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Kickers off their game at crucial time
Those nagging goal-kicking issues won't go away for New Zealand first fives Beauden Barrett and Aaron Cruden in this year's Super Rugby competition.
Rugby: Canes still daring and dazzling
Nearly every player is an All Black and only the No15 jersey is up for grabs each week. Nehe Milner-Skudder is on the way to making that fullback spot his own and could be an All Black one day, too.
Rugby: Hurricanes remain unbeaten
The Hurricanes are yet to taste defeat in 2015 and tonight’s 25-20 win over the Stormers in Wellington took them to their seventh win on the bounce.
Justin Marshall: Coaches deserve applause for successful change of tactics
We are always very quick to criticise coaches when teams are inept or failing to get results so I would take this opportunity to give credit to the coaches at the Highlanders and Hurricanes.
Rugby: Hurricanes are six from six
The Hurricanes aren't used to this. This is the best start they've made to a Super Rugby campaign and with six wins from as many games, they're sitting pretty at the top of the ladder. Even during the the mid-to-late 2000s, when they featured in the playoffs, they never experienced such lofty heights.
Rugby: Hurricanes make it six
Chris Boyd’s side have made it six from six this season and their latest victims, the Melbourne Rebels, were dispatched 36-12 at Westpac Stadium in Wellington last night.
Hurricanes hold key players for derbies
The Hurricanes have made no secret of putting extra emphasis on derby matches this season, with coach Chris Boyd suggesting they are worth "double points".
Accurate marksman key to winning margin
Players with big reputations all have signature rugby moments.
Richard Loe: Boyd a welcome surprise for the Hurricanes
Things looked fairly awful at the Wellington Lions last year when he was in charge and no better with his other team - the New Zealand under-20s, Richard Loe writes.
Hurricanes show grit to go with style
Hurricanes preserve their unbeaten record for the season with hard-fought win over unlucky Highlanders.
Rugby: Opposition can be hard to tackle
The two sides with the best tackling percentages in Super Rugby sit at opposite ends of the ladder.
Ross Filipo: Hurricanes thriving off quick ruck ball
What the Hurricanes have been doing well is taking the gainline. That's where the battle is so often won and lost, writes Ross Fillipo.
Hurricane Globetrotters back to best
The Hurricanes have often been the best team in Super Rugby ... the best team to watch that is.
Rugby: Canes pile pressure on Kirwan
It wasn't their best performance of 2015 but the Hurricanes eventually ground their way to a 30-23 win in Palmerston North tonight as they kept their unbeaten record intact.
First take: Hurricanes lead the way
Some of what the Hurricanes did against the Blues last night was out of a Harlem Globetrotters' playbook.
As it happened: Hurricanes v Blues
Relive the action from tonight's Super Rugby clash between the unbeaten Hurricanes and the winless Blues, from FMG Stadium in Palmerston North.
Blues want tries and not stats
If there is a straw the Blues can clutch ahead of tonight's game it is the story of the spreadsheet - which shows there is a foundation from which they can work.
Rugby: Stats set gremlins on Canes bets
The smart money is on the unbeaten Hurricanes claiming the competition points tomorrow, but statistics offer a few gremlins.