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Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa: Blues assistant coach Tom Coventry welcomes new Super Rugby teams - but he has some concerns 14 Apr, 2021 04:30 AM 4 minutes to read Blues assistant coach Tom Coventry welcomes new Super Rugby teams - but he has some concerns. Video / Jed Bradley Blues assistant coach Tom Coventry welcomes new Super Rugby teams - but he has some concerns. Video / Jed Bradley Christopher Reive is a sports reporter for NZME@chrisreive Blues assistant coach Tom Coventry has welcomed the a...

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 ...

Commentator taken off air after racist accent A Kiwi rugby commentator has been stood down after being forced to apologise for making a dreadful joke during a post-game interview. News by Neil reed, New Zealand Herald 8th Apr 2021 12:43 PM Former rugby star Joe Wheeler is off air after his controversial post-match comments making fun of a Japanese player. The Sky Sport commentator shocked viewers during a post-match intervie...

Super Rugby Aotearoa: Sound of silence - Joe Wheeler taken off air by Sky Sport after mock-Asian accent 7 Apr, 2021 12:51 AM 3 minutes to read Joe Wheeler is currently "off air" at Sky Sport after his poor choice of words live on-air last weekend. Photo / Getty Images Joe Wheeler is currently "off air" at Sky Sport after his poor choice of words live on-air last weekend. Photo / Getty Images Former rugby star Joe Wheeler is off air after his controversial post-match comments making fun of a Jap...

Wheeler’s on-air remarks came after Friday’s Super Rugby Aotearoa clash between the Crusaders and the Highlanders in Christchurch. “He was leally impressive, wasnt he? He was leally, leally good,” Wheeler said to Hunt. Shortly after, Wheeler apologised on Twitter. Other users described the comments as “disgraceful” and “disgusting”. “Tonight I stuffed up,” he wrote on Friday night. He said he had spoken to Himeno and apologised to him and the Highlanders for his conduct...

A New Zealand television presenter has publicly apologised for using a mock Asian accent when referring to the Highlanders’ Japanese international Kazuki Himeno on Friday.

App users click here for latest updates. Blues 32 Highlanders 17 Highlanders (Dixon, Fakatava tries; Ioane 2 conversions, penalty goal) Full time 77th minute - The game is turning scrappy with both sides throwing their subs on and throwing the ball around. Garden-Bachop breaks again down the wing but knocks is on in contact.  At the scrum, the Blues dominate and win a penalty on halfway.  72nd minute -  TRY HIGHLANDERS to Folau Fakatava From the lineout five metres out and the rolling maul g...

The Highlanders have dropped Mitch Hunt back to the bench for Sunday's game against the Blues

McMillan, speaking ahead of his first match as a Super Rugby coach, was anticipating his counterpart Brown to make changes, though, and Fakatava’s elevation has been raised by the Highlanders coach in pre-season. Ioane’s promotion from the bench sees Mitchell Hunt move from first-five to fullback. “One thing we know about Browny, you might think something, but he’s likely to do something completely different,” McMillan said this week. “Our challenge is to expect the unexpected. I...

Highlanders Highlanders halfback Aaron Smith says plans are already in place for him to make it through to the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Highlanders fans still labouring under the misapprehension that Mitch Hunt was an Aaron Mauger/Crusaders old boys selection last year promptly need to reassess that view. New head coach Tony Brown also admires Hunt and his selection at No 15 against the Chiefs on Friday shows that Hunts communication and leadership abilities continue to be a valued currency withi...