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, 5:50pm

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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, 5:50pm

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, 12:50am

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, 7:51pm

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

12 July 2020, 10:16pm

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, 5:38pm

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, 6:50pm

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

25 February 2020, 7:26pm

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, 3:50pm

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

21 February 2018, 9:29pm

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

14 February 2018, 10:34pm