Replacement flyhalf Dewaldt Duvenage converted Schalk Burger’s last-minute try to give the Stormers a 28-26 win over the Blues on Friday.
The Blues will try to nullify the Stormers’ imposing rolling maul in the showdown of the Super 15’s SA and NZ conference leaders on Friday.
Stormers coach Allister Coetzee has made four changes to his side to play the Blues in Auckland on Friday.
The NZ Rugby Union signed Daniel Carter to a new four-year contract on Wednesday, ensuring the star flyhalf will continue to play for the All Blacks.
How to deal with New Zealand’s best player is just one problem South Africa’s top teams will have to solve.
Canterbury Crusaders will receive a New Zealand Rugby Union bailout to ease the financial blow suffered in the Christchurch earthquake, reports say.
Rugby World Cup chief on Monday denied claims that the cost of hosting the tournament in New Zealand this year had blown out to NZ$500-million.
The Otago Highlanders produced a superb defensive effort and made their chance count to upset the Canterbury Crusaders 26-18 on Saturday.
Winger Rene Ranger scored two tries in the first 15 minutes as the Auckland Blues beat the Melbourne Rebels 40-23 in Super 15 rugby on Friday.
The Auckland Blues blasted the New South Wales Waratahs off the park in the first half in a 31-17 victory in their Super rugby clash at Eden Park.
A depressed New Zealander cut off one of his fingers, cooked it with vegetables and ate it, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
The Canterbury Crusaders continued to set the pace in the Super 15 competition when they put away the Waikato Chiefs 34-16 on Friday.
New Zealand passed a law against online piracy on Thursday which outlaws file-sharing.
SA-born Neil Wagner took an unprecedented five wickets in one over in a first-class domestic cricket competition in New Zealand on Wednesday.
The Highlanders stunned the Brumbies with two first-half tries in as many minutes on their way to a scrappy 26-20 Super Rugby win on Friday.
An Air New Zealand in-flight safety video featuring a US fitness guru has gone viral on the internet, drawing a million hits in three days.
The International Rugby Board on Wednesday said five pool matches have been moved from Christchurch because of damage caused by the earthquake.
Luke McAlister slotted a 72nd minute long-range penalty to give the Auckland Blues a tight 16-13 victory over the Waikato Chiefs on Saturday.
New Zealand stunned South Africa on Friday by knocking the form team out of the World Cup in the third quarterfinal.
It will be yet another test of nerves when South Africa take on New Zealand in the World Cup quarter-final on Friday, but the Proteas aren’t nervous.
The homeless Canterbury Crusaders say losing is not an option this weekend as they play the Coastal Sharks in London.
After years of wrangling, Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson finally called "action" on Monday on his latest Tolkien epic, <em>The Hobbit</em>.
Mike Delany kicked four penalties as the Waikato Chiefs ground out a victory over the previously unbeaten Sharks in their Super Rugby clash on Friday.
The switch of venue from the Crusaders’ home turf in Christchurch to Twickenham plays into their hands.
New Zealand’s All Blacks sealed an agreement with a Maori tribe on Thursday to ensure the team can continue to perform the <i>haka</i> before matches.
Derbies featuring the Bulls against the Stormers and the Crusaders against the Highlanders threaten to shake up the Super 15 table this weekend.
Earthquake-devastated Christchurch will not host any matches at this year’s Rugby World Cup, New Zealand’s World Cup minister said on Wednesday.
The Canterbury Crusaders are hoping to host the Sharks in London in what would be Super Rugby’s first match outside the southern hemisphere.
Fiji resort operators say they will offer residents of earthquake-devastated Christchurch free beach holidays to help them recover from the disaster.
After a deadly earthquake left homes creaking and wiped out buildings and jobs, thousands of residents have turned their back on Christchurch.
The Bulls and Stormers have started slowly, but still managed not to lose.
It will take 10 years to rebuild Christchurch, officials said on Thursday, warning it would be months before they can reopen the quake-hit city.