CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The defending champion Crusaders kept their playoff chances alive with the upset of the season Saturday, beating the Auckland-based Blues 29-27 in Super Rugby Pacific.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Super Rugby Pacific final between the Auckland-based Blues and Christchurch-based Crusaders on Saturday is the contest many hoped for and may be the one New Zealand ...

BENJI Marshall sat on the bench for the entire match as the Blues downed the Crusaders 35-24 in the Super Rugby clash in Auckland. The much-hyped rugby league convert looked on as 20-year-old Blues ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Christchurch-based Crusaders will host the Super Rugby final for a record eighth time after edging the Blues 21-14 on Friday to end the Blues' one-year title reign. The ...

MELBOURNE, March 16 (Reuters) - The Canterbury Crusaders and Auckland Blues have yet to hit peak form in Super Rugby Pacific but their mutual animosity is already boiling over ahead of the re-match of ...

March 19 (Reuters) - One of the great rivalries in New Zealand rugby will be joined with renewed vigour on Sunday when the Auckland Blues host the Canterbury Crusaders in a top-of-the-table Super ...

Crusaders Pablo Matera, center, runs at Roger Tuivasa-Sheck of the Blues during the Super Rugby Pacific final rugby match between the Auckland Blues and the Canterbury Crusaders at Eden Park in ...