The semi-finals are set in the NPC with Wellington hosting Waikato and Canterbury travelling to Bay of Plenty. Here are the top performers from the Bunnings NPC quarter-finals.
Argentina completed a third-ever victory over the All Blacks and a second in two seasons in New Zealand, winning 38 - 30 in Wellington. In Felipe Contepomi's first season as head coach, Los Pumas looked like a well-oiled machine, causing the All Blacks' defence all sorts of problems.
Five players who featured in Super Rugby Pacific this season headline the 2022 New Zealand U20 squad that will face Fiji, Argentina and Australia next month.
Fifty-two of New Zealand’s top emerging talent in rugby will descend on Palmerston North next month as NZR launches the next phase of its development programme to find a World Champion Under 20 team.
It's been well documented that the last time England and New Zealand faced off in a World Cup was in 1999, but players from both teams have faced off in vaious World Championships through the years too.
Leinster easily had Glasgow's number last season but while the Irish side's ruthlessness remains, Glasgow’s brawn has grown this term to set up an intriguing Guinness PRO14 final at Celtic Park.
Every World Cup provides tier two nations the chance to test themselves against elite tier one opposition, but some tier two nations are heading into the 2019 tournament severely underdone.
The quality of Springboks Malcolm Marx and Faf de Klerk is undoubted, as is finisher Rieko Ioane, however, the race for the players’ top gong should be a two-horse race at this stage between Sexton and Barrett.
Some big names are set to miss out against France next month.
Week 13 of Super Rugby provided us with one of the craziest batches of rugby we have seen all year.