Richie McCaw channels inner Bear Grylls

It was a happy Blues team today at training, with eight of its members named in Steve Hansen's All Blacks wider

Team can expect blast from John Kirwan after patchy play against Rebels. The Blues know they are in for a barrage today. It won't be pretty after coach John Kirwan berated them for their lax training last week then dished up another halftime ...

Spectators last week, show ponies this one, the Blues backs produced 40 minutes of magic to propel Sir John Kirwan's burgeoning squad to a 36-32 victory not nearly as convincing as it should have been. This was a long way from what Kirwan wanted as ...

Blues coach John Kirwan believes the impressive form the Australian Super Rugby teams are showing could be attributed to the looming British and Irish Lions tour.Kirwans third-placed Blues face the second-placed Reds at Suncorp Stadium on Friday, ...

Tongue-in-cheek Blues Super Rugby coach Sir John Kirwan is pleading with Wallabies mentor Robbie Deans to recall gifted playmaker Quade Cooper - and quickly. The third-placed Blues face the second-placed Queensland Reds in Brisbane on Friday, with ...

Blues boss John Kirwan feels the coaching staff will earn their money this week, as they prepare for their Round 12 encounter with the Stormers at Albany on Friday.Kirwan, speaking in the build-up to the encounter at the North Harbour Stadium, ...

Rene Ranger is in Middlemore Hospital with an infected finger and John Kirwan was without Charles Piutau and Steven Luatua through illness yesterday, but a more pressing matter for the Blues coach is an impending conversation with referees boss ...

Blues leaders John Kirwan and Ali Williams have hailed Queensland's match-winning defence, after the Reds got out of jail to keep the pressure on the Brumbies. The Reds went tryless in a win for the first time since Super Rugby's debut season in ...

Blues coach Sir John Kirwan says the Reds' versatility of game plan is why he rates them the best team in Super Rugby. Ahead of their trip to Brisbane to face the Queenslanders on Friday night, the Blues are in a spot few would have predicted at the ...