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Super 15: Four key questions
Patrick McKendry of APNZ, Wynne Gray of the NZ Herald and Gregor Paul from the Herald on Sunday answer three probing questions from last night's Super Rugby final.
Patrick McKendry of APNZ, Wynne Gray of the NZ Herald and Gregor Paul from the Herald on Sunday answer three probing questions from last night's Super Rugby final.
All the signs suggested that it was always going to take a supreme piece of individual skill to decide this one.
Chiefs fans earned their red, yellow and black stripes as they roared for their heroes to win the Super Rugby final last night.
The Chiefs have another title - that's all that really matters.
It wasn't pretty and two or three reputations suffered as the Chiefs let the Brumbies too far into this game - but they pulled it out of the fire, writes Richard Loe.
Double delight came for the Chiefs but it took all their courage to claw their way past the Brumbies for the Super 15 title.
Lunch, tours of Eden Park and the waterfront - the Blues displayed their hospitality, business and sporting charms to Benji Marshall yesterday as they continued to woo the league star to their franchise.
Sometimes strange things happen that just make you believe this is your time.
All rugby eyes are on Hamilton tonight as a tasty decider and teaser towards the resumption of transtasman sporting combat.
For Dave Rennie, the nerves will start as soon as he arrives at Waikato Stadium tonight.
Ngaruawahia Primary School students proudly showed their colours yesterday when they dressed in red, yellow and black to support the Chiefs for tonight's Super 15 final.
Editorial: The Super 15 is a long, hard slog, especially for New Zealand teams that have to play each other twice on the road to the play-offs.
Can the Brumbies break the travel hoodoo where no side has crossed the Indian Ocean to win the Super Rugby title?
With one game left in the season you'd expect the number of decisions to be made by Herald Rugby Fantasy managers to decrease - but there are still plenty of moves to be considered before the Chiefs and Brumbies clash in Hamilton.
Chiefs fans are struggling to find merchandise, clothing and even red, black and yellow balloons with Hamilton fully in the grip of Super Rugby finals fever.
Here it is in black and white: during the regular season the Chiefs won the least amount of possession of any other team.
The official heat has been coming on the Hurricanes to patch up their differences with Ma'a Nonu.
Hundreds of Chiefs fans - some queuing for close to 12 hours - have braved the cold to snap up tickets for their side's Super Rugby home grand final.
Global warrior George Smith is delivering another snapshot of his remarkable skills which were lost to the Wallabies for three seasons in the middle of Robbie Deans' tenure.
Chiefs coach Dave Rennie has beefed up security at his home so he can concentrate on the big game this Saturday.
Defending champions have put in the hard yards and have shown they are ready to grab consecutive titles.
All Black great Sir Colin Meads says Super rugby defending champions the Chiefs aren't getting the respect they deserve but it probably doesn't worry them too much.
Hamilton is getting set for its biggest night of the year when the Chiefs host the Brumbies for their second Super 15 rugby grand final appearance at home in two years.
There's a sense of the Chiefs being on track to be the dominant force in Super Rugby.