Super Rugby resumes after mosque attacks, with Stormers travelling to New Zealand for Saturday’s game against the Wellington Hurricanes.
The Auckland Blues held off a late-charging Central Cheetahs to sneak into the top six of the Super 15 competition with a 40-30 bonus-point victory.
The Otago Highlanders have put a miserable season behind them with a swashbuckling display on their way to a 38-28 victory over Auckland Blues.
James O’Connor scored a try and kicked five penalties and two conversions to lead the Melbourne Rebels to a win over the Auckland Blues.
The Auckland Blues and Canterbury Crusaders will attempt to become the first teams since 1999 to win Super Rugby semifinals on foreign soil.
The Auckland Blues dispatched an injury-ravaged Waratahs 26-13 at a wet Eden Park on Friday to reach the Super Rugby semifinals.
The Auckland Blues head into the final round of matches on a four-match losing streak and need to beat the Otago Highlanders next Friday.
Waikato Chiefs dealt another blow to the Auckland Blue’s title ambitions with a deserved 16-11 victory in a typically hard-fought clash.
Replacement flyhalf Dewaldt Duvenage converted Schalk Burger’s last-minute try to give the Stormers a 28-26 win over the Blues on Friday.
It has been a bad couple of weeks for the Stormers, writes <strong>Andy Capostagno</strong>.
The Blues will try to nullify the Stormers’ imposing rolling maul in the showdown of the Super 15’s SA and NZ conference leaders on Friday.
Hurricanes’ scrumhalf Tyson Keats has been suspended for four weeks for making a dangerous tackle on Blues counterpart Alby Mathewson last weekend.
The Auckland Blues held off a charge from the Wellington Hurricanes to claim a 17-11 win and remain top of the New Zealand Super rugby conference.
Auckland Blues beat the Wellington Hurricanes 17-11 in Super 15 rugby on Friday.
The Blues are steeled to produce a huge performance against the Highlanders this weekend, motivated by news that lock Kurtis Haiu has cancer.
The Auckland Blues blasted the New South Wales Waratahs off the park in the first half in a 31-17 victory in their Super rugby clash at Eden Park.
Luke McAlister slotted a 72nd minute long-range penalty to give the Auckland Blues a tight 16-13 victory over the Waikato Chiefs on Saturday.
A penalty in the dying seconds enabled New Zealand’s Auckland Blues to snatch a lucky 22-22 draw with Australia’s Western Force.
Flyhalf Patrick Lambie scored a try and kicked 16 points as the Sharks beat New Zealand’s Auckland Blues 26-12 on Saturday.
A late try by Keven Mealamu saw the Auckland Blues out-gun the Canterbury Crusaders 24-22 in the Super 15 clash of the New Zealand rugby heavyweights.
