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.

Fate and family has seen a kid who played with makeshift footballs in the fields of Nadroumai, to potential world beater in rugby's most famous team.

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.

The Highlanders won the Super Rugby final because they took their opportunities when the key moments arose.

Hey mum, I want an Elliot Dixon doll for Christmas, complete with extras like his trademark electrical tape to wrap around the head.

Scrawled in black on Aaron Smith's shiny white boots was a message that defined the Highlanders' Super Rugby success: 'Prove why'.

More than 2000 fans descended on Dunedin International Airport today to welcome home their heroes.

Wellington based police said overall, the crowds who flocked to the cake tin in the capital last night, were well behaved.

I'm gutted for our boys. The Highlanders deserved to win. They led for the whole game and took their opportunities, writes Martin Devlin.

After 19 seasons of heartbreak and underachievement, the Highlanders' winning efforts unleashed emotional scenes from hardcore fans.

It was a great game - both teams were evenly matched - but the Highlanders executed their moves and played brilliantly, writes Dunedin South MP Clare Curran.

The Hurricanes are the only New Zealand side who have never won Super Rugby and that wait will extend another season.

The Highlanders have won their first ever Super Rugby title after beating the Hurricanes in an epic encounter in Wellington tonight.