Pasifika

MELBOURNE : Moana Pasifika head coach Aaron Mauger will quit his role at the end of the Super Rugby Pacific season to spend more time with his family, the team said on Monday.The former All Blacks flyhalf has coached the Auckland-based…

MELBOURNE : The Wellington Hurricanes' resurgence in Super Rugby will be put to the test against a rested Waikato Chiefs side when the New Zealand heavyweights collide on Saturday.The Hurricanes topped the table with a 29-14 win at the…

Moana Pasifika claimed their first ever Super Rugby win when Danny Toala scored a breakaway try to earn the tournament newcomers a 24-19 victory over the Wellington Hurricanes in golden point extra-time.Toala ran three-quarters of the…

SYDNEY : Super Rugby new boys Moana Pasifika will twice have turnarounds of only four days between fixtures in late March and early April after two of their matches, postponed because of an outbreak of COVID-19 in their squad, were…

SYDNEY : Fijian Drua got their maiden Super Rugby win with a 31-26 victory over the Melbourne Rebels as the competition finally got its first full taste of the Pacific flavour introduced for this season in round three.The Fijians came…

MELBOURNE : Australia and New Zealand are hopeful the addition of Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika to Super Rugby will boost the game in the Pacific region but the southern hemisphere powers must be convinced of the teams' viability…

SYDNEY : New team Moana Pasifika will open a new era of Super Rugby with the first match of the 2022 season against the twice champion ACT Brumbies in Auckland on Feb. 18, organisers said on Monday. Moana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua…