I'm hoping, from the bottom of my heart, that we aren't about to witness a sad end to Carlos Spencer's career.

Loose forward Sione Lauaki returns to captain the Chiefs for the first time in a Super 14 match against the Lions on Saturday.

There will be 13 franchises bemoaning their bad luck come the end of May.

Never mind the drought, it’s rugby time again. The Super 14 kicks off this week with Michael Brown and Paul Lewis looking at all the franchises and their prospects.

Chiefs lock Craig Clarke boasts an impressive little "Iron Man" statistic of his own.

All Black pin-up Richard Kahui probably woke up sore this morning but he will have no complaints.

The Chiefs enjoyed their most successful campaign in 2009. Michael Brown looks at whether they can do it again.

Last season was not a great one for NZ teams, leaving five pertinent questions to be answered over the off-season.

Bay of Plenty have signalled their top-level Air NZ Cup intentions by signing one-test All Black Lelia Masaga for the next two seasons.

Mike Delany's mindset has been the biggest beneficiary of his first All Black tour.

Having been overtaken by Mike Delany, All Black Stephen Donald admits his immediate rugby future probably lies at second five-eighth.