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Coach Vern Cotter believes beating the Crusaders 29-13 will galvanize the Blues after a few bumps to start the Super Rugby season

Coach Vern Cotter believes beating the Crusaders 29-13 will galvanize the Blues after a few bumps to start the Super Rugby season

8 March 2026

A Caleb Clarke hattrick fired the Blues to only their second win over the Crusaders in their past 11 attempts at Eden Park.

Cotter says it was a pleasing win...but they have to keep building.

The Reds have beaten the top of the table Brumbies 34-31 in Canberra and the Highlanders have squeaked past the Force 39-31.

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09 Mar: Zac Lomax has signed a two-year deal with the Western Force, with the rugby league outcast eying next year's World Cup with the Wallabies

08 Mar: Former Rugby Australian chair Hamish McLennan stands by his call to dump Dave Rennie three years ago as he prepares to take on the All Blacks job

08 Mar: England has suffered a historic first rugby defeat to Italy, with a 23-18 collapse in Rome raising the grim prospect of falling to their worst-ever Six Nations finish

08 Mar: A tough week for Jamie Joseph has been made a little brighter after his Highlanders beat the Western Force 39-31 in a back and forth Super Rugby contest

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07 Mar: Blues loose forward Torian Barnes holds no grudges against the Crusaders as he prepares to start against them tonight at Eden Park

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