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The makeup of the quarter-finals in the 2019 edition of Super Rugby has been confirmed after the culmination of the regular season this weekend.  New Zealand side the Crusaders will be looking to make it three titles in a row and their excellent form has seen them clinch the first seed which means that they will host the final if …

New Zealand international prop Jeff Toomaga-Allen will be joining Wasps from Super Rugby’s Hurricanes next season, the Premiership club announced on Thursday. Toomaga-Allen is the second All Black signed by Wasps this week following their announcement on Wednesday that centre Malakai Fekitoa will join them from Top 14 side Toulon next season. “To bring someone of Jeff’s calibre to the …

Defending champions Canterbury Crusaders charged into their 13th Super Rugby final with a comprehensive 30-12 victory over the Wellington Hurricanes in Christchurch on Saturday. The platform was set by the All Blacks-laden pack who drove relentlessly into the Hurricanes, allowing fly-half Richie Mo’unga the time and space to dictate play. In a match billed as the final before the final, …

Wellington Hurricanes need a huge effort up front to steal an upset win in their Super Rugby semi-final against defending champions Canterbury Crusaders, assistant coach John Plumtree said Friday. The Hurricanes go into the match on Saturday as underdogs against an in-form Crusaders outfit that has never lost any of the 19 finals matches staged in Christchurch. Plumtree, who will …

The Super Rugby quarter-finals took place this weekend and we have now gone from eight teams to four as the semi-finals loom large next week.  The Waratahs, the Lions, reigning champions the Crusaders and the Hurricanes are the four sides left who will be hoping to secure the championship trophy in two week’s time. First of all, these teams will …

TJ Perenara scored a double as Wellington Hurricanes bounced back into form to beat Waikato Chiefs 32-31 in their Super Rugby quarter-final in Wellington on Friday. After limping into the competition’s knockout phase with four losses from five matches, the Hurricanes led from the outset against the Chiefs. Julian Savea set up the victory with a try in the first …

The Hurricanes fell to a 28-24 defeat to the Chiefs on Friday in a controversial game in Hamilton.  Although the Chiefs won the game, it wasn’t enough to gain home advantage when these sides meet again next week in the Super Rugby quarter-finals. The Chiefs needed to win by 23 points and secure a bonus point to reverse their positions …

The Brumbies have ended their 13-match losing streak against New Zealand opposition by winning out on a 24-12 scoreline against the Hurricanes in Canberra.  A bonus-point victory was guaranteed when Andy Muirhead went over with less than three minutes remaining on the clock after earlier tries from Kyle Godwin, Folau Fainga’a and Rory Arnold. The win closes the gap between the …

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen labelled fullback Jordie Barrett “stupid” Sunday over an early morning mix-up that resulted in police being called after the player went out on the town. Barrett, 21, went drinking with a friend in Dunedin after his Wellington Hurricanes lost to Otago Highlanders on Friday night and entered a house at 5am Saturday morning looking for …

The Hurricanes have now lost two games in a row which has seen them fall five points behind the Crusaders at the top of the New Zealand Super Rugby conference. The Wellington-based outfit fell to the Crusaders last weekend and today, they fell to another defeat to New Zealand opposition in the form of the Highlanders. The Highlanders won out …

There are no shortage of talking points from this morning’s England squad announcement.  Eddie Jones has named a 34-man squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa which will see England take on the Springboks in three Tests throughout June. Danny Cipriani has been included in the squad where he could make his first appearance in the famous white shirt since …

Hurricanes skipper Brad Shields remains in the dark to whether he will make his England debut in June as Eddie Jones’ side tour South Africa for a three-Test tour against the Springboks. Shields will be making the move to England at the end of the Super Rugby season where he will join up with Wasps and he has long been mooted for …

Brad Shields has handed in a formal request to be released from his NZRU contract early so that he can be selected by England for the upcoming tour to South Africa. Shields will be playing his rugby for Wasps next season and the Hurricanes man qualifies for England as his parents were born there. Eddie Jones has been given the …

Friday’s clash between the Melbourne Rebels and the Hurricanes is certainly going to be an interesting one. The Rebels, under the tutelage of Dave Wessells, formerly of the Western Force, has guided his new club to the top of the Australian conference with four victories, their only loss came to the Waratahs in difficult conditions in Sydney. The Australian franchises …

Five rising stars that could make their way to South Africa as England look to kickstart their revival.

Beauden Barrett certainly has the world at his feet, at just 26, he is already considered one of the best, if not the best, players in world rugby at the moment. Such standing in the world game is going to attract attention from the world’s wealthiest clubs and according to a report in the Sydney Daily Telegraph, a French club …

Scarlets bound Blade Thomson produced a moment for the highlight reel in the Hurricanes’ 9-34 victory over the Jaguares in Buenos Aires last night. The four times capped Maori All Black and former New Zealand U20 international came off the bench in his side’s first victory of the season. The Hurricanes fell to the Blues in South Africa last weekend …