The Blues will kick-off the 2014 Investec Super Rugby Competition against the Highlanders in Dunedin next year after the official draw was released today.

Rugby World Cup champion and All Blacks and Blues hero Jerome Kaino is coming home.

Three Blues players have been named in the All Blacks team for their final match of the Investec Rugby Championship against South Africa at Ellis Park on Sunday morning.

Blues halfback Piri Weepu has been recalled to the All Blacks squad for their tour of Argentina and South Africa.

The Blues have appointed Michael Redman as their new Chief Executive Officer.

Four Blues players have been named on the bench for the All Blacks ahead of Saturday’s Test against the Springboks at Eden Park.

“We really, as a team, believe we can win,” – those were the words of Springbok Coach Heyneke Meyer about breaking the voodoo that has hampered the South Africans in matches against the Wallabies in Queensland.

The scene is set for a pulsating Investec Rugby Championship Test at Eden Park between the All Blacks and South Africa on Saturday with just 4,000 tickets remaining.

Livewire Blues midfielder Francis Saili will make his Test debut on Saturday night when the All Blacks face Argentina in Hamilton.

All Blacks, Blues and Auckland hooker Keven Mealamu has re-signed with New Zealand Rugby and the Blues.