SUPERSPORT, the televison sports giant, has bought 40% of rugby’s Natal Sharks. SuperSport and the Natal Rugby Union have formed a new firm to handle all the province’s professional rugby interests, including the Sharks and the Natal Wildebeest. SuperSport MD Russell Macmillan called Natal the “Manchester United of the rugby world”, praising its professionalism. SuperSport also owns stakes in Free State and Griqualand West.