![Rugby: Ducking coach decision is lame](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Ducking coach decision is lame
If the Blues are on the hunt for a new coach, which surely they are, their silence on the matter is potentially closing the door on the best possible candidates.
If the Blues are on the hunt for a new coach, which surely they are, their silence on the matter is potentially closing the door on the best possible candidates.
As the Blues board consider who will coach the team next year - and with half this season gone, they must be - Wayne Smith has to be close to the top of their list.
Tomorrow's game between the Hurricanes and the Reds in Brisbane shapes as a banana-skin encounter for the Hurricanes.
They have done great service for the All Blacks and their Super Rugby sides, but right now many of the Crusaders and Blues' senior players are struggling to get out of a rut.
Blues' first-five Dan Bowden knows what it's like to play outside Dan Carter and he insists the struggling All Black isn't finished yet.
The Highlanders' three-match winning streak came to a brutal end at the hands of the Brumbies in Canberra last night.
With John Kirwan about to rest All Black and Blues captain Jerome Kaino, Steven Luatua will today be named at No8 to take on the Crusaders.
Benji Marshall says his short stint playing for the Blues made him a better league player.
After spending the season in the shadow of his younger brother, Marty McKenzie has earned the opening opportunity to fill Aaron Cruden's boots.
One person who might have mixed feelings after Aaron Cruden’s World Cup dream was almost certainly ended by a knee injury is Charles Piutau.
Luck has completely deserted the Reds this season but captain James Slipper senses their fortunes may have finally turned.
Damian McKenzie's form has seen him touted as an All Black-in-waiting, with that elevation potentially arriving as early as next year.
Tell me if you've heard this before: Richie McCaw is looking old, the Crusaders are on the wane, Dan Carter is a shadow of his former self?
Four years after suffering heartbreak at the final hurdle, Aaron Cruden's World Cup hopes have been dashed in equally unfortunate circumstances.
Every team has played at least eight games this season, which means we are at - or past - the halfway point of the 2015 Super Rugby campaign.
Aaron Cruden's season-ending injury is a dreadful blow for his ambitions, but we can appreciate the depth of our five-eighths talent, writes Wynn Gray.