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Could the Blues really make the playoffs?
The Super Rugby points table has a different complexion following some significant results over the weekend.
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Tana Umaga: The weight is off our backs
It wasn't the performance coach Tana Umaga was looking for but the Blues' victory over the Kings has struck an important mental blow.
![Blues finally snap away drought](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Blues finally snap away drought
It has been one month short of two years since their last away victory, but the Blues have finally won another match on the road.
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Rugby: A firing Tuipulotu will change ABs' loosie mix
Just as there are swing states in the United States election, so too are there players whose form will have a significant bearing on the make-up of the All Blacks squad for the Wales tour to be announced at the end of this month.
![Gregor Paul: Blues urgently need to find the next big No10](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gregor Paul: Blues urgently need to find the next big No10
By the end of this campaign, the Blues could be a side with intriguing prospects for 2017.
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West has chance to show his form
The news that the Blues tried to lure Damian McKenzie to Auckland from the Chiefs with the promise of the No 10 jersey will have done little to reassure Ihaia West of his future at the franchise.
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Electric Blues hope new tech will spark SA tour
The Blues are hoping some new medical tech will help spark better injury recovery on their long haul South Africa trip.
![678 days since Blues last won away](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
678 days since Blues last won away
Prediction time: the Blues will beat the Kings in Port Elizabeth this weekend and thus break their away match hoodoo stretching back to June 2014.
![As it happened: Blues v Rebels](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
As it happened: Blues v Rebels
The Blues hold on for the win at Eden Park after a late comeback from the Rebels.
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Blues hold on to edge Rebels
That the Blues claimed victory against the Rebels today isn't a surprise but the way they did it was.
![Struggling Blues may be best of the rest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Struggling Blues may be best of the rest
Being fifth in the New Zealand Conference is not necessarily evidence that the Blues are in the midst of a disastrous campaign.
![Blues being outscored by Sunwolves, Jaguares](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Blues being outscored by Sunwolves, Jaguares
One thing in particular should be occupying the minds of the Blues - rediscovering their attacking mojo.
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'Greatest effort was fighting cancer'
A former Blues rugby player has been remembered as a great athlete and family man at the school where his athletic prowess first began to thrive.
![Rene Ranger out for season](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rene Ranger out for season
EXCLUSIVE: Tana Umaga's worst fears have been confirmed - his star centre's season is over due to a ruptured ACL ligament in his left knee.
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'Everything he did was for us'
Former Blues rugby player Kurtis Haiu, who died after a prolonged battle with cancer, always put his family's needs first, says his grieving wife.
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Slum spurs player to act
Volunteer work in Kenya was an eye-opener for Michael Hobbs, writes Patrick McKendry.
![As it happened: Blues v Sharks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
As it happened: Blues v Sharks
How things unfolded in the Super Rugby clash between the Blues and the Sharks.
![Blues win ugly over Sharks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Blues win ugly over Sharks
The Blues have spent long enough losing ugly not to be elated by their new found of skill winning ugly.
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Blues win Sky TV's popularity contest
The Blues have attracted "hundreds of thousands" more eyeballs to their matches than the second most popular team, the Hurricanes.
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Gibson could be set for surgery on fractured thumb
Blues loose forward Blake Gibson faces a long stint out with a fractured thumb which could require surgery.
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Blues keen to lure SBW
Augustine Pulu is the first significant signing the Blues have made in 2016, could Sonny Bill Williams be the next?
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Kurtis Haiu battled to the bitter end
Kurtis Haiu was once an integral part of Auckland's rugby landscape, writes Gregor Paul.
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Former Blues player Kurtis Haiu dies at 31
The former Auckland and Blues rugby player has passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer.