The Lion ran riot in Johannesburg on Saturday, with 47-27 win over the Jaguares in their Super Rugby fixture. Aphiwe Dyantyi was exceptional and although the home side started sluggishly, they pulled it back for a convincing win.
The Bulls got their Super Rugby campaign off to a winning start with a difficult encounter against the Hurricanes on Saturday. It was a bit rough and tumble at times, but the Bulls came out tops.
Bulls 21-19 Hurricanes The Bulls edged out the Hurricanes in a ripsnorter of a clash in Pretoria on Saturday. It was a hard-fought encounter, but a deserving win for the bulls. Read our play-by-play report here. Lions 47-27 Jaguares The Lions did exactly what was expected of them in Johannesburg on Saturday: they thumped the […]
The Hurricanes are in Pretoria to whip up a storm against John Mitchell’s Bulls on Saturday, as Super Rugby 2018 round two reaches its climax at Loftus Versfeld.
The Lions are on the hunt to continue their winning start to Super Rugby 2018 on Saturday when the touring Jaguares visit Emirates Airline Park.
Super Rugby’s defending champions, the Crusaders, got their campaign off to a winning start in a match marred by ill-discipline from both sides.
The Brumbies came from behind to get their Super Rugby campagin off to a winning start with a 32-22 win over the Sunwolves in Tokyo on Saturday.
The Chiefs open their Super Rugby account with fixtures as tough as they come. They’ll take on the defending champions – the Crusaders – on their home turf on Saturday. But the Chiefs aren’t shrinking at the responsibility. Co-captain Charlie Ngatai went so far as describing it as “awesome” to get last season’s title-winners as […]
Round two of Super Rugby 2018 is upon us, with Crusaders vs Chiefs the eye-popping showpiece among a packed weekend of action in SA and beyond.
In their second Super Rugby season last year, the Sunwolves finished a lowly 17th with just two wins and 13 losses. If consistency is key, then the Japanese franchise is doing it wrong. They have a new coach in Jamie Joseph – their third in as many years – and some big question marks over […]
Rebels put the Reds to the sword in this season’s first Aussie derby.
The Kiwis just hit the ground running. No cobwebs here.
The Highlanders and the Blues play out a Kiwi cracker to kick off Super Rugby 2018 in New Zealand, before an early red card helps Rebels smash the Reds.
Super Rugby is back in full swing this weekend with the Highlanders and the Blues opening the weekend’s round of fixtures on Friday morning. The previous season was decent, if underwhelming for the Highlanders. With a fourth-place finish in the New Zealand Conference, they were dumped out in the quarterfinals by eventual champions, the Crusaders. But […]
The Australian leg of the Super Rugby 2018 gets underway with the Rebels and the Reds on Friday morning in Melbourne. The Rebels had a woeful 2017, waiting until round eight for their first victory. A draw against the Sharks followed but they lost the remainder of their games. The Reds had a slightly better […]
The Lions and the Sharks traded derby blows in their Super Rugby opener – with the hosts just coming out on top of an opening night thriller. Robert du Preez marked his debut with an eighth-minute try as he breezed past opposite number Elton Jantjies to go in under the posts. Also read: Super Rugby: […]
The Stormers are up and running in Super Rugby 2018 after fighting hard to see off the Jaguares at DHL Newlands. It was proving a comfortable enough curtain-raiser for the hosts in Cape Town, ahead of Saturday’s derby between the Lions and the Sharks in Johannesburg. Also read: Super Rugby: Results and latest table, 17 February But […]
The Lions come out on top of a Super Rugby derby thriller with the Sharks, after the Stormers cling on for dramatic victory over the Jaguares in Cape Town.
The start of the Super Rugby season is just a few weeks away. With it, will come newly adopted laws. The same laws will also be adopted by the Rugby Championships. You might have heard about these already – they were approved by World Rugby in July 2017 already, but in case you need a […]
Whoever is throwing Nick’s party today, god help you if anything goes wrong…
Perhaps time for SA Rugby to look to revive the Currie Cup, or bin it altogether.
Limerick plays host to the second verse of South Africa’s northern hemisphere rugby adventure. But can the visitors bounce back from an opening night defeat and put poetry in motion?
Looks like the Western Force have found an opportunity to flex their not-so-considerable muscle against Pacific Island sides. Any takers in SA?
From a French fashion faux pas to an outlandish act of colonial provocation, we take you through a bundle of old rags destined to hang forever on sale rails across the world of rugby.