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 ...

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 ...

09 Dec: New Zealand Rugby are open to early kickoff times and other initiatives to get fans through the gate 09 Dec: New Zealand Rugby are happy to acknowledge their reasons for giving Eden Park half ...

The Canterbury Crusaders marched into the Super Rugby final with a 20-7 win over the Waikato Chiefs on Friday, producing stonewall defence to safeguard their Christchurch fortress yet again. June 10 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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, ...

Ask any Crusader to rank their long list of titles and they’ll likely struggle. “I don’t think you can,” as hooker Codie Taylor said shortly after the Christchurch-based franchise secured their record ...

June 24 (Reuters) - The Canterbury Crusaders put a seal on one of the great eras of rugby domination with a 25-20 victory over the Waikato Chiefs in the Super Rugby Pacific final on Saturday, sending ...

New Zealand’s most decorated Super Rugby side the Crusaders are considering a name change following last week’s mosque shootings in Christchurch that killed 50 people. The country’s Minister for Sport ...