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Beauden back with the Blues for Super Rugby title defence
Beauden Barrett played his first Super Rugby match way back in 2011 but the 33-year-old believes he's got a couple of years left in him yet as he embarks on another new season with the Auckland Blues this weekend.
Super Rugby Pacific: Can anyone challenge 'Stern Vern's' route-one Blues?
Vern Cotter flipped the typical Blues script and brought the franchise a title for the first time in 21 years. Can anyone challenge the defending champions in 2025?
Super Rugby Pacific 2025 Teams: All the team news for Round One
The 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season is here as all 11 teams confirm their squads for Round One. The season opens with the Crusaders hosting the Hurricanes in Christchurch, followed by Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii's highly-anticipated NSW Waratahs debut against the Highlanders in Sydney.
Super Rugby Pacific 2024: Team by Team
Team-by-team preview of the new season of Super Rugby Pacific, which kicks off on Friday. (Listed in order of last season's finish on regular season standings):
Rugby: Ranking New Zealand’s top 100 Super Rugby Pacific players
The Herald’s annual ranking of the top 100 New Zealand players in Super Rugby Pacific returns. As has been the case around the competition, there’s been plenty of movement ahead of the new campaign.
Wallabies Watch: The Test stars to keep an eye on in Super Rugby Pacific 2025
Wright is the forgotten man of sorts in the gold jersey, named as Joe Schmidt’s inaugural captain in charge of the Wallabies. The back-rower has dealt with shoulder injuries throughout 2025 but is expected to return for the Reds’ opening game against Moana Pasifika.
Barrett-bolstered Blues eye back-to-back Super Rugby titles
Super Rugby champions Auckland Blues, strengthened by the return of Beauden Barrett, have high hopes of back-to-back titles as the club competition returns this week, but are wary of Australian sides bolstered by the collapse of the Melbourne Rebels.
Lions tour looms over Super Rugby as the tournament itself faces scrutiny
The Super Rugby Pacific opener will raise the curtain on a Southern Hemisphere season in which the British and Irish Lions ...
Fantasy Super Rugby: Who to pick and who to avoid for week one of the season
Like a moth to a flame, I was straight on to Fantasy Super Rugby Pacific when it dropped last week. With the massive budget ...
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Suaalii the saviour? Tahs superstar is about to take Super Rugby by storm - and spark Aussie resurgence
Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii might be the most important protagonist in the story of Australian rugby since Dally Messenger. Messenger's 1907 code switch from rugby ...
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Super Rugby draft idea gets support of All Blacks duo
All Blacks Will Jordan and Anton Lienert-Brown have thrown their support behind the idea of a Super Rugby Pacific draft.
Rugby-Super Rugby Pacific 2024: Team by Team
Team-by-team preview of the new season of Super RugbyPacific, which kicks off on Friday. (Listed in order of last season's ...
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Super Rugby Pacific 2025 Preview: Wildcard Waratahs primed for U-turn - but can McKellar's big swing get NSW humming?
Last, but not least, the final preview before the season gets underway is the side that, more than any other, comes into the ...
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Super Rugby Pacific Casualty Ward: FOURTEEN Crusaders stars out, Force forward pack tested, Blues star sits out
Welcome to the Super Rugby Pacific Casualty Ward, the hub of all injury updates and news for the 2025 season. All sides have ...
Rugby-Suaalii to debut for Waratahs at fullback in Super Rugby opener
Joseph Suaalii will make his Super Rugby Pacific debut at fullback on Friday after being named in the New South Waratahs side ...