Blues appoint All Blacks performance analyst as their new assistant coach, the first surprise of Tana Umaga's fledgling reign at the franchise.

The Chiefs have bolstered their outside back stocks by signing Warrior Glen Fisiiahi on a two-year deal.

Tana Umaga will be impressing upon his Counties Manukau Steelers this week the importance of treating rugby as an 80-, not 75-minute game.

"I think New Zealand will come out like complete mad mongrel dogs and will endeavor to teach the Wallabies a lesson," says the former Wallaby great.

Ex-Crusaders coach Daryl Gibson is set to throw a lifeline to Guildford.

It's not about crowds, it's about TV and the dollars/yen they will pay for bringing the Sanzar circus to new screens.

"I've just matured and got a lot of those bad habits out of my system and just put my head down and worked hard."

NZ rugby icon says he wants to come home - if he can find a coaching job.

Six months from kickoff, the shiny new Super Rugby series is facing significant glitches to its expansion plans.

Kiwi lock Culum Retallick has joined the New Zealand core growing at the Melbourne Rebels.

Fresh from winning a Super Rugby title, Waisake Naholo's year just keeps getting better.

Andrew Strawbridge, the assistant coach of the Chiefs, was last night in a critical condition in Moto'otua National Hospital in Apia after taking ill on a flight to Samoa.

There's only two or three roster spots available for the Hurricanes as they eye next season.

Grand final controversies come in all shapes and sizes and we check out a few.