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It may not only be the Highlanders who end up playing the Melbourne side on neutral turf, as Chiefs management look into other options for next weekend.
The Chiefs tame the Brumbies in Hamilton. It was just a poke in the eye for Tupou Vaa’i, but it still has the Chiefs sweating on the availability of their All Blacks lock for their trip to face the Reds next weekend. Vaa’i was the major injury worry out of Saturday night’s 40-19 victory over the Brumbies in Hamilton, replaced in the 34th minute after an eventful start which saw the 21-year-old flat on the deck in the opening minute, then scoring the game’s opening try three minutes later. But while coach Clayton McMillan was able to reveal no extensive damage to his star second rowe...
Western Force will host the Chiefs in Perth in the opening round of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman. The Chiefs have shifted star playmaker Damian McKenzie to first five-eighth as they look to get their stuttering attack back on track in their Super Rugby Trans-Tasman opener against the Western Force in Perth on Saturday night. In naming their side on Thursday, the Chiefs have handed McKenzie the No 10 jersey for the second time this season, which sees Bryn Gatland play from the bench and Chase Tiatia start at fullback. That was the formation used for the final 35 minutes of last weekend’s Super...
Summer in the Street returns July 10 Pro Portsmouth is back online. There are events in the works, and Executive Director Barbara Massar could not be more pleased. "I'm excited because I haven't had anything to focus on for a year," Massar says. "It was maddening." 2021's Children's Day was cancelled, and Market Square Day was moved, but "Summer in the Street" returns at its normal time, starting July 10. "That's what we're focused on now. We're getting contracts together, and coming up with the schedule," she says. "The big thing beyond that is moving Market Square Day from June to Se...
Western Force will host the Chiefs in Perth in the opening round of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman. Fresh off the disappointment of their Super Rugby Aotearoa final defeat, the Chiefs are facing a locking crisis for their Trans-Tasman opener against the Force in Perth on Saturday night. Coach Clayton McMillan on Tuesday revealed they would be having to dig deep into, and, really, beyond, their second-row reserves, with both Mitchell Brown and Naitoa Ah Kuoi to miss the trip to Western Australia. Brown, who had started the decider in Christchurch before being replaced at halftime, had picked up an...