The Blues have lost two members of their matchday 23 from the Super Rugby Aupiki final for their Champions Final clash with the Waratahs on Thursday evening.
The fourth Super Rugby Aupiki final will be played in primetime at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday night, when the Blues host Matatu at 7:05 p.m.
It's final time in Super Rugby Aupiki and the teams are in. The Blues will host Matatu at Eden Park in search of their second consecutive title.
Big guns have returned in the Black Ferns' squad named for a Northern Tour which will act as the last chance to play their biggest European foes before the 2025 Rugby World Cup.
The Black Ferns have named some reinforcements in their squad for the O'Reilly Cup sequel on July 14 in Brisbane.
Form has been rewarded for five players following the biggest Super Rugby Aupiki season to date, with Black Ferns Director of Rugby Allan Bunting suitably impressed by the several youngsters who took the 2024 season by storm.
On Sunday Maia Roos will become the youngest-ever Black Ferns Test captain, replacing Dame Farah Palmer, when she leads New Zealand against the USA in the final match of the Pac4 Series in Ottawa, Canada. Roos can hardly believe it.
A new era for the Rugby World Cup winning Black Ferns is underway with the first squad named today ahead of their opening Test for the Pacific Four Series and O’Reilly Cup against Australia in Brisbane later this month.
The first clues as to what the Black Ferns will look like in the Allan Bunting era were revealed on Tuesday when 34 contracted players were named for the 2023 season.
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has announced the 34 contracted players locked in for the Black Ferns as they set their sights on building toward the 2025 Rugby World Cup.