Chiefs vs Blues

Clayton McMillan's men extend their unbeaten start to the Super Rugby Pacific season with a hard-fought 20-17 derby win in Hamilton.

The Chiefs are hosting the Blues at FMG Stadium in Hamilton tonight in the latest round of Super Rugby Pacific. Follow all the action with a live blog from ...

Super Rugby Pacific round six LIVE: Barrett costs Blues with all-time blooper, Brilliant Drua outclass Rebels.

Backrower Hunter Ward is in line to make his debut off the bench, while Taleni Seu is rewarded for strong impact performances with a start at blindside flanker. Jorgensen, who had a niggly shoulder issue, starred on debut in the round one loss to the Brumbies in Sydney. "We're fortunate to be able to bring back a lot of experience for what is likely to be a game played at Test match intensity," Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham said.

On the other side, Chiefs first-five Damian McKenzie was superb in the first half and showed great vision to set up an Emoni Narawa try inside the opening 30 ...

It was Narawa’s fifth try in the last three games; a player making the most of his chances. He was saved some blushes by his side playing under advantage, and the Blues eventually scored in the corner through Caleb Clarke, but it was a strange sight from such an experienced player. There were plenty of good moments from Barrett, particularly in the second half as he began to pull the strings nicely against a tiring Chiefs defence, but they were overshadowed by some uncharacteristic errors.

The Chiefs have bucked their recent trend of suffering at the hands of the Blues, holding tight for a 20-13 win over their 'big brothers' to stay unbeaten ...

[Rieko Ioane](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/rieko-ioane/) to ground after the Blues centre made a break in midfield showed excellent commitment on defence. [Hoskins Sotutu](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/hoskins-sotutu/) get over the ball and grab a turnover. On in 52nd minute. Made a few tackles – though missed Clarke en route to his try – but otherwise wasn’t able to get involved. On in 55th minute. [Sam Darry](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/sam-darry/) of the ball with his first action of the game, creating the counter-attacking opportunity for the opening try of the game after just 30 seconds. Equalled Finau defensively and also made a couple of nice hit-ups with the ball. Off in 62nd minute. Reprimanded for one dopey hit on Beauden Barrett off the ball but has more than justified his ongoing selection in the run-on XV. Off in 55th minute. Went well against [Nepo Laulala](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/nepo-laulala/) at the set-piece and was industrious off the ball. A disappointing showing after a solid start to the season.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Winger Emoni Narawa scored two first-half tries for the Hamilton, New Zealand-based Chiefs who extended their winning start to ...

The Chiefs then held out the Blues in a second half in which both teams managed only a penalty goal. The Drua won two matches in their debut season last year. “Every game against these guys is a test match.

The Chiefs have extended their winning start to the Super Rugby Pacific season to six matches with a 20-13 win over the Blues in Hamilton.

But winger Caleb Clarke, a try-scorer earlier, knocked on in the last play of the game and the Chiefs held out to win. The Chiefs held out the Blues in a second half in which both teams managed only a penalty goal. Narawa scored his first try only 26 seconds into the match and added a second as the Chiefs took a 17-10 lead to halftime.

Super Rugby Pacific: Chiefs v Blues. Where: FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton. When: 7.05pm, Saturday, April 1. Coverage: Live on Sky Sport 1, live updates on ...

This is, after all, the local derby of local derbies – the closest rivalry that exists in Super Rugby, with just 120km separating the two rivals. They play a real power game, have got power athletes, so if you allow them to get going they’re extremely hard.” “I remember that game vividly, and I think we probably bombed two or three genuine opportunities. “We feel like we’re far from the finished product. With this one game before the bye, McMillan will, in front of what he hopes is a “feverish, packed-out” crowd, simply ask his troops to empty the tank, control what they can control, and do the fundamentals right. They have only once before gone 5-0 to start a campaign. The little brother-big brother aspect may now not be so prevalent, but, helped by the Chiefs going 15 in a row unbeaten in the matchup between 2011 and 2019, and now the Blues winning five of the last six, it still stirs the emotions. So the scoreline wasn’t pretty, but there were some elements that we took out of that game that were positive, and there were some good learnings there that hopefully put us in good stead for what’s coming this weekend.” I think we’ve got a big ceiling, we’ve got close to it a couple of times, but the challenge really is to be more consistent in our performance. In a match which may as well be marked an All Blacks trial, with a slew of tantalising head-to-heads across the park, the Chiefs have not forgotten what happened the last time the Blues rolled down the motorway. “You’re just happy to bank the wins, and there’s an element of confidence that you take out of that, but you’ve got to make sure complacency doesn’t creep in, you’ve got to keep striving to get better. The Chiefs can dine out on a piece of history if they can serve up a slice of revenge in Saturday night’s mouth-watering Super Rugby Pacific match-up against the Blues at FMG Stadium Waikato.

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Chiefs flyer Emoni Narawa caught the eye with an outstanding finish in the Chiefs' 20-13 triumph over the Blues in their Super Rugby Pacific derby in ...

The second half was a much tighter affair as the teams cancelled each other out with solid defensive efforts. Emoni Narawa rounds off in style after just 26 seconds! [Narawa](https://www.planetrugby.com/tag/Emoni-Narawa/) scored his second converted try which gave the [Chiefs](https://www.planetrugby.com/team/chiefs) a 17-10 lead at half-time.