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Justin Marshall: NZ teams tracking well
With Super Rugby steamrollering and all five New Zealand teams playing overseas opposition, this weekend was an ideal opportunity to get a gauge on how each side is tracking.
With Super Rugby steamrollering and all five New Zealand teams playing overseas opposition, this weekend was an ideal opportunity to get a gauge on how each side is tracking.
Ma'a Nonu, a revelation for the Blues since his return to the franchise, is in the Super rugby form of his life, and has good news for All Black supporters.
The Waratahs will continue to live and die by the sword as coach Michael Cheika encourages his charges to try to win an elusive Super Rugby crown in style.
An aqualung or the VO2 max of an Olympic rowing champion would've been handy in Sydney last night for a contest high on pace and flair but lacking in defence and structural composure.
The return of Jerome Kaino has taken competition for places among the All Black loose forwards to an even higher level.
The plummeting Reds' Super Rugby miseries have multiplied with key duo James Slipper and Chris Feauai-Sautia facing extended time on the sidelines.
Warriors centre Konrad Hurrell's prospects of returning to rugby have been ignited with Chiefs coach Dave Rennie admitting he'd consider him for a Super Rugby contract.
Sydney showed why Mark Hammett got it right when he decided to quit as coach of the Hurricanes.
No one within the Chiefs will be too effusive in their self-praise but this display was sorely-needed from the Super Rugby champions.
It's an impossible business trying to understand this year's competition. The Brumbies destroy the Chiefs one week, are then destroyed by the Crusaders the next.
The Blues thrashed the Reds 44-14 at Eden Park tonight. Read the full match report from Gregor Paul.
Watch a replay of our live blog of tonight's Anzac test between the Kiwis and the Kangaroos in Sydney
Hurricanes players featured heavily in last weekend's round of Dream Team Fantasy Super Rugby but don't get your hopes up for a repeat performance tomorrow.
Super Rugby's new format has been endorsed by New Zealand's players but commerce teams around the country may take more convincing after seeing their most lucrative income stream cut by 25 per cent.
Richie McCaw has proven time again that he can find form straight after an injury break and Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder will be hoping to see those qualities tomorrow.
As surprise packages go, Patrick Tuipulotu is hard to miss. At 1.98m and 120kg, the 21-year-old Tuipulotu is one of the biggest men in the Blues squad and the way he plays makes him stand out even more.
The merry-go-round that is the Chiefs' backline continues to spin as last season's leading scorers seek to once more turn possession into their own personal playground.
He's only one man. Well ... that's how the Hurricanes see Waratahs fullback Israel Folau. But Folau is playing like a man possessed this season, racking up huge numbers in Super Rugby as opposition defences struggle to contain him.
Super Rugby will rebuild itself along the lines of the NFL from 2016, creating a two division-four conference model that will see local derbies decrease and three new sides enter the fray.