Anzac spirit infuses Super Rugby; Hurricanes break an Australian drought

Letters: We Were There Too

MADAM: Perish the thought I might be suggesting that you are another one (“Defending Australia”, April 2025) but the sad reality nowadays is that most Australians have forgotten that we Kiwis also commemorate the Battle of Long Tan. How so? Because we were there engaged in the same “close run thing”. Admittedly ours was a

Anzac spirit infuses Super Rugby; Hurricanes break an Australian drought

The 11th round of Super Rugby was played over the Anzac Day long weekend when the bonds between Australians and New Zealanders forged in war were reinforced on playing fields in both countries.

Brumbies suffer costly loss

The ACT Brumbies have blown a golden chance to maintain contact with the Super Rugby Pacific ladder leaders after an upset loss to the Hurricanes in Canberra. The third-placed Brumbies hadn’t lost at home to the Hurricanes, who sit eighth on the table, since 2017 and had won five of their past six clashes. But they couldn’t catch the men from Wellington, going down in a 35-29 thriller on Saturday. Burly Hurricanes winger Kini Naholo steamrolled …

Injured Reds call the Doctor to stay in top-four hunt

Dre Pakeho has been one of the finds of the Super Rugby Pacific season for the Queensland Reds, who are hunting a top-four finish and home quarter-final.

Qld Reds continue to nail down top four spot with Anzac Day win over Auckland's Blues

A WA Force player scores against the NZ-based Chiefs. Photo: Super Rugby Pacific There were mixed fortunes for two Australian sides on Anzac Day when they came up against New Zealand sides in round 10 of 2025 Super Rugby Pacific competition. In Brisbane on Friday night and in the wet, Tom Lynagh scored two tries and defended well in the Queensland Reds’ 35-21 win over the Auckland-based Blues. While denied a bonus point by a late Blues …