A number of new Blues players headed along to SKYCITY Auckland last week to get a better view of their new city as they took part in the Sky Walk.

Thousands of fans converged on North Harbour Stadium on Sunday to meet the Blues team and show their support ahead of the start of the season.

The Blues got stuck back into pre-season this week with another tough field based conditioning session

Before the Blues headed away for the Christmas break, they finished off their final day with a brutal training session on the sand dunes of Bethells Beach.

You’ve seen some gruelling training sessions during the Blues’ pre-season so far, but this one would have to be the toughest. Sprints….(and a lizard crawl!) up One Tree Hill.

?The Blues capped off their first week of pre-season training with a session at Crossfit New Zealand in Mt Wellington.

The Blues went old school last week, running plenty of Hennie Mullers as part of their pre-season training.

The Blues visited Ludus Magnus gym for a gut-busting workout on day 3 of their pre-season training.

The Blues wasted no time ripping into training on day 1 of their pre-season, performing a yo-yo test at their training base at Unitec.

New recruit Baden Kerr talks about joining the Blues and the challenges that lie ahead

Blues head coach Sir John Kirwan talks about what to expect from The Blues in 2013.

Sky Sports Rugby Presenter Scotty Stevenson held a Q&A session with the Blues coaches, new recruit Marty McKenzie and veteran Anthony Boric at yesterday’s squad announcement.