Lose tomorrow night, and the Hurricanes will need to lower both the Waratahs and Crusaders away to guarantee their berth as one of the top wildcards.

The 24-year-old loose forward was consistency personified for the franchise prior to the June window and he is now ready for the final push in a log-jammed New Zealand Super Rugby conference.

Cory Jane has signed a two-year contract with Toshiba but will be back in Hurricanes colours in 2017.

Former All Blacks captain Todd Blackadder has emerged as a hot contender for the vacant Queensland Reds coaching job. Late last year

At various times, each of the Crusaders, Highlanders, Chiefs and Hurricanes have looked like champions elect.

SANZAR boss Andy Marinos said the addition of a Pacific Island team into the Super Rugby competition could happen in the future

Umaga concedes it's hard to see the 25-year-old five-eighth moving from the franchise with whom he made his Super Rugby debut in 2011.

Internationals Jerome Kaino, Patrick Tuipulotu, Ofa Tu'ungafasi and Male Sa'u return to the Blues line-up for Saturday's Super Rugby match against the Hurricanes in Wellington.

Given the historical reluctance to play big matches in the Pacific Islands, Friday's Super Rugby match in Suva is welcome progress.

Stephen Donald will start the Chiefs' top-of-the-table clash with the Crusaders in Suva on Friday night.

As we head into the final three weeks of Super Rugby's regular season, the Kiwis teams are all in the mix to make the playoffs.

$449 too much for a Lions ticket you say? Try $1000 - all the way back in 1959.

Chiefs and Crusaders face compromise over toll taken by tests.

Warren Gatland is currently seen as the top choice for coach of the Lions rugby team in their upcoming tour next year.

The Chiefs and Crusaders are both likely to manage the workload of their All Blacks stars for their clash in Suva.

New Zealand Rugby has released ticket details for next year's tour of the British and Irish Lions, and the highest price for a test ticket has been set at $449.

The Chiefs and Crusaders will make history this week, with thousands of fans counting down to the first ever Super Rugby game in Fiji.

A number of All Blacks return to their Super Rugby teams battered a bruised ahead of this week's returning round.

The disappointment and devastation of 2015 finally ended for Lima Sopoaga last night.

Newstalk ZB understands that the Blues are looking to make an offer for the Hurricanes first-five, whose contract ends with the Wellington-based side at the end of this season.

The Blues showed no signs of rust on attack as they cruised to a 73-8 victory over the Northland Barbarians at Toll Stadium.

The Melbourne Rebels and Australian Rugby Union (ARU) are threatening to move the next Super Rugby fixture at AAMI Park unless the surface is fixed.

All you need to know about latest All Blacks debutant Elliot Dixon - who will become All Black 1149 on Saturday against Wales.

The Rebels and the Hurricanes have named strong squads for Thursday's Super Rugby exhibition.

Japan World Cup star Ayumu Goromaru began training for the first time with his new French club Toulon.

COMMENT: As the Chiefs were humiliating Wales on Tuesday night, what became clear was the enormity of the task that lies ahead for next year's visiting British Lions.

COMMENT: The selection of Scott Robertson to replace Todd Blackadder as Crusaders head coach from next year will have come as a huge blow to the team's assistant Tabai Matson.