
The Stats Don't Lie: How the Chiefs went back-to-back
Tracey Nelson crunches the numbers following the Chiefs' second straight Super 15 final victory on Saturday.
Tracey Nelson crunches the numbers following the Chiefs' second straight Super 15 final victory on Saturday.
Benji Marshall hasn't signed with the Blues yet but an announcement is expected soon.
Champion Chiefs Super rugby coach Dave Rennie is reluctant to talk about dynasties.
Honours boards or statues do not suit the Chiefs' balanced culture, but some recognition for captain Craig Clarke seems appropriate.
A Super 15 champion, named again as an All Black - and now a husband-to-be. It's been a pretty good week for Aaron Cruden.
The Chiefs didn't have to look far for motivation before and during their epic final with the Brumbies.
Where does the Chiefs' latest success rank among the finals of the 18-year competition?
Patrick McKendry of APNZ, Wynne Gray of the NZ Herald and Gregor Paul from the Herald on Sunday answer three probing questions from last night's Super Rugby final.
All the signs suggested that it was always going to take a supreme piece of individual skill to decide this one.
Chiefs fans earned their red, yellow and black stripes as they roared for their heroes to win the Super Rugby final last night.
The Chiefs have another title - that's all that really matters.
It wasn't pretty and two or three reputations suffered as the Chiefs let the Brumbies too far into this game - but they pulled it out of the fire, writes Richard Loe.
Double delight came for the Chiefs but it took all their courage to claw their way past the Brumbies for the Super 15 title.
Lunch, tours of Eden Park and the waterfront - the Blues displayed their hospitality, business and sporting charms to Benji Marshall yesterday as they continued to woo the league star to their franchise.
Sometimes strange things happen that just make you believe this is your time.
All rugby eyes are on Hamilton tonight as a tasty decider and teaser towards the resumption of transtasman sporting combat.
For Dave Rennie, the nerves will start as soon as he arrives at Waikato Stadium tonight.
Editorial: The Super 15 is a long, hard slog, especially for New Zealand teams that have to play each other twice on the road to the play-offs.
Ngaruawahia Primary School students proudly showed their colours yesterday when they dressed in red, yellow and black to support the Chiefs for tonight's Super 15 final.
Can the Brumbies break the travel hoodoo where no side has crossed the Indian Ocean to win the Super Rugby title?
With one game left in the season you'd expect the number of decisions to be made by Herald Rugby Fantasy managers to decrease - but there are still plenty of moves to be considered before the Chiefs and Brumbies clash in Hamilton.
Chiefs fans are struggling to find merchandise, clothing and even red, black and yellow balloons with Hamilton fully in the grip of Super Rugby finals fever.
Here it is in black and white: during the regular season the Chiefs won the least amount of possession of any other team.
A scalper has come under fire from Chiefs fans for inflating ticket prices to this weekend's Super 15 final.