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A performance for the ages from Ardie Savea has guided Moana Pasifika to a 27-21 win over the Blues in their Super Rugby game in Albany

18 May 2025

A performance for the ages from Ardie Savea has guided Moana Pasifika to a 27-21 win over the Blues in their Super Rugby game in Albany

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Moana Pasifika Coach Tana Umaga has explained why he continues to change his first-five - going in to battle with the Blues tonight
	17 May: Moana Pasifika Coach Tana Umaga has explained why he continues to change his first-five - going in to battle with the Blues tonight... more

Vern Cotter's happy for his side to be labelled the 'boring Blues' if the results keep rolling in - ahead of tonight's trip to Albany to face Moana Pasifika
	17 May: Vern Cotter's happy for his side to be labelled the 'boring Blues' if the results keep rolling in - ahead of tonight's trip to Albany to face Moana Pasifika... more

A battle of the back-row's in tonight's Super Rugby clash between Moana Pasifika and the Blues at North Harbour Stadium
	17 May: A battle of the back-row's in tonight's Super Rugby clash between Moana Pasifika and the Blues at North Harbour Stadium... more

Sevu Reece has become the joint leading try scorer in Super Rugby during the Crusaders 48-33 win over the Waratahs in Sydney
	17 May: Sevu Reece has become the joint leading try scorer in Super Rugby during the Crusaders 48-33 win over the Waratahs in Sydney... more

Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph is feeling for his players after a tough 24-20 defeat by the Hurricanes in their Super Rugby clash in Wellington
	17 May: Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph is feeling for his players after a tough 24-20 defeat by the Hurricanes in their Super Rugby clash in Wellington... more

No qualms from Crusaders lock Antonio Shalfoon over a trio of All Blacks missing from their forward pack for tonight's Super Rugby Pacific clash against the Waratahs in Sydney
	16 May: No qualms from Crusaders lock Antonio Shalfoon over a trio of All Blacks missing from their forward pack for tonight's Super Rugby Pacific clash against the Waratahs in Sydney... more

New Zealand Rugby has backed down on its controversial proposal to field an Under-18 boys' side, which would have effectively supplanted the national Secondary Schools Fifteen
	16 May: New Zealand Rugby has backed down on its controversial proposal to field an Under-18 boys' side, which would have effectively supplanted the national Secondary Schools Fifteen... more

Wellington's Stadium's lost its naming partner
	16 May: Wellington's Stadium's lost its naming partner... more

Waratahs coach Dan McKellar has allayed fears of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii missing any tests against the British and Irish Lions
	15 May: Waratahs coach Dan McKellar has allayed fears of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii missing any tests against the British and Irish Lions... more

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