Join us here for our live blog of tonight's Super Rugby final between the Hurricanes and the Highlanders in Wellington.

Conrad Smith, 33, will leave for France after the World Cup with something missing on his impressive rugby resume.

One team will win a Super Rugby title for the first time tonight. Wynne Gray takes us for a trip down memory lane ahead of the monumental clash.

A former teammate of Jerry Collins has posted a touching picture of himself bottle feeding baby Ayla, who is draped under her father's Hurricanes' jersey.

Wellington is full to the brim with rugby fans as a rolling maul of southerners invades the capital ahead of tomorrow's Super Rugby final.

He's one of the toughest men to pull on an All Black jersey ... and he's humble, nice and has a smile like a sunbeam.

If they were a film cast, they would be more like Entourage than a George Clooney-Brad Pitt feature.

He is a staunch Hurricanes supporter so why won't the former Campbell Live presenter be in the stands? Chris Rattue finds out.

Hurricanes fans have been through it all. We've endured most things. We're expecting this title tomorrow night. We need this title tomorrow night, writes Andrew Mulligan.

Wellingtonians have become understandably pessimistic, expecting the worst in order to limit their disappointment when the worst duly transpires, writes Paul Thomas.

Sympathy for the southern man is a sporting trait we find hard to shift, writes Wynne Gray.

The votes have been tallied, and the results of the Herald's inaugural Super Rugby MVP ballot are in.

The Highlanders have named an unchanged side ahead of what they hope will be an occasion to celebrate in the Super Rugby final

175 TAB customers placed bets the final would be an all-Kiwi affair between the Hurricanes and Highlanders, with $5500 the highest payout.

Despite the long odds, some Kiwis did predict a Hurricanes v Highlanders Super Rugby final.

The success of the Hurricanes and Highlanders has flown in the face of a popular sporting cliche.

These famous Hurricanes and Highlanders fans have worked out how the neutrals can give themselves something to cheer for in Saturday's final.

Tickets are still available for Saturday's Super 15 final despite diehard rugby fans queuing up overnight to score themselves spots at the game.

They may be great mates off the field but TJ Perenara refuses to talk to Cory Jane at training.

When defeat cuts the gizzard out of Australian sport they move quickly to another topic.

Steven Joyce, the Economic Development Minister, has made it clear that he is unhappy tickets for the Super 15 final in Wellington are fetching up to $1500 online.

The provinces had become disenchanted with the Hurricanes in recent years but their first pre-season match of 2015 in Eketahuna on January 31 changed all that.

Ticket scalpers have targeted rugby fans but Steven Joyce says there's no need to change scalping laws.