Super Rugby - Round 15
May 25, 2013: Western Force fullback Jayden Hayward kicked the match-winning penalty to seal a narrow win over the Highlanders in Saturday night's wooden spoon battle in Perth
Super Rugby - Round 14
May 19, 2013: The Highlanders' horror Super Rugby season continued in Pretoria as the Bulls cruised to their fifth consecutive win with a comfortable victory
Super Rugby Round 12
May 4, 2013: The Highlanders claim their first victory of the Super Rugby season, holding out the Sharks with strong defence after the siren to win 25-22
Super Rugby round nine
Apr 11, 2013: Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph drops Colin Slade and Aaron Smith among six changes to the team to play the Brumbies in Super Rugby round nine
Super Rugby round seven
Mar 29, 2013: Queensland Reds claim their maiden Super Rugby victory in the far south of New Zealand, but they endured a nervy final 10 minutes after seeming likely to run away with victory
Super Rugby
Mar 23, 2013: It's been said that rugby is a game of inches. By that logic, the Highlanders should have walked out of Waikato Stadium as comfortable winners, but they didn't
Super Rugby round four
Mar 9, 2013: The Cheetahs recover from their round-three shellacking by the Chiefs to trump the Highlanders 36-19
Super Rugby
Mar 26, 2012: All Blacks fly-half Colin Slade could miss the rest of the Super Rugby season after he suffered a serious injury whilst playing for the Highlanders against the Brumbies
Super Rugby
Mar 24, 2012: All Blacks fly-half Colin Slade could miss the rest of the Super Rugby season after he suffered a serious injury whilst playing for the Highlanders against the Brumbies
New Zealand Rugby
Oct 31, 2011: Colin Slade has been battling an infection for the past week as he continues his recovery from the groin problem which cut short his Rugby World Cup campaign
New Zealand v France, Rugby World Cup Final, October 23
Oct 18, 2011: All Blacks fly-half Aaron Cruden will seek the counsel of Dan Carter ahead of the biggest match of his rugby career
New Zealand v Australia, Rugby World Cup, October 16
Oct 14, 2011: Aaron Cruden freely admits that Sunday's Rugby World Cup semi-final showdown with Australia is the biggest game of his life - but New Zealand's 'third-choice' fly-half is confident that he will be able to handle the pressure
Comment
Oct 10, 2011: "A week or so ago Aaron Cruden was probably enjoying the RWC from the comfort of an armchair with a colour-coded bucket on his head." Graham Jenkins writes
Rugby World Cup 2011
Oct 10, 2011: The All Blacks have called up fly-half Stephen Donald and winger Hosea Gear to replace Mils Muliaina and Colin Slade
New Zealand v Argentina, Rugby World Cup, October 7, 2011
Oct 7, 2011: New Zealand fly-half Colin Slade is going all out to impress in the World Cup quarter-finals on Sunday despite his lack of Test experience
Rugby World Cup 2011
Oct 6, 2011: New Zealand head coach Graham Henry has backed Colin Slade to step up and fill the void left by the injured Dan Carter's in Sunday's Rugby World Cup quarter-final with Argentina
Rugby World Cup 2011
Oct 6, 2011: All Blacks fullback Mils Muliaina will win his 100th Test cap in Sunday's Rugby World Cup quarter-final clash against Argentina at Eden Park in Auckland
Rugby World Cup 2011
Oct 6, 2011: New Zealand are keen to move on from Dan Carter's World Cup-ending injury, but the focus has now switched to captain Richie McCaw's foot problem
Rugby World Cup 2011
Oct 5, 2011: All Blacks winger Zac Guildford could be out of contention for New Zealand's quarter-final against Argentina on Sunday after suffering a hamstring injury
Rugby World Cup 2011
Oct 4, 2011: New Zealand assistant coach Wayne Smith insists Colin Slade will be able to fill Dan Carter's sizeable boots after the fly-half was ruled out of the rest of the World Cup