Join us here for tonight's live blog of the Super Rugby clash between the Highlanders and the Blues.

Jimmy Cowan is going back to his roots - back to Dunedin to face the team he played for more than 100 times, a team he freely admits are much better now.

Kees was among 90 youngsters whose names were drawn from a ballot in an exercise in which 10 others received jerseys through the BNZ and team Facebook pages.

Cowan, Bekhuis and Woodcock or Naholo, Fekitoa, Aaron Smith, Ash Dixon and Dan Pryor - Wynne Gray wonders, which team got the better deal?

Luke Braid is another concussion casualty for the Blues and will miss Saturday's match against the Highlanders in Dunedin.

The Blues offered another true grit performance crowned by another gladiator performance from Kaino.

The Blues have won their first match of the season, a nailbiting and nervous victory over the Brumbies.

Relive all the action as Blues grabbed their first Super Rugby victory of the season, beating the Brumbies at Eden Park.

The Sanzar investigation into Waratahs coach Michael Cheika raised some questions. A 'draft report' of the findings provides the answers.

Waratahs and Wallabies coach Michael Cheika entered the refs room and spoke to match official Jaco Peyper at half time of their game against the Blues.

The Australian conference leaders want to inflict further misery on their Blues hosts but plans to assess Jimmy Cowan's halfback credentials are in limbo.

Charles Piutau is still in the All Black frame, but Francis Saili's career has gone mostly downhill.

Justin Marshall writes: If the Blues are going to break their drought before it reaches double figures, it has to be this Friday night at Eden Park.

Yet another narrow defeat left Sir John Kirwan sure of one thing - sooner or later the Blues are going to make another team pay. And sooner would be preferable.

Charles Piutau will be a loss to New Zealand rugby, of that there is no doubt, but the last couple of nights have provided ample evidence that the loss will soon be forgotten.

It's become a painful business watching the season play out for the Blues, writes Gregor Paul.

Join us here for tonight's live blog of the Super Rugby showdown between the Chiefs and the Blues from Waikato Stadium in Hamilton.

Herald columnist Justin Marshall identifies the three big match-ups that will determine tonight’s northern derby.

Trace the Blues' fluttering form and you could settle on events in the middle of 1998 as the birth of their professional rugby problems.

In a season full of gloom for the Blues, Josh Bekhuis, a new signing from the Highlanders, is standing out like a fair-haired beacon.

Charles Piutau yesterday spoke publicly for the first time since signing with Irish club Ulster rather than the Blues.

Charles Piutau will be lost to the All Blacks next year, but maybe not the Blues.