Hurricanes

The Hurricanes put up a commanding performance to bag a 35-10 bonus point win against the Crusaders to take provisional lead in the New Zealand conference on Saturday.

Waratahs wing Taqele Naiyaravoro has been slapped a one-week ban and will miss his side's must-win Super Rugby clash against Blues on Friday.

Hurricanes fly-half Beauden Barrett's 18-point haul propelled the New Zealand side to seize a 28-17 victory over the Waratahs in Sydney on Saturday.

Hurricanes lock Vaea Fifita's double tries in the second-half enabled the Wellington side to overcome a seven-point first-half deficit and secure a 37-27 win over the Blues during the Super Rugby clash on Saturday.

Flanker Ardie Savea made an impact straight away, returning from a disciplinary suspension as he scored two tries, including one in the last minute to ensure Hurricanes defeated Highlanders by 27-20 in their Super Rugby clash on Friday.

Winger Jason Woodward scored two of the Hurricanes' five tries on Saturday night as they managed to survive a spirited Reds challenge at Westpac Stadium to register a 29-14 victory.

JP Pietersen scored two crucial tries, one in each half to help Sharks overcome Hurricanes challenge and register a 32-15 victory at Growthpoint Kings Park 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.

The Brumbies ran in seven tries to open their Super Rugby season in style with a 52-10 drubbing of the Hurricanes at Geo Stadium.

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.

London Irish have confirmed the signing of the Hurricanes' fly-half James Marshall for the 2016-17 season.

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 won their first Super Rugby title with a 21-14 win over the Hurricanes in Wellington.

It’s come down to this. Arguably the two most exhilarating teams in Super Rugby will go head to head on Saturday night for their maiden title, but also they will be helping those fantasy rugby players towards their honours for the season.

Both the Hurricanes and the Highlanders have named unchanged starting XV’s for the Super Rugby Final in Wellington on Saturday.

The Hurricanes dominated from start to finish as they recorded a 29-9 victory over the Brumbies at Westpac Stadium to reach the Super 15 final.

Perhaps the greatest strength of southern hemisphere rugby is that its flagship teams come into Rugby World Cup years with settled and complimentary XVs.

The Hurricanes maintained their perfect start to their Super Rugby by defeating the Rebels 36-12 in Wellington on Friday.

Dan Carter's return to rugby ended in forgettable fashion as his Crusaders side went down 16-9 to the Hurricanes in Wellington.