The form All Blacks backline after six rounds of Super Rugby Pacific

If the All Blacks backline were named today based on Super Rugby Pacific form, it would look very different to the team that last played in November.

The table-leading Hurricanes would likely dominate selections, the best team in Super Rugby Pacific right now has been blowing teams off the park and their back play has been a large part of that.

Incoming head coach Dave Rennie has a lot to think about, but this is the form backline as of right now after six rounds.

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9. Cam Roigard (Hurricanes)
Roigard has taken a backseat as the main playmaker for the Canes this year but in Dunedin he took charge. After leading the competition in try assists last year, Roigard scored two tries against the Highlanders and added a try assist as the Canes racked up a huge score on Friday night. His run game and sniping elevating him above all the halfbacks in New Zealand. He’s the incumbent All Black starter and nothing so far in 2026 has changed that. Roigard is the No.9 for the form backline.

2025 starter: Cam Roigard

10. Ruben Love (Hurricanes)
The most controversial selection in the form backline is Ruben Love. He’s been out with injury over the first four weeks and finally got his first start at No.10 against the Highlanders, showing why he needs a chance there for the All Blacks. He finished with two line breaks and two try assists, including a wipers kick to Fehi Fineanganofo that left watchers stunned. The Canes’ attack was already clicking, fullback Callum Harkin had five try assists filling in at No.10, and Love slotting in hasn’t changed that.

Across the other New Zealand franchises, there has been no stability. The Chiefs Damian McKenzie sat out the first few weeks and so did Beauden Barrett at the Blues. Cam Millar has had a run of starts for the Highlanders but is not in the game-changer category of 10s. For the Crusaders, it’s been musical chairs. Taha Kemara has had the best showing for them, against the Chiefs, but like Love, is just one game.

Love is already the form No.10 in New Zealand and gets the edge as he’s in the form backline.

2025: Beauden Barrett

11. Caleb Clarke (Blues)
Caleb Clarke has been quietly back in business for the Blues, with five tries in five games ahead of the Blues’ win over the Waratahs. His double against the Crusaders helped the Blues to a resounding win over their old rivals. Clarke’s back in top five in metres carried, clean breaks, and defenders beaten.

There is a lot of competition around New Zealand for the left wing spot with Sevu Reece and Fehi Fineanganofo, but unfortunately for the former All Blacks Sevens rep, he’s signed a deal with the Newcastle Red Bulls. As was the case with Mark Tele’a after announcing his Japan deal, a call up to the All Blacks is very unlikely.

Clarke is right there with Fineanganofo in all of the stat categories and the 25-year-old has plenty of international experience too. He gets the selection over Fineanganofo in the form backline.

2025: Leroy Carter/Leicester Fainga’anuku

12. Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes)
If you hadn’t noticed Jordie Barrett is in career best form right now. While the Highlanders’ Tavatavanawai has the shared lead in the Player of the Year voting with his blockbusting carries garnering headlines, Barrett is the anchor of the best backline in the competition, picking apart defences with his passing game.

The playmaking 12 has been on fire, with his passing range a key asset for the Hurricanes. They have a very deliberate play which calls on Barrett to fire a triple cutout to Josh Moorby on the wing. They’ve scored already from it, and Barrett leads the competition now in try assists with six (equal first with Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens).

Coming back from Leinster, Barrett has taken his game to another level and it appears like a lot of the Leinster attack shapes have come with him.

2025: Jordie Barrett

13. Billy Proctor (Hurricanes)
The centre position is troublesome in New Zealand right now. Proctor is in try-scoring form, having scored a hat-trick against the Waratahs, but it can’t be said that he’s in career-best form this season. His Super Rugby form last year was better. There are defensive lapses like when Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens stepped inside him for the opening try last weekend, and passes that goes astray too often.

The good news for Proctor is there isn’t anyone else breathing down his neck. At the Highlanders, winger Jonah Lowe has just taken hold of the 13 jersey, at the Crusaders Braydon Ennor is in good touch but is departing New Zealand. The Blues’ AJ Lam had a breakout game against the Waratahs. While Quinn Tupaea exploded for the All Blacks playing centre last year, he’s back at 12 for the Chiefs with Daniel Rona taking outside centre.

Proctor still gets the nod above all those players.

2025: Quinn Tupaea/Billy Proctor

14. Caleb Tangitau (Highlanders)
There is no doubt that Tangitau is the best 14 in the country. He’s been sensational again for the Highlanders after his 2025 rookie season put him on the national radar.

He’s big, powerful and fast, blazing down the right side frequently and popping up around the park to break the line. He’s equal first in the competition in clean breaks with 12, alongside Will Jordan and Fineanganofo.

Tangitau played for the All Blacks XV in the European tour and is ready to break through into the top side. On form, he would be the starting No.14.

2025: Sevu Reece/Leroy Carter

15. Will Jordan (Crusaders)
The incumbent No.15 now leads the vote for Super Rugby’s Player of the Year after six rounds of play, equal with Chiefs midfielder Quinn Tupaea on 23 votes.

Jordan has been sensational for the Crusaders even though it has been an up-and-down start to the season for the club. He’s consistently been one of the best attacking players in the competition for years but in 2026 he is hitting his peak.

It’s not just the attacking plays, it’s defensive too. His last-ditch tackle on Leroy Carter against the Chiefs in Hamilton might be the best try saver ever in Super Rugby.

Jordan is the obvious fullback selection with no change from 2025.

2025: Will Jordan/Damian McKenzie