Blues vs Crusaders: The Rivalry, Head-to-Head Record and 2026 Results
The clash between the Blues and the Crusaders is one of New Zealand’s defining Super Rugby contests — an Auckland-versus-Canterbury meeting that has run since the professional competition began in 1996. This guide sets out what the rivalry is, the full head-to-head record, every 2026 result, the venues the two sides call home, and how […]
Super Rugby Aupiki: The Teams, 2026 Season and How It Works
Super Rugby Aupiki is the professional women’s rugby union competition organised by New Zealand Rugby (NZR). It sits at the very top of the domestic women’s game, one level above the provincial Farah Palmer Cup, and serves as the main selection window for the Black Ferns, the national women’s side. Four regional franchises contest the […]
NPC Rugby Results: Standings, Fixtures, Finals and the Ranfurly Shield Explained
New Zealand’s provincial championship — the competition most fans still call the NPC — is the backbone of domestic rugby union in Aotearoa. Every winter and spring, fourteen provincial unions play for one national title, defend the historic Ranfurly Shield, and give Super Rugby and All Blacks selectors a live audition of the country’s next […]
Fantasy Super Rugby Strategy: Player Value, Scoring and Squad Building
Fantasy Super Rugby lets fans across New Zealand and the wider region pick a virtual 15-player squad drawn from the real Super Rugby Pacific competition and earn points based on how those players perform each weekend. The official game is free to play, gives every manager a $100 million salary budget, and for the 2026 […]
Chiefs vs Brumbies: The Super Rugby Pacific Rivalry and 2026 Results
The Chiefs and the ACT Brumbies have produced some of the most dramatic cross-Tasman contests in Super Rugby Pacific — the professional club competition that brings together franchises from New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. From title-deciding finals to last-quarter collapses, meetings between Waikato’s Chiefs and Canberra’s Brumbies have repeatedly carried real stakes. This guide […]
Blues vs Chiefs: The Super Rugby Pacific Rivalry, Results and History
Few fixtures capture the intensity of New Zealand club rugby quite like the Blues against the Chiefs. Separated by the Bombay Hills that divide Auckland from the Waikato, the two franchises have produced some of Super Rugby Pacific’s most dramatic matches — a derby fans have nicknamed the "Battle of the Bombays." This guide explains […]
Super Rugby Pacific 2026: Season Review, Champions and Standings
Super Rugby Pacific is the leading professional club rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere, and the 2026 season was one of its most memorable. Played from February to June 2026, it was the 31st edition of the tournament and marked 30 years since the competition first kicked off in 1996. Eleven teams from New […]
NRL Ladder 2025: Final Standings, Records and Season Analysis
The 2025 NRL ladder tells the full story of a National Rugby League season that ran from March to October 2025, with 17 clubs each playing 24 matches across a 27-round regular season. This guide breaks the final standings down in plain English: how competition points and byes are earned, why the Canberra Raiders claimed […]
Super Rugby Table: Final 2026 Standings and NZ Team Guide
The Super Rugby table is the league ladder that ranks the eleven Super Rugby Pacific franchises across a 14-round regular season, and the 2026 edition finished as one of the most one-sided in the competition’s recent history. This guide explains exactly how the table is built — the competition points, the bonus points and the […]
Super Rugby Pacific 2024: Full Season Review, Results and Statistics
The 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season ended with the Blues finally lifting the trophy again after more than two decades of near-misses. Running from 23 February to 22 June 2024, it packed 12 teams from New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific into a 15-round regular season before an eight-team knockout finals. This guide walks through […]