Five newly contracted players for the 2014 Blues squad will join other New Zealand Super Rugby rookies to shed their training wheels as part of an induction day with New Zealand Rugby in Wellington today.

Four Blues players have been named in the Barbarians squad to face Fiji in a special match to mark the island nation’s centenary at Twickenham on November 30.

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Six Blues players have been named in the All Blacks team to face England at Twickenham on Saturday.

Three Blues players have been named in the Maori All Blacks team to take on the USA in Philadelphia on Sunday.

The Blues have made two key appointments to their management team ahead of the 2014 Investec Super Rugby season.

Six Blues players have been named in the All Blacks team to face France in Paris on Saturday

Barnstorming Blues winger Frank Halai will make his All Blacks Test debut after being named in the starting XV to face Japan at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday.

The 2014 Blues squad will be officially announced on Wednesday morning at a breakfast event exclusively for members and sponsors at Eden Park.