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Aaron Goile16:30, Apr 29 2021 Michael Bradley/Getty Images Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan has made wholesale changes to his lineup to play the Blues. Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan says there are “probably seven” spots up for grabs for his team’s Super Rugby Aotearoa final against the Crusaders in Christchurch next weekend. That should at least ensure some sort of intensity from his makeshift lineup for Saturday night’s dead rubber against the Blues in Auckland. The Chiefs have 11 playe...

The Columbus City Council on Monday seated new members of the Civilian Police Review Board, though they split over one nominee whose social-media post last week said there was no need to wait for the facts on the fatal shooting of 16-year-old MaKhia Bryant by a Columbus police officer. Kyle Strickland, 30, posted on his personal Facebook account Wednesday that in the case of the fatal shooting the day before: "do not let anyone tell you to wait for all the facts while they simultaneously fra...

Phil Walter/Getty Images Damian McKenzie has played every minute of the Chiefs’ season to date but isn’t set to start against the Blues. As much as assistant coach David Hill tried to deny it, the Chiefs look set to keep their powder very much dry for the Super Rugby Aotearoa final. With their place in the May 8 decider against the Crusaders in Christchurch locked in, the Chiefs have the luxury of a dead rubber final-round clash against the Blues in Auckland on Saturday night, which they c...

The Chiefs have transformed their Super Rugby Aotearoa season with four successive wins. From pretenders to contenders, the Chiefs will be in Hamilton on Friday night, but, at the same time in some rather foreign territory. Not since their season-opener against the Highlanders have they gone into a fixture as favourites. But, some action-packed seven weeks later, here they are as just that, up against the bottom of the table Hurricanes at FMG Stadium Waikato. Having happily dined out on under...

An onset of concussion symptoms then ruled him out of the World Cup and last year he tore a hamstring, twice, then broke his hand. Jacobson recovered to captain Waikato in last year’s Mitre 10 Cup and has been outstanding for the Chiefs under McMillan, starting every match at No 8, and has rediscovered the form which earned him his first All Blacks call-up in 2019. He played two tests off the bench against Argentina and Tonga, but his return for the final round of Super Rugby Aotearoa next...

Updated 17/04/2021 Can the Chiefs do it again and pull off the upset against the Crusaders? Credits: Image - Getty, video - Live coverage has concluded Chiefs 26 (Boshier, Lowe tries, McKenzie 2con, 4pens) bt  Crusaders 25 (Jordan, Taylor, Faingaunuku tries, Mounga 2con, 2pens) HT - CRU 17-9 Wrap - Four in a row for the Chiefs and they are well and truly in the hunt for not only a spot in the final, but also a home final if the Blues can tip up the Crusaders next week. Its all on as they say...

AP Photo Voters walk past campaign signs at the Graham Civic Center polling location in Graham, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. The last time a North Carolina law requiring voters to present photo identification at the polls was challenged in court, it did not fare so well. In 2016, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals declared the 2013 legislation drafted by the Republican-controlled North Carolina General Assembly unconstitutional and found it targeted African-American v...

Highlanders 23    Chiefs 26 Highlanders 23 (Lentjes, Smith, Ione tries, Hunt penalty goal, Ioane conversion, penalty goal) Click here for full match wrap and highlights. Full time  84 mins - Penalty goal to Chiefs to McKenzie Big, big moment. From the 22 metre drop out, Frizell takes the ball into contact on halfway but Lienert-Brown wins a huge breakdown penalty.  McKenzie will have a second opportunity to win it with a penalty goal right on halfway.  He nails it to win it for the Chiefs...

Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa: Chiefs edge Highlanders in golden-point thriller 10 Apr, 2021 09:15 AM 3 minutes to read Chiefs edge Highlanders in golden-point thriller. Video / Sky Sports Chiefs 26 Highlanders 23 The Chiefs started the year staring down the barrel of a record losing streak. Now, scrappy wins are becoming on brand for the club. For the third game in a row, the Chiefs got the better of a tight encounter on Saturday night as they saw off the Highlanders 26-23 in a golden-point affair ...

Renewed confidence within Chiefs camp as they look to turn the tables on the Highlanders Renewed confidence within Chiefs camp as they look to turn the tables on the Highlanders 10 April 2021 The two sides meet in Dunedin tonight with the Chiefs seeking their first win over the southerners since 2018. Loose forward Mitchell Brown believes the Highlanders have used their lineout drive to good effect against them in the past. But he feels his side has improved there. Kick-offs at 7:05pm. SUPE...