Campbell Burnes

Auckland, New Zealand.

They say rugby is a young man’s game, but the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup has welcomed back more veterans, seasoned campaigners, than ever…

17 September 2020, 7:50pm

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They say rugby is a young man’s game, but the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup has welcomed back more veterans, seasoned campaigners, than ever…

17 September 2020, 7:50pm

No one picked Cullen Grace to be an All Black so soon. Now he looms as the prototype athlete the All Blacks could base their World…

08 September 2020, 2:50am

Whatever form Super Rugby takes in 2021, the stagnating competition needs a shot in the arm to keep the fans' eyes glued to televi…

21 July 2020, 9:51pm

That should have been the thinking before last Saturday night’s epic Crusaders-Blues in Christchurch, but the Crusaders’ victo…

13 July 2020, 12:16am

Chiefs fans will be cursing these accursed sabbaticals while their team, 4-2 by mid-March, and still well in the mix to win its th…

06 July 2020, 7:38pm

Every champion team needs a slice of X-factor to break open a tight clash in which they are not quite firing in all cylinders.

30 June 2020, 8:50pm

The Blues will be counting down the days, and probably the minutes, until the coming of Beauden Barrett.

25 February 2020, 9:26pm

We had the two New Zealand head coaches in the competition – Chris Boyd of the Saints and Pat Lam of the Bears – going head to…

16 February 2020, 5:50pm

There remain many more questions than answers when evaluating the chances of the Blues in Super Rugby 2018.

21 February 2018, 11:29pm

We know the Highlanders have an astute, new-look coaching team led by former Leicester Tigers coach and former All Blacks five-eig…

15 February 2018, 12:34am