With the future of SANZAAR’s Southern Hemisphere’s franchise rugby competition up in the air, can you name the winner, runner-up and host city for each Super Rugby Final?

The end of season grades are in for Super Rugby Aotearoa and teachers’ pets the Crusaders unsurprisingly top the class. The Blues are much improved, Highlanders and Hurricanes perform above average but the Chiefs must do better.

Congratulations to Crusaders as they lifted the Super Rugby Aotearoa title after winning a modern classic against the plucky Highlanders. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes pushed them all the way by beating the hapless Chiefs as we analyse the weekend’s action.

After defeat last time out, the Crusaders got their Super Rugby Aotearoa title march back on track with a controversial victory over the Chiefs while the dogged Blues secured an impressive win against the Highlanders. Read our Five Talking Points from the weekend’s action.

The hurt for the Chiefs still goes on as they went down to another demoralising loss to the Blues, while the Crusaders proved they are human after losing a humdinger to the Hurricanes. Read our Five Talking Points from the latest round of Super Rugby Aotearoa.

Warren Gatland’s Chiefs blew a 24 point lead when they suffered an agonising overtime defeat to Aaron Smith’s Highlanders while the Hurricanes kept their title chances alive with a hard-fought victory over the Blues as the Barrett brothers faced off.

Magic Mo’unga, Smith v Perenara and the clash of the unbeaten sides dominate the agenda as the halfway point of Super Rugby Aotearoa is upon us, with Round 5 seeing the pace-setters going head to head in Christchurch and the Highlanders travelling to Wellington to take on the Hurricanes.

Round 4 of Super Rugby Aotearoa saw drama on display across both games, with the Crusaders showing they are the side to beat and Warren Gatland’s Chiefs continuing their slump.

Here are our five talking points from the weekend’s action.

With patterns already starting to emerge in the Kiwi competition, the third round of matches saw the two unbeaten sides extend their records for another week, with the Chiefs under Warren Gatland consigned to their third defeat in as many outings - but not all is always as it seems.

Round two of Super Rugby Aotearoa is in the books - and tell you what, New Zealand are getting treated.

It’s official - rugby is back. And to quote the great Justin Marshall in his finest hour: “Me oh my, I have enjoyed that yes boy!”