Blues lock Josh Bekhuis joins illustrious company when he celebrates his 100th appearance in Super Rugby against the Reds in Brisbane. It is his 18th game for the Blues after playing 82 times for the Highlanders. The only change in the forward pack from the team named against the Hurricanes is the return of Patrick […]

Blues lock Josh Bekhuis joins illustrious company when he celebrates his 100th appearance in Super Rugby against the Reds in Brisbane. The 29 year old becomes the 46th New Zealand player to chalk up 100 Super Rugby caps and the 11th player who has played for the Blues to reach the milestone. He becomes just […]

Every Super Rugby team doctor is required to hold a Level 3 certification in Immediate Care. In layman’s terms, the doctors need to competently assess and deal with on-field emergencies like spine injuries, haemorrhage, fractures and dislocations, and airway obstructions from trauma. The qualification is compulsory, but not many in New Zealand Rugby have the […]

The first winning school for the Westie Pies Grab a Game competition has been announced. Tirimoana School was announced as the first winner of the $1,000 sports gear prize at a special school assembly last Thursday afternoon. Blues players Michael Little, Tevita Li and Matt Vaega were on hand to congratulate the school and hand […]

Over the weekend, we hit a massive milestone. Our Facebook Likes tipped over the 200k mark, which means we have 200,000 Blues supporters from all over the world! To celebrate, we’ve got an exclusive Super Bang Bang tee-shirt to give away, plus some Blues merch. To win the prize pack, all you’ve got to do […]

Last Friday night’s game, that granted the Hurricanes their first win of the season, was a hard fought battle in more ways than one. Off-field, there was another competition heating up – the Blues Big Shot Challenge, backed by TAB. Punters from Eden Park, throughout Auckland and across New Zealand were guessing each place kick […]

The Super Rugby Championship season is over for promising Blues winger Ben Lam. The Blues and All Blacks Sevens player has ruptured the Anterior Cruciate Ligament of his right knee which will require surgery. Lam re-damaged his knee during training this week, and scans have confirmed the ACL rupture, which will mean he will be […]

The Blues camped inside the opposition 5m mark for the final few minutes, but came up agonisingly short, to lose 23-19 to the Hurricanes at Eden Park. A crowd of over 20,000 watched as a courageous Hurricanes held on, after conceding three penalties virtually on their goal-line, after the final whistle had sounded. Despite down […]

The Blues v Hurricanes game was launched with an exciting 1A competition between St Peter’s College and Massey High School tonight, with St Peter’s pulling off a late minute win 14-13.  It was round two of the KFC Curtain Raisers, where local high school first xv teams duke it out on Eden Park prior to […]

This Friday night’s KFC Curtain Raiser will be an Auckland Secondary School preseason trial match between St Peter’s College and Massey High School. The team lists are as follows Massey High School Gafatasi Fuimaono Christain Lemalu Grecia Taele Sone Teo Teruki Dunn Christain Lio-Willie Nathan Vaatausili Jaco Mapu Anthony Naititi Nikau Drage Sam Samu Sebastian […]

World Cup winning All Black Charlie Faumuina makes his first start of the Investec Super Rugby Championship for the Blues against the Hurricanes at Eden Park on Friday. In a planned return, Faumuina has come off the bench in the opening two games, but will join Ofa Tu’ungafasi and James Parsons in the front row. […]