HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Blues have kept their defense of the Super Rugby title alive, beating the top-seeded Chiefs 20-19 Saturday with a try three minutes after the fulltime siren to advance ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Blues’ 41-10 win over the Chiefs in Saturday’s final of Super Rugby Pacific had the feeling of a great release of pent-up emotion. The Auckland-based Blues had tried ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Christchurch-based Crusaders scored a single try in each half to beat the Auckland-based Blues 15-3 in a pivotal match in Super Rugby Pacific on Saturday. The match ...

The ACT Brumbies clung to a five-point lead through all of the second half to beat the Auckland-based Blues 25-20 Sunday and stay unbeaten after two rounds of Super Rugby Pacific. The Brumbies scored ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The pieces of the playoffs puzzle in Super Rugby locked into place match by match during the last round of the regular season. The Hamilton-based Chiefs sealed first ...

June 22 (Reuters) - Caleb Clarke scored a hat-trick of tries as the Auckland Blues overpowered the Waikato Chiefs 41-10 to win the all-New Zealand Super Rugby Pacific final on Saturday and land their ...

June 14 (Reuters) - The Auckland Blues rode their relentless forward power to the Super Rugby Pacific final for the second time in three years on Friday with a 34-20 semi-final victory over the ACT ...

But Blues coach Sir John Kirwan says the former Kiwis and Wests Tigers playmaker has delivered "10-fold" on expectations so far. Marshall gets to put what he has learnt from two months of pre-season ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The Blues lost All Blacks flyhalf Beauden Barrett to an apparent long-term injury on the way to a 21-20 loss to the Brumbies on Friday which continued a gloomy start to the ...

Every new season sparks a myriad of possibilities. Preseason promises positivity for all. Fresh talent, high profile recruits, coaching changes evoke renewed hope among contenders. This year, though, ...