Charlie Faumuina and Jerome Kaino will be starting against Georgia in the All Blacks’ third pool match of the Rugby World Cup

2016 Blues Season Schedule The Blues are excited to host reigning champions the Highlanders at Eden Park to kick off the 2016 Super Rugby Championship. The 2016 draw, which was released today, features a new-look competition and trophy, as well as the inclusion of a sixth team from South Africa and new teams from Japan […]

Charlie Faumuina will make his first Rugby World Cup start, while Keven Mealamu and Tony Woodcock will support from the bench in the All Blacks’ second pool match on Thursday. The All Blacks will face Namibia in their second pool match of Rugby World Cup 2015 at The Stadium, London, on Thursday 24 September (Kick-off […]

It’s been eight years since Sam Tuitupou pulled on the Blues jersey. Almost nine since he played for the All Blacks. And yet his teammates and former coaches have not forgotten the impact this small and powerful number 12 had on the field. Former Blues and All Blacks coach Graham Henry said that Sam’s game […]

Injured Blues back rower Steven Luatua is entering stage two of his rehabilitation programme with Blues’ medical and strength and conditioning staff. The team’s vice-captain dislocated his shoulder in round 14 of the 2015 Super Rugby season. Steven opted for shoulder reconstruction surgery in June, pulling himself out of a bid for the All Blacks’ […]

Jason Price brings precision and intensity to the Blues’ gym training – he spent more than a decade in the military as a physical training instructor before transferring to civilian life at Ludus Magnus. For the past three years he’s been with the Blues, helping the team increase strength out on the paddock. Let’s start […]

Charlie Faumuina will make his first RWC start, while Keven Mealamu and Tony Woodcock will support from the bench in the All Blacks’ second pool match on Thursday.

Tony Woodcock and Jerome Kaino will be starting another Rugby World Cup campaign this weekend, while Charlie Faumuina and Keven Mealamu will support from the bench. The All Blacks opening match of the 2015 Rugby World Cup will take place at Wembley Stadium, London, on Sunday 20 September. Kick-off is at 4.45PM (UKT), 3.45AM (NZT) […]

The 2015 New Zealand Schools and Barbarians Schools squads have been announced by New Zealand Rugby. Included in the 52-player roster are 17 Blues Under-18 players from Auckland and North Harbour. The two teams will face one another in Palmerston North on Saturday before New Zealand Schools departs for a three match international series in […]

Former Auckland schools rugby star, Matt Duffie, an NRL player with the Melbourne Storm for seven years, will return to rugby after signing with the Blues for the 2016 Super Rugby competition. Auckland-born Duffie, who played college rugby at St Kentigern College and Auckland Schools, was picked up by the Melbourne Storm as an 18-year-old […]