You can see it all over the city. More and more people are wearing Blues jerseys, caps and other assorted paraphernalia.

Piri Weepu sat in the bowels of Eden Park wearing a cap and red framed clear glasses as accessories to the team suit guidelines.

In his summer recess, Steven Luatua punished himself. If he felt he hadn't done enough training, he would head out on a 10km run through the pain barrier.

Amidst talk of how far the Blues can go this season and the poor starts of the Crusaders and Hurricanes , the Chiefs are once again flying under the radar.

As Owen Franks prepares to go head to head in a match against his brother, Ben, for the first time, he has revealed he would have left the Crusaders in search of more game time if his elder sibling hadn't.

When you look at the most popular list of players picked in NZ Herald Fantasy Super Rugby it's as you'd expect.

Q&A with Victor Vito of the Hurricanes.

Tracey Nelson crunches the numbers from the weekend's Super 15 action where the Blues are leading the way at the breakdown.

As public approval levels mount for the Blues, the staff have been collating video nasties for their troops.

Ranger is finally delivering on his exceptional promise and could be an All Black legend, writes Chris Rattue. The Blues have already won one battle, but they desperately need to win another.

You'd hope two things come out of this woebegone match - that referee Steve Walsh is censured for manhandling Hurricanes skipper Conrad Smith and that the Canes do not head any further down a path which could see them hailed as 'the new Blues'.

It really is all change at the Blues as they wait nervously to see if No 8 Peter Saili can come good to play the Bulls a week today.

The Blues region is the country's most populous but has a poor recent record of producing test players.

My phone ran hot with crowing texts and calls after the Blues' victory over the Crusaders. I guess I deserved it as, when I was put on the spot on the radio, I had to go with the Crusaders.