Three debutants and nine All Blacks are included in the Blues line-up to travel to Wellington for Saturday’s first round of the Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa against the Hurricanes. Both starting props will make their debuts in All Black Nepo Laulala and Auckland’s James Lay, as well as Auckland loose forward Adrian Choat who is […]

The Blues will ensure their entire squad gets game time in the Game of 3 Halves clash against the Crusaders and the Chiefs in Cambridge on Saturday. They have named two different units for each 40-minute clash including eight All Blacks getting their first taste of game-time, along with several newcomers including Taine Plumtree, AJ […]

The Chiefs will host both the Blues and Crusaders in a game of three halves on Saturday, February 20 at Hautapu Sports in Cambridge. The match, which is closed to public, will kick off at 12pm and televised coverage will be live on Sky Sport. The Blues have been isolated at home with individual trainings […]

The Blues are delighted with news of the move to Level 2 Covid Alert in Auckland, so they can get their Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa campaign back on schedule. The team has been isolated at home with individual training only, as Auckland has been in Level 3 lockdown. “We will be involved in a number […]

Taranaki hooker Ricky Riccitelli will move north to play his Sky Super Rugby for the Blues from 2022. The 26-year-old, who has 71 caps for the Hurricanes under his belt, has signed to the Blues for two years. Riccitelli, the former New Zealand Under-20 representative, has seen limited playing time in the 2021 Super season, […]

There’s an excitement in the Blues camp as they begin a new competition and international travel when the take on the Rebels in the opening round of the Sky Super Rugby Trans-Tasman competition. The Blues head to Melbourne for the clash against the Rebels at AAMI Stadium on Saturday evening. The team will honour experienced […]

Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa was the first course, and now rugby moves to a new, exciting and somewhat unknown new competition. Sky Super Rugby Trans-Tasman will see the five New Zealand clubs taking on each of the five Australian Super sides – having not competed since early in 2020. The format is simple – each […]

Former Auckland and Northland player Bryce Heem will fill the final spot on the Blues roster for the 2021 Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa competition. The Auckland-born Heem, who played for the Chiefs and four seasons with the New Zealand Sevens, was granted early release from his French club Toulon to return to New Zealand for […]

After careful consideration of all the options, the Blues have decided, for the safety of their fans, to cancel the planned Blues Footy Fest event at Eden Park this Saturday. The Footy Fest was to feature the pre-season match between the Blues and Crusaders. The match came about after the final game of the 2020 […]

The Blues management are currently assessing all operations given the move to Level 3.   The organisation will follow the directive issued by the New Zealand Government regarding the move in Auckland to Level 3 until midnight Wednesday and we will be holding a zoom meeting with the team and wider business today to advise […]

Two exciting new innovations – the goal-line drop-out and captain’s referral – will be introduced for Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa in 2021, New Zealand Rugby (NZR) confirmed today. The two law variations will be used for the first time when preseason matches begin this weekend, three weeks before the Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa season kicks […]

The Blues are delighted to announce Online Trading Provider CMC Markets, signing on as a new major partner for the 2021 and 2022 Sky Super Rugby seasons. The two-year sponsorship sees CMC Markets join the Blues family as its official online trading partner. As part of the partnership with the Super Rugby organisation, the CMC […]