The Chiefs' remarkable Super Rugby stranglehold over the Blues continues, in near miraculous circumstances.

The temptation at the end of a pulsating, ferocious and highly entertaining contest at Eden Park on Friday night, won 27-21 by the Chiefs, was to decry the Blues who bumbled a cast-iron chance to snap their winless streak against Kiwi opposition in New Zealand Rugby. The Blues have now gone 13 straight matches in Super Rugby without a victory over Kiwi opponents, and the Chiefs have now gone 13 straight games undefeated against the Blues – a record for one franchise over another in this competition.