SANZAR boss Andy Marinos said the addition of a Pacific Island team into the Super Rugby competition could happen in the future

Umaga concedes it's hard to see the 25-year-old five-eighth moving from the franchise with whom he made his Super Rugby debut in 2011.

Internationals Jerome Kaino, Patrick Tuipulotu, Ofa Tu'ungafasi and Male Sa'u return to the Blues line-up for Saturday's Super Rugby match against the Hurricanes in Wellington.

Super Rugby returns tomorrow night following the international break. But which teams are good again? Cameron McMillan provides a refresher.

Given the historical reluctance to play big matches in the Pacific Islands, Friday's Super Rugby match in Suva is welcome progress.

Stephen Donald will start the Chiefs' top-of-the-table clash with the Crusaders in Suva on Friday night.

As we head into the final three weeks of Super Rugby's regular season, the Kiwis teams are all in the mix to make the playoffs.

Chiefs and Crusaders face compromise over toll taken by tests.

The Chiefs and Crusaders are both likely to manage the workload of their All Blacks stars for their clash in Suva.

New Zealand Rugby has released ticket details for next year's tour of the British and Irish Lions, and the highest price for a test ticket has been set at $449.

Coach John Plumtree is sick of the negative talk around Julian Savea and has dismissed claims that Beauden Barrett is heading to the Blues next year.

The former All Blacks winger has left the NSW Waratahs, cutting short his Super Rugby season.

The Chiefs and Crusaders will make history this week, with thousands of fans counting down to the first ever Super Rugby game in Fiji.

A number of All Blacks return to their Super Rugby teams battered a bruised ahead of this week's returning round.

The disappointment and devastation of 2015 finally ended for Lima Sopoaga last night.

The Melbourne Rebels and Australian Rugby Union (ARU) are threatening to move the next Super Rugby fixture at AAMI Park unless the surface is fixed.

All you need to know about latest All Blacks debutant Elliot Dixon - who will become All Black 1149 on Saturday against Wales.

The Rebels and the Hurricanes have named strong squads for Thursday's Super Rugby exhibition.

Japan World Cup star Ayumu Goromaru began training for the first time with his new French club Toulon.

COMMENT: As the Chiefs were humiliating Wales on Tuesday night, what became clear was the enormity of the task that lies ahead for next year's visiting British Lions.

COMMENT: The selection of Scott Robertson to replace Todd Blackadder as Crusaders head coach from next year will have come as a huge blow to the team's assistant Tabai Matson.

Tabai Matson might look to coach elsewhere after being overlooked in favour of Scott Robertson for the Crusaders job.

The legend grows. World Cup winner Stephen Donald got a hero's reception at Waikato Stadium, as he inspired the below-strength Chiefs to smash the Welsh rugby side.

For the first time in their 20-year history, the Chiefs unleashed a pre-game haka to mark the special occasion of their clash with Wales last night.

'Beaver' Stephen Donald stars as the Chiefs score six tries to deal a huge blow to Wales' hopes of taking anything from their tour.