Super Rugby Pacific

Blues, Crusaders relish Super showdown

Beauden Barrett declared it is “the final everyone wanted” as the Blues and the Crusaders set about patching up their wounded troops for next weekend’s Super Rugby Pacific showdown.

Super streak on the line in Kiwi duel

The Chiefs must defy history if they are to beat the Crusaders in Christchurch in the opening Super Rugby semi-final on Friday.

(C) of the Brumbies scores a try during the Super Rugby Pacific quarterfinal match between the Australia's Brumbies and New Zealand's Hurricanes at GIO Stadium in Canberra on June 4, 2022. - -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --

Brumbies carry Aussie flag into Super Rugby semis

The Brumbies kept Australian dreams alive on Saturday with a huge second-half performance to down the Hurricanes and book a Super Rugby Pacific semi-final berth against the Blues.

Watch: Scrum down touchdown

This Hurricanes pack of forwards put their backs into it at the set-piece to demolish a hapless Moana Pasifika – and score a try against the put in!

State of Super Rugby: Kiwis out for blood

It’s payback time for the Crusaders, Chiefs and Hurricanes this week as three of the Super Rugby Pacific quarter-finals will be cross-Tasman showdowns.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 28: Levi Aumua of Moana Pasifika charges forward during the round 15 Super Rugby Pacific match between the Moana Pasifika and the ACT Brumbies at Mt Smart Stadium on May 28, 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Watch: Inspired Moana stun Brumbies

Despite losing captain Sekope Kepu to a red card in his 150th match, bottom-of-the-log Moana Pasifika claimed a sensational Super Rugby Pacific victory over the Brumbies in Auckland on Saturday.

Watch: Flying Fijians go coast to coast

Vinaya Habosi beat four defenders to set up Kalaveti Ravouvou for this terrific touchdown in Saturday’s pulsating Super Rugby Pacific clash between the Fijian Drua and Chiefs.

Du’Plessis flips ‘racist’ Aussies the bird

Hurricanes star Du’Plessis Kirifi regrets his one-fingered salute to fans in Sydney after hearing “racial slurs” about his mother.

Super Rugby wrap: Saders stop Brumbies, Blues march on

The Blues crushed the Reds to tighten their grip at the top of the Super Rugby Pacific table, while the Crusaders inflicted a rare defeat on the Brumbies at the weekend.