Super Rugby Pacific's week-by-week Player of the Year voting system has been bringing fans an insight into which players have been impressing opposition the most in 2025.
Du’Plessis Kirifi understands the Hurricanes desperately needed to beat the Highlanders on Friday night.
Hurricanes fans rejoice; All Blacks reinforcements have arrived in the form of front rowers Asafo Aumua and Tyrel Lomax.
We are just two rounds into the new Super Rugby Pacific season but there have been plenty of stand-out performers across the competition.
A small but good crowd showed up on a sunny Friday afternoon and was treated to some running rugby from the two teams, trying to iron out the cobwebs ahead of the new campaign in two weeks.
In a wild week of results some big names stood out in round eight of the Bunnings NPC.
The last time playmaker Caleb Muntz took to the rugby field, it was a historic day for Fijian rugby as the Flying Fijians beat England for the very first time at Twickenham.
The very first game of 2024's Super Rugby Pacific pre-season kicks off in Queenstown on Friday (6pm NZT) with a match between the Highlanders and Moana Pasifika.
The encounter is a tribute to Wales’ record cap holder Alun Wyn Jones following his retirement from Test rugby in May.
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