
The Auckland Blues have handed Super Rugby champs the Canterbury Crusaders a fifth straight loss with an emphatic 26-6 win at Eden Park that leaves the Christchurch-based giants rooted to the bottom of the standings.
It was the Blues' first win over the Crusaders in 10 years, consigning the defending champs, in the middle of their worst-ever sequence of results, to an extraordinary 0-5 start to the season on Saturday.