Tana Umaga's men, with an eight-try 50-32 demolition of the Cheetahs at Eden Park, won their third match in a row for just the second time since 2011.
The Blues blasted the limited South African visitors off the park in a high-scoring shootout through a free-flowing contest featuring 12 tries in total, none more so than the Ioane brothers, Akira and Rieko. Rieko scored twice, Akira once and both showcased their attacking skills with sparkling individual efforts that won't have gone unnoticed.