Auckland Blues beat Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby as antipathy emerges between the Auckland rivals

The Auckland-based Blues joined a logjam near the top of the Super Rugby table when they beat Moana Pasifika in a fifth round match Sunday at the end of a week in which fault lines were exposed between the two teams headquartered in New Zealand’s largest city. The Blues and Moana Pasifika both have Auckland bases and are competing for elements of the same audience in the city with the world’s largest Polynesian population. In an interview during the week, Moana Pasifika head coach Tana Umag...

By STEVE McMORRAN