Rugby

A shambles of a game - a disaster of a result. The Blues suffered the double whammy tonight of playing like dogs and losing, 20-13, to the Brumbies.

Experienced Hurricanes lock Jeremy Thrush has been called into the second All Blacks training camp starting on Sunday.

Dunedin's points-scoring maestro Liam Edwards played a key role in Dunedin's narrow 24-20 win over Harbour in Dunedin club rugby today.

John McGlashan College produced a fine all-round performance to beat Waitaki Boys' High School 21-14 in the Highlanders First XV game in Dunedin today.

Integrity, honesty, consistency. Those are the ingredients the Highlanders have been searching for all season. Perhaps, in the rugby outpost of Perth tonight, they will find them.

Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph has pulled the pin on his role as coach of the Maori All Blacks.

Whatever you think of Ali Williams, his decision to retire from test rugby was spirited.

Richard Perkins has been through the good times and the bad - the very, very bad - at the Otago Rugby Football Union. Through it all, his determination to look after the sport at amateur levels has not wavered. Sports editor Hayden Meikle talks to the ORFU's community rugby manager.

Nationally-ranked referee Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri has been appointed the new rugby education officer for the Otago union.

The Lions are ready for widespread rugby battles across Australia and have pledged to continue those tussles with reasoned arguments during their off-field skirmishes too.