The Highlanders may have won on Friday night but they are still in a bad place on and off the field, writes Gregor Paul.

NZ does not have sufficient talent to warrant five truly competitive Super 14 teams, writes Inga Tuigamala.

It's the halfway point in the Super 14. Gregor Paul looks at the New Zealand franchises who could produce our worst result since 2001.

A solitary victory to the Highlanders - and that a very patchy one - was the grim New Zealand haul from the latest round of the Super 14.