniper" after discovering the extent of a knee injury that looks set to keep him out of this autumn's Rugby World Cup.

The Super Rugby team of the week has got to be one of the easiest I have had to compile.

A last-gasp penalty from New Zealand fly-half Aaron Cruden guided the Chiefs to a 19-17 Super Rugby victory against the Brumbies earlier today.

New Zealand-born Gareth Anscombe looks set to be named in the Wales squad for this season's RBS 6 Nations Championship.

All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick has been crowned this year's World Rugby player of the year.

There are only six teams left in Super 15 Rugby 2014 and of those teams, only four teams are playing this weekend. Scott Donaldson previews the weekend action.