All Blacks Julian Savea, Cory Jane and Victor Vito are among five players dropped from the Hurricanes side to play the Reds on Saturday for breaching team protocol.

Today's team naming fwill reveal if the players in question have kept their places in the squad after breaking curfew.

COMMENT: Code-hopping coaches can be nifty PR, writes Chris Rattue, but they are no panacea to a team's problems.

The Hurricanes will reveal tomorrow whether five players alleged to have broken curfew in South Africa will keep their places in the squad.

COMMENT: When the rugby unions Nelson Bays and Marlborough merged to form Tasman you could say the new team had a major identity crisis to overcome.

COMMENT: It is surely obvious that the lineout drive is increasingly at odds with the kind of contest that the game is intended to promote, writes Bryan Gould.

Aaron Cruden and Lima Sopoaga squared off at Waikato Stadium in a game where the All Blacks selectors had prime seats. Did they like what they saw?

Kris Shannon looks at the best and worst performers from the weekend's Super Rugby action.

In losing 32-15 to the Sharks in Durban yesterday, the Hurricanes have undone all the good work of their massive victory over the Lions in Johannesburg last weekend.

The Super Rugby points table has a different complexion following some significant results over the weekend.

COMMENT: Damian McKenzie got it wrong turning down the Blues, writes Chris Rattue. He should seriously consider a u-turn.

The Hurricanes have undone all the good work of their massive victory over the Lions in Johannesburg last weekend.

It has been one month short of two years since their last away victory, but the Blues have finally won another match on the road.

The Hurricanes have come crashing back down to earth.

The numbers are confirming the perception that Super Rugby is not an even playing field.

COMMENT: We're getting close to the point when the All Backs selectors will be confirming their first squad of the year, to play Wales next month.

Just as there are swing states in the United States election, so too are there players whose form will have a significant bearing on the make-up of the All Blacks squad for the Wales tour to be announced at the end of this month.

The Highlanders reminded everyone just why they claimed last year's competition, shining in all facets to shock the Chiefs.

By the end of this campaign, the Blues could be a side with intriguing prospects for 2017.

Live updates of the Chiefs and Highlanders round 11 Super Rugby clash at FMG Stadium in Hamilton.

There's a big swell of anticipation among fans that Damian McKenzie will be in the All Blacks squad next month.

The game between the Chiefs and the Highlanders in Hamilton tonight is a massive one for many reasons, not least of which are the key match-ups across the park.

Queensland Reds interim co-coach Matt O'Connor has underlined the Super Rugby side's need for experience after their 38-5 belting against the Crusaders.