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    This year's first Super Rugby Pacific pre-season matches take place across New Zealand this afternoon

    This year's first Super Rugby Pacific pre-season matches take place across New Zealand this afternoon


    The Blues and the Hurricanes play at Sacred Heart College in Auckland from 1.30pm, the Chiefs and the Fijian Drua kick off from 3pm at Blake Park and the champions, the Crusaders, tackle the Highlanders on Timaru's Fraser Park from 3.30.

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     28 Jan: All Blacks halfback Cam Roigard is adamant the axing of Scott Robertson will not cause further fallout once they're in camp later in the year
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