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![As it happened: Blues v Waratahs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
As it happened: Blues v Waratahs
Join us here for today's live blog of the Super Rugby showdown between the Blues and the Waratahs from Eden Park in Auckland.
![Campbell Burnes: Sharp Slade has done enough to be in frame to face England](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Campbell Burnes: Sharp Slade has done enough to be in frame to face England
The Crusaders' No10 has been the form first-five of the past few weeks of Super Rugby. So well has he played, in fact, that Steve Hansen and his brains trust could do worse than pencil him in to the All Black squad for the June series against England.
![Rugby: Weapon of mass rugby destruction](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Weapon of mass rugby destruction
No one should feel at ease, least of all the Blues today, when Israel Folau is primed for action.
![Scotty Stevenson: History lessons ... study carefully](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Scotty Stevenson: History lessons ... study carefully
Face it, people: there is no escaping history today. Even that opening sentence is now in the past and you're still in the same paragraph. So, really history is always just behind you. History is time's version of stalking.
![Rugby: Wild West worthy of 'X-factor' label left vacant by Marshall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Wild West worthy of 'X-factor' label left vacant by Marshall
The description of a developing Blues first-five as a player with "X-factor" should probably start alarm bells following the Benji Marshall experiment.
![Fantasy Super Rugby: Where you are going wrong](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Fantasy Super Rugby: Where you are going wrong
After ten rounds of Dream Team Fantasy Super Rugby, it seems like the perfect time to point out which players are trending upward and which aren’t worth your precious millions in the game.
![Benji's $2m rugby experiment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Benji's $2m rugby experiment
Benji Marshall's rugby union experiment is likely to cost him $2 million, with the player set to return to Australia as soon as tomorrow to finalise a budget conscious NRL comeback.
![Rugby: Hickey's Blues stint will help Under-20s](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Hickey's Blues stint will help Under-20s
Simon Hickey's experience running the cutter at the ailing Blues should stand him in good stead as the skipper of the New Zealand Under-20s in June's Junior World Championship.
![League: The amicable quickie divorce](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
League: The amicable quickie divorce
Benji Marshall saved his best performance for the Blues until the end. There were smiles and laughter yesterday at Eden Park in what became a eulogy for his failed rugby experiment.
![Rugby: Tough hookers in Canberra showdown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Tough hookers in Canberra showdown
Hookers are usually a gnarly benchmark for Super Rugby sides. Some of the younger brigade have not collected the creased faces or disfigured ears which often signify combat in the scrummaging trenches and close-quarter combat.
![Benji Marshall: 'It didn't work out'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Benji Marshall: 'It didn't work out'
Benji Marshall has been officially released from his Super Rugby contract, but says he has "been able to find himself again" through playing rugby
![Benji Marshall 'will be missed' - Weepu](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Benji Marshall 'will be missed' - Weepu
Blues halfback Piri Weepu has admitted the Benji Marshall saga has been a distraction for the team, but that the former league player will be missed.
![Dana Johannsen: Marshall deserves kudos](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Dana Johannsen: Marshall deserves kudos
The self-congratulatory "I told you so's" have been ringing loudly on both sides of the Tasman as Benji Marshall pulls the pin on his rugby experiment.
![Rugby: Folau's progress freakish, says Tahs' Gibson](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Folau's progress freakish, says Tahs' Gibson
Footballing freak Israel Folau is setting impossibly high standards that no other rugby convert - including Benji Marshall - should expect to match.
![NRL: No place for Benji at Warriors](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
NRL: No place for Benji at Warriors
Benji Marshall will not be a Warrior, with coach Andrew McFadden saying today the failed rugby convert is "not what they need right now".
![Wales line up move for Anscombe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Wales line up move for Anscombe
Wales coach Warren Gatland said to be increasingly keen on luring Chiefs player Gareth Anscombe from Hamilton with the potential prize of a World Cup spot.
![Benji - 'I'm an average rugby player'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Benji - 'I'm an average rugby player'
Benji Marshall says he is an "average'' rugby union player but insists he is better for his failed experiment at the Blues.
![Rugby: Growing pack power a welcome boost for Kirwan's Blues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Growing pack power a welcome boost for Kirwan's Blues
Amid the Benji Marshall saga and a listing ship sporting a spotty 3-5 record, John Kirwan is happy to seize on anything positive surrounding his beleaguered Blues.
![Blues need to 'work harder'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Blues need to 'work harder'
Blues coach John Kirwan says his team needs to "work harder and stay in the fight" after a disappointing loss to the Hurricanes on Friday.
![Rugby: Waratahs pin hopes on Beale to reignite attack](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Waratahs pin hopes on Beale to reignite attack
The Waratahs are sweating on Kurtley Beale being fit as they look to break the shackles in key clashes with the Blues and Hurricanes.
![Rugby: Belief in game plan finally clicks for Crusaders](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Belief in game plan finally clicks for Crusaders
Something has clicked for the Crusaders, coach Todd Blackadder reckons.
![Rugby: Marshall's chances fading fast](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Marshall's chances fading fast
Benji Marshall's inclusion in the Blues match-day squad is now hanging by a thread.
![Rugby: Chiefs short of time in bid to find lineout fix](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Chiefs short of time in bid to find lineout fix
The clock is ticking on the Chiefs' efforts to fix their malfunctioning lineout after their mauling at the hands of the Crus-aders.
![Rugby: Sides use heads and hearts on concussion issue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=806)
Rugby: Sides use heads and hearts on concussion issue
The significance of Kieran Read leaving the field after 30 minutes on Saturday night was easy to understand in the context of the match.