PremiumOpinionOpinion byPhil GiffordContributing Sports Writer·NZ Herald·21 Jun, 2026 06:00 PM5 mins to readPhil Gifford is a Contributing Sports Writer for NZME. He is one of the most-respected voices in New Zealand sports journalism. The Hurricanes’ amazing 60-5 victory over the Chiefs in the Super Rugby Pacific final in Wellington was a display of extraordinarily cool control by the hosts.
In the process we saw the duo, in halfback Cam Roigard and first five-eighths Ruben Love, who you can picture guiding the All Blacks
