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All Blacks: Muliaina signs with Japanese club
Veteran All Black Mils Muliaina has signed with a Japanese club, leaving New Zealand at the end of the season.

Rugby: McAlister back in control of Blues
Luke McAlister is back in favour at first five-eighths against the Chiefs on Saturday night.

Rugby: Slade eyeing return for playoffs
Colin Slade and the Highlanders are in an ultra-tight scramble to make the Super 15 playoffs.

Rugby: Cipriani out of Rebels squad
Out-of-favour English five-eighth Danny Cipriani has again been left out of the Rebels squad to face the Stormers.

Chris Rattue: Wonderful Reds on a wonderful ground
Suncorp Stadium is a world class facility. Eden Park is still and always will be a pig of a stadium writes Chris Rattue.

Rugby: Lions flanker hit with six-week ban
Lions flanker Michael Rhodes has copped a six-week ban for his wrestling-like tackle on Highlanders winger Siale Piutau.

Rugby: Chiefs sweating on Kahui's fitness
The Chiefs are sweating on the fitness of one of their in form backs ahead their Super Rugby match against the Blues on Saturday night.

Rugby: Dickinson missing from referee list
Stuart Dickinson's name is missing from the referees list for this weekend's round of Super 15 matches.

Rugby: Good chance of rematch with Reds
What the Crusaders have done this year surpasses anything they have achieved before, with the exception of their unbeaten 2002.

Rugby: Highlanders to reveal jersey on Friday
The Highlanders will wear their new strip when they run out to face the Force at Carisbrook.

The stats don't lie: Week 15 review
Missed tackles almost proved costly for the Hurricanes while penalties hurt the Crusaders' chances of a vital away win.

Rugby: Wallaby legends back Deans
Former Wallabies great Nick Farr-Jones and John Eales are confident Australia can win a third World Cup later this season.

Rugby: McCaw's gamble doesn't pay off
Richie McCaw has carried the Crusaders to countless victories, but last night he played the biggest hand in losing.

Rugby: Crusaders fall to Reds
Quade Cooper landed an 80th-minute penalty to give the Queensland Reds a 17-16 win over the Crusaders.

Rugby: Stormers grind out dour victory
It wasn't even a Brumbies player or gung-ho marketing executive who dubbed the Canberra outfit "the Real Madrid of Australian rugby".

Rugby: Stormers post maiden win in Canberra
The Stormers posted their first Super Rugby win in a chilly Canberra with a 16-3 triumph against the Brumbies

Rugby: Lions upset Highlanders
The Lions clinched their maiden victory in the deep south with a 26-22 win over the Highlanders at Carisbrook in Dunedin.

Live scoring: NRL, Super 15
Saturday night footy at nzherald.co.nz brings you livescoring of the tonight's NRL and Super Rugby matches.