The Vodafone Warriors and the Blues have been forced to cancel next Saturday’s ‘Codes of Auckland’ rugby league-rugby union double header at Eden Park due to the introduction of New Zealand’s new travel restrictions in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The decision follows an announcement overnight that the Super Rugby competition has been suspended while […]

It is with great sadness that we confirm the final fixture for 2020 Blues vs. Crusaders has officially  been called off due to the ongoing alert level 3 restrictions in Auckland. Please refer to the NZ Rugby press release below. This competition has been an amazing journey for all, post COVID we were preparing a […]

The Blues will definitely be the big show in town tomorrow when we take on the Lions at Eden Park. New Zealand Rugby has confirmed the game will definitely go ahead and so we urge all rugby fans and families to take advantage of the daytime game and the fantastic family pricing to come along. […]

The Blues return to Eden Park for a demanding clash against the touring Lions side from South Africa at the one-off afternoon start of 4.25pm on Saturday. While the Blues have won four games away from home in the Investec Super Rugby, both losses have come at home and they are looking to put in […]

The Blues A team have the final game of a two-match programme when they take on the Chiefs A in Hamilton on Friday. Buoyed from their 33-5 victory over Hurricanes B in Wellington last week, the Blues A combination head to FMG Stadium as the curtain-raiser to the Chiefs’ Super Rugby clash against the Hurricanes. […]

A number of Blues players will come off the injured list and back on to the playing field this weekend for Alama Ieremia’s first Blues A team of 2020. “It’s an honour to lead the Blues A for the first time” said Ieremia “I hope it continues to help strengthen the alignment between the Provincial […]

The Blues will call on their depth after a short week and long trek from South Africa to take on the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday in Investec Super Rugby. Coach Leon MacDonald said that a key finding from last year was that a number of the squad dropped their intensity after playing too many […]

The Blues will change their Investec Super Rugby kick-off time against the Lions in Auckland later this month to help out the Sunwolves who are relocating games to Australia with the current embargo on travel to Japan. Kick-off for the Blues-Lions game at Eden Park on Saturday 14 March will now be 4.25pm instead of […]

The Blues will call on the experienced pairing of TJ Faiane and All Black Rieko Ioane in the midfield in the starting team to take on unbeaten Stormers in Cape Town on Sunday morning (NZ time) in Investec Super Rugby. The pair has 85 caps for the Blues between them, with Faiane returning to the […]

Steven Bates and Dave Askew have named their first Ganellen Blues U20 team of the year. The team will travel to Napier to play the Hurricanes U20 in a Super Rugby curtain raiser at McLean Park, on Saturday the 29th of February. Bates and Askew have picked the promising Zarn Sullivan as captain, with Terrell […]

Eleven players from the Blues region have been selected in a 52-strong squad selected for the New Zealand Under-20 camp in Palmerston North next month. This is the first step towards selecting the team to compete at July’s World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Italy. The 11 Blues region players include Blues ITC players, who trained […]

The Blues will employ a horses-for-courses approach to their team to take on the Bulls at altitude in Pretoria in Investec Super Rugby at the weekend. Coach Leon MacDonald has taken the sizeable Bulls pack, the rarefied airs at 1.3km above sea level as well as the rock-hard surface that will promote running rugby into […]