CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The Crusaders won the Super Rugby title for the 13th time by edging the Chiefs 16-12 on Saturday for their 32nd straight win in home playoffs. The Hamilton-based ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — 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 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In Super Rugby, the more things change the more they remain the same. A different competition this year with only 11 teams yielded a familiar result. The ...

Moana Pasifika delivered a historical performance during the match against the Crusaders, with a commanding 45-29 victory at Apollo Projects Stadium in Christchurch. In a night full of tension, Moana ...

New NSW Waratahs hooker Ioane Moananu is out to show what the New Zealand Super Rugby Pacific sides are missing after moving across the Tasman.

The Crusaders returned to the summit of Super Rugby Pacific, where they’ve generally belonged, after they beat the Chiefs 16-12 in the grand final in Christchurch. The Chiefs lost a third consecutive ...

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The Crusaders are well-known for their slow starts. Every year, they sputter along for the first month of Super Rugby, before igniting and embarking on a run that ends in making the playoffs. Yet it ...

Feb 23 (Reuters) - The Waikato Chiefs got a measure of revenge for their loss in last year's Super Rugby Pacific final with a 33-29 victory over the Canterbury Crusaders in the opening match of the ...

The Crusaders rugby team will consider dropping its imagery of sword-bearing knights on horseback and changing its name, following last month's shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, ...