Wellington, March 12 NZPA - Updated Super 14 rugby teams for fifth round matches this weekend (NZ times):-

FRIDAY

Chiefs v Crusaders, Hamilton, 7.35pm

Sydney, March 11 NZPA - Off-field dramas blight the preparations of two New Zealand Super 14 rugby sides while referees are evidently on notice to lift their games when round five action opens in Hamilton tomorrow night.

Wellington, Feb 8 NZPA - Super 14 rugby squads, odds and predictions for 2009:

BLUES (NZ):

Home ground: Eden Park, Auckland

Coach: Pat Lam

Captain: Keven Mealamu

2009: 9th

Hookers: Keven Mealamu, Tom McCartney

Wellington, Dec 20 NZPA - Test rugby's team of the decade, as selected by Daniel Gilhooly of NZPA.

FULLBACK: Mils Muliaina (New Zealand)

By Mark Geenty of NZPA

Tokyo, Oct 27 NZPA - Wallabies rugby coach Robbie Deans again cast aside reputation, with veteran loose forward George Smith feeling the selection axe as they desperately try to match the All Blacks' superior physicality here on Saturday.

Sydney, Aug 20 NZPA - The All Blacks have batted away the usual cheating claims against their rugby captain Richie McCaw, although halfback Jimmy Cowan admits he can be an infuriating opponent.

By Mark Geenty of NZPA

Sydney, Aug 14 NZPA - Wallabies rugby coach Robbie Deans has backed teenage star James O'Connor to start against the All Blacks after his Eden Park horrors.

By Mark Geenty of NZPA

Sydney, Aug 13 NZPA - A training ground scuffle and a positive medical report on Rocky Elsom highlighted the Wallabies' first pre-Bledisloe Cup rugby training session today as they vowed to show more "mongrel" against the All Blacks.

Auckland, July 18 NZPA - In stark contrast to the last Bledisloe Cup rugby encounter on Eden Park, Graham Henry and Robbie Deans are no longer the big game players.

Auckland, July 17 NZPA - Teams for the Tri-Nations/Bledisloe Cup rugby test here at Eden Park tomorrow night (7.35pmNZT):-