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Former All Blacks halfback Brendon Leonard will wear the No.9 jersey for the first time this Super Rugby season in one of six changes to the Chiefs’ starting line-up to face the NSW Waratahs in Sydney.

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The Queensland Reds highlighted their Super Rugby title credentials while Ewen McKenzie upped the pressure on Wallabies coach Robbie Deans with a top-drawer upset of the Chiefs at Waikato Stadium.

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What a funny old tournament Super Rugby is.

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An impenetrable defence coupled with some electrifying back play gave the Chiefs their fifth Super Rugby win of the season with a 23-16 victory over the Blues in Hamilton on Saturday.

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The Chiefs paid a heavy price for their 19-7 Super Rugby defeat of the Highlanders on Friday, with halfback Tawera Kerr-Barlow breaking his jaw and set to be sidelined for six weeks.

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On Wednesday I buried the pretenders in an early grave. Yesterday I ran the rule over those still hanging in with a chance.

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One of the players that stood out most to me in the Super Rugby third round was Gareth Anscombe.

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A withering closing burst produced a second bonus-point win in as many matches for the reigning Super Rugby champions the Chiefs as they beat the Cheetahs 45-3 on Saturday.

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In what truly has been one of the more even Super Rugby competitions in recent memory, the time has finally come to rule the line through some teams for 2012.

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The winners of the round 17 clash between the Chiefs and Crusaders in Hamilton on Friday July 6 will also win the 2012 Super Rugby Championship.

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After last week’s stirring victory, the Waratahs will look for back-to-back wins when they face the Chiefs in Hamilton this afternoon. We’ll have live scores from the kick-off at 5.30pm AEDT.

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Both the Chiefs and the Brumbies will be looking to build on a solid start to their Super Rugby campaign with a third victory of the season when they meet in New Zealand this evening. We’ll have live scores from the kick-off at 5.35pm AEDT.

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The Chiefs’ combination of adventurous spirit in the wet and stingy defence carried them to a bonus-point 29-14 Super Rugby victory over the Blues in Hamilton on Friday night.

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Finally, the long awaited, highly anticipated, excruciatingly frustrated announcement: Sonny Bill Williams has signed for one year with the Waikato Chiefs.

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Scott Waldrom scored two tries as the Waikato Chiefs scored only their third win of the Super Rugby season, beating the bottom-of-the-table Golden Lions 34-30 at Ellis Park on Saturday.

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With a resurgent Matt Giteau leading the way, 2011 might just be the year for the ACT Brumbies. Giteau looked to be back to his sparkling best in the Brumbies 28-15 win over the Waikato Chiefs.

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The Super Rugby season is getting closer and closer. Today we have the pleasure of previewing a very strong New Zealand conference that could be much closer than previous years indicate.

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As the Super 15 Rugby tournament draws closer in a World Cup year, the New Zealanders have a wealth of talent looking to impress in the expanded competition for 2011.

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The defending champion Bulls recaptured their winning form in rugby’s Super 14 on Friday, scoring four tries to defeat the Waikato Chiefs 33-19 in a repeat of last year’s final.

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It’s Oscar time and The Roar’s Oscar for the pass of the rugby season is Quade Cooper’s no-look/pop-up pass to Will Chambers to put him under the Chiefs posts without a defender laying a hand on him.

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