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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 underdog status through the campaign to date, now comes just a little more weight of expectation, as the ...

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 weekend, when the Chiefs face the Blues at Eden Park, is uncertain and potentially harms his chance...

Hurricanes to play Western Force at Napier's McLean Park 18 Apr, 2021 07:09 PM 3 minutes to read Jordie Barrett last played for the Hurricanes at McLean Park in April, 2018. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today The recent travel bubble announcement between New Zealand and Australia means Western Force will square off against the Hurricanes in a Super Rugby fixture in Napier next month. New Zealand and Australian rugby fans have been restricted to seeing domestic Super Rugby franchises do battle each weekend, so many of them will be eager to see how teams match up throughout the transtasman competi...

App users please click here Final score: Hurricanes 27  Crusaders 30 Crusaders 30 (Bridge x2, Reece tries, Havili drop goal, Mo'unga 3con, 2pens) bt Hurricanes 27 (Laumape, Goosen , J. Savea tries, Barrett 3con, 2pens) HT - 17-17 2mins - Drop goal Crusaders - David Havili - That's it! Box kick is charged down and the Crusaders go on the attack through Dunshea. Four phases and Havili drops into the pocket and slots it from 20m. (CRU 30-27) GOLDEN POINT 5:32pm - The Hurricanes have won the toss and have opted to go against the breeze! Weird because of Barrett's kicking ability. Mo'unga get...

Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images Ardie Savea’s best spot in the Hurricanes and All Blacks’ back row is a regular topic of debate. Every All Blacks rugby watcher has an opinion on Ardie Savea’s best numbered jersey. Except, for now, the man himself, as he focuses on hauling up his Hurricanes against the Crusaders wearing No 7. Savea leads out the 1-4 Canes at Sky Stadium on Sunday against the competition leaders, in the jersey in which he shot to prominence, and where plenty of learned rugby types will tell you he’s best suited for the All Blacks, too.