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Rugby: Cruden recovery vital to title hopes
The next fortnight for the Chiefs will be about surviving rather than thriving in an increasingly crowded New Zealand conference.

Rugby: McCaw gets ready for comeback
Richie McCaw is poised for a return to the Crusaders next week, an addition which will boost the team's increasingly competitive loose forward mix.

Wynne Gray: Send Carter to Blues and everyone will be a winner
When Daniel Carter finishes his sabbatical towards the tail end of the Super 15, they should steer the All Black towards playing for the Blues.

First Take: Highlanders back from depths of 2013
The Highlanders are officially a rugby miracle after upsetting the pacesetting Sharks in Durban.

Rugby: 'We needed that' - JK
John Kirwan labelled last night's victory over the Waratahs as a critical one for the Blues as a franchise.

Rugby: Whitelock surprise addition in sevens
Crusaders utility back Adam Whitelock is the surprise addition to the New Zealand Sevens squad for the World Series tournaments in Glasgow and London next month.

Rugby: Kaino lights fuse for Blues' revival
On a day of remembrance it was fitting that Jerome Kaino provided so many evocative glimpses of his former self.

As it happened: Blues v Waratahs
Join us here for today's live blog of the Super Rugby showdown between the Blues and the Waratahs from Eden Park in Auckland.

Rugby: Weapon of mass rugby destruction
No one should feel at ease, least of all the Blues today, when Israel Folau is primed for action.

Campbell Burnes: Sharp Slade has done enough to be in frame to face England
The Crusaders' No10 has been the form first-five of the past few weeks of Super Rugby. So well has he played, in fact, that Steve Hansen and his brains trust could do worse than pencil him in to the All Black squad for the June series against England.

Scotty Stevenson: History lessons ... study carefully
Face it, people: there is no escaping history today. Even that opening sentence is now in the past and you're still in the same paragraph. So, really history is always just behind you. History is time's version of stalking.

Rugby: Wild West worthy of 'X-factor' label left vacant by Marshall
The description of a developing Blues first-five as a player with "X-factor" should probably start alarm bells following the Benji Marshall experiment.

Fantasy Super Rugby: Where you are going wrong
After ten rounds of Dream Team Fantasy Super Rugby, it seems like the perfect time to point out which players are trending upward and which aren’t worth your precious millions in the game.

Benji's $2m rugby experiment
Benji Marshall's rugby union experiment is likely to cost him $2 million, with the player set to return to Australia as soon as tomorrow to finalise a budget conscious NRL comeback.

Rugby: Hickey's Blues stint will help Under-20s
Simon Hickey's experience running the cutter at the ailing Blues should stand him in good stead as the skipper of the New Zealand Under-20s in June's Junior World Championship.

League: The amicable quickie divorce
Benji Marshall saved his best performance for the Blues until the end. There were smiles and laughter yesterday at Eden Park in what became a eulogy for his failed rugby experiment.

Rugby: Tough hookers in Canberra showdown
Hookers are usually a gnarly benchmark for Super Rugby sides. Some of the younger brigade have not collected the creased faces or disfigured ears which often signify combat in the scrummaging trenches and close-quarter combat.

Benji Marshall: 'It didn't work out'
Benji Marshall has been officially released from his Super Rugby contract, but says he has "been able to find himself again" through playing rugby

Benji Marshall 'will be missed' - Weepu
Blues halfback Piri Weepu has admitted the Benji Marshall saga has been a distraction for the team, but that the former league player will be missed.

Dana Johannsen: Marshall deserves kudos
The self-congratulatory "I told you so's" have been ringing loudly on both sides of the Tasman as Benji Marshall pulls the pin on his rugby experiment.

Patrick McKendry: NZRU's wall of silence
In reaching a mutual agreement with Benji Marshall to let him leave the Blues a few months into his two-year contract, New Zealand's rugby bosses made their best decision.

Rugby: Blues backer disappointed for Marshall
Blues investor Murray Bolton has no hard feelings towards Benji Marshall and his looming exit.