Aaron Cruden rugby player
Aaron Cruden rugby player

Aaron Cruden

8th Jan 1989 1.75m/82kg Fly Half

Super Rugby Aotearoa: Top Five Players Of The Day

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Blues' defence proved to be the difference with the Auckland-based side managing to keep the door well and truly shut in the dire moments of the game to record their fourth victory in Super Rugby Aotearoa.   The...

Blues defence denies the Chiefs a late winner

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Another Super Rugby Aotearoa game, another thrilling encounter that was decided in the final moments of the game as Warren Gatland's Chiefs lose their seventh straight game.   The Blues get back...

Aaron Cruden's excellent dummy fools the Blues defence to set up a sensational Chiefs try

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Injected into the game at half time with the Chiefs trailing the Blues 14-7, Aaron Cruden made an immediate impact set up a try for his winger Solomon Alaimalo.   The 50 test cap All Black was playing...

RANKED | The Top 10 Players Heading To Japan Next Year

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The momentum of rugby's growth in Japan may have slowed since after the Rugby World Cup with Super Rugby and the Top League but when the Top League does return in January next year, it will do...

Beauden Barrett's first run in an All Black jersey

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Aaron Cruden leaving the field at around the 25 minute mark against the Irish in 2012 heralded the beginning of one of the most noteworthy All Black careers to date.   Beauden Barrett, the fresh-faced...

"Thank God for that." - Gatland jokes on son's axing from Highlanders

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Highlanders today named their side that will take on the Warren Gatland's Chiefs at FMG Stadium Waikato on Sunday, and the side sees the absence of Warren's son, Bryn Gatland.      Bryn,...

Team News: Aaron Cruden and Josh Ioane benched for Sunday's clash

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Chiefs return home refreshed after their bye week to take on the Highlanders at FMG Stadium Waikato on Sunday 19 July in round six of Super Rugby Aotearoa with both the Chiefs and Highlanders...

Super Rugby Team of the Week

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

This weekend saw the return of Super Rugby in Australia while New Zealand enjoyed their fourth consecutive weekend of live rugby.   The action kicked off in Brisbane with James O'Connor's late...

Super Rugby Aotearoa: Top Five Players Of The Day

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Hurricanes surged to an 18-25 victory over the Chiefs' despite going a man down for the final 20 minutes of the game.   Warren Gatland's Chiefs have now lost four on the trot in Super Rugby...

Team News: Chiefs lose Anton Lienert-Brown to concussion

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Damian McKenzie will start in his 80th Chiefs cap against the Hurricanes on Sunday but will do so without fellow All Black Anton Lienert-Brown who has been side-lined with a concussion.   The...