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Vern Cotter's simple blueprint to take down Fijian Drua

New Blues coach Vern Cotter is looking for his players to establish control in their play when they sit their first DHL Super Rugby Pacific test against the Fijian Drua in Whangārei on Saturday.
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Round 1 Team Lists: DHL Super Rugby Pacific

DHL Super Rugby Pacific is set to get underway this weekend as the 12 teams battle for the title.
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Angus Ta'avao: The Journey Home to the Blues

Prop Angus Ta'avao has worked his way around rugby's circle and is back with his home-town Blues with another performance milestone awaiting when he plays his first DHL Super Rugby Pacific game of the season.
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Highlanders and Blues go unbeaten in pre-season

The Highlanders and Blues completed unbeaten pre-season build-ups ahead of the DHL Super Rugby Pacific opening round next week.
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Final touches being put on pre-season campaign

Final pre-season steps for New Zealand's DHL Super Rugby Pacific squads will be completed on Friday.
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Valuable lessons learned in second week of warm-up action

Valuable lessons for all teams emerged from the second weekend of DHL Super Rugby Pacific warm-up games.
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Rising stars ready for pre-season action this weekend

There’s no shortage of rising stars ready to make their mark in the second round of DHL Super Rugby Pacific pre-season this weekend.
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Tuipulotu will have to wait for 100th Blues game

Ninety-nine games for the Blues is proving a barrier for captain and lock Patrick Tuipulotu.
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Pre-season campaign underway in thrilling style

The Blues suffered the greatest frustration in the Super Rugby Pacific
warm-up games for New Zealand sides when losing recently renamed
skipper Patrick Tuipulotu to a broken jaw.
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Former Pumas star to face Blues in Japan

Former Argentina first five-eighths Nicolas Sanchez will debut for Japanese side Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath against the Blues in Saturday's Cross-Border Rugby opener.
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