Aaron Smith is backing Ardie Savea over Scott Barrett to replace Sam Cane as All Blacks captain

Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan's cast doubt on the Blues' plea to seek Beauden Barrett's availability for the back end of Super Rugby because they failed to achieve the same objective with Brodie Retallick in Japan.



Tennis player Lulu Sun has been dispatched from the second round of qualifying at the French Open in straight sets.



Warriors league coach Andrew Webster's admitted to attempting a haka behind closed doors ahead of the NRL's culture round.