Jordie Barrett

Of all the rugby clichés, one has been offered up to grieving All Blacks fans the most in the wake of recent losses. Successive coaches have invoked the sentiment, unable to escape its relevance, and used it to cast the gap between success and failure as simple yet abstract. “We created plenty of opportunities, we just couldn’t quite execute them.” As you read the words, you can no doubt picture a handful of people with a white fern on their chest speaking them.

The Hurricanes are Super Rugby Pacific champions for the first time in a decade, and have done it in emphatic style. Clark Laidlaw’s side have returned to the summit at Hnry Stadium in Wellington, as they did back in 2016, this time with a scintillating, 60-5 triumph over the Chiefs in the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific final. Saturday night’s victory for the Hurricanes is the competition’s largest finals-winning margin, surpassing the Bulls’ 44-point win over the Chiefs back in 2009.

Compositions Nouvelle-Zélande – Afrique du Sud Retrouvez la composition des équipes du match Nouvelle-Zélande (1e, 6 pts) – Afrique du Sud (3e, 4 pts), le coup d’envoi est à 9H05 à Auckland et le match est à suivre en direct à la RADIO et/ou en score live sur notre site ou application À lire aussi | Championship: à quelle heure et sur quelle chaîne TV suivre Nouvelle-Zélande – Afrique du Sud Composition: Nouvelle-Zélande : (1) Ethan De Groot, (2) Codie Taylor, (3) Fletcher Newell, (4) Scott...