The team captains pose for a photograph with the trophy at the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific Season Launch. Photo: Dave Rowland
As of Friday evening, it is Super Rugby Pacific season again.
While the defending champions Crusaders battle the Chiefs in a replay of the 2023 final in Hamilton on Friday, the two Pacific teams - Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika - are preparing for their own opening matches.
RNZ Pacific's senior sports reporter Iliesa Tora has been following the build-up.