Wholesale changes to the Waikato Chiefs produced the desired result as the defending Super 15 champions downed the Golden Lions 38-8.
The new 18-team rugby model has advantages for SA franchises but there are some drawbacks.
Cheetahs players Brussow and Le Roux complement each other in a way that adds up to more than one plus one.
The Cheetahs have lifted themselves off the bottom of the overall points log, switching places with the Stormers.
Bent but unbowed by the crippling strike, Rustenburg Impala’s rugby team has triumphed.
As overseas markets offer high pay, the departure of four players will be the first time that more Springboks will play rugby overseas than in SA.
Flyhalf Colin Slade kicked six goals, taking advantage of a one-sided penalty count, to boost the Crusaders to an 18-17 win over the Chiefs.
The Hurricanes have stretched their winning streak to three games, scoring three second-half tries to claim a record 39-20 win over the Blues.
Given the mixed performances, it’s impossible to predict who the top six teams will be for Super Rugby, writes Andy Capostagno.
Lwazi Mvovo scored a superb chip-and-chase try for the Sharks 13 minutes from time at Ellis Park.
Gareth Anscombe stepped comfortably into the boots of injured All Blacks flyhalf Aaron Cruden, kicking 17 points to steer the Chiefs to a win.
If the Hamilton team’s determination is anything to go by, the Sharks have a mountain to climb if they want to win the Super Rugby title.
The Springboks start the 2014 international season with a match against a World XV team with stars from the All Blacks, Wallabies and Six Nations.
Flyhalf Beauden Barrett exceeded 100 points for the season, kicking six penalties to lift the Hurricanes to a 25-20 win over the Bulls in Super Rugby.
The Bulls are significantly dehorned with their favourite comeback kid back on coaching duty.
Second half tries lifted South Africa’s Sharks to a comfortable 32-10 victory over NSW Waratahs in their Super Rugby match at King’s Park.
Wallaby flyhalf Quade Cooper has kicked the Queensland Reds to a slogging 22-17 win over South Africa’s Western Stormers in Brisbane.
The Super Rugby season has barely started, but the Kiwis are already under a long white cloud.
Frans Steyn tops the list of World Cup winners who are getting back to their best in Super Rugby this season.
A last-minute penalty helped the Griquas narrowly beat the Blue Bulls at Loftus in Pretoria.
South African Super Rugby teams the Stormers and the Bulls have both made "emergency" player signings early in the season.
The Cape rugby team have something to prove after a public dressing down from captain Jean de Villiers.
The Lions have beaten the Stormers 34-10 for their first victory against the coastal side since the Cats franchise dissolved before the 2006 season.
Pretoria’s Blue Bulls will have to move with the times, even if it means disposing of a few prime assets.
Comeback king Victor Matfield may be the key to bulldozing the Sharks into the ground – aided by the new rugby scrum laws.
After nearly two years of not playing in the Super Rugby, the Lions may find adjusting to the elite tournament tricky when they make their return.
There’s an air of expectancy surrounding the Sharks ahead of this year’s Super Rugby tournament, with a new chief executive and director.
Former Springbok stalwart Victor Matfield will make his return to the playing field for the Bulls in this year’s Super Rugby tournament.
Two referees for rugby games in future, the expansion of the "mark" law and a rejig of the Currie Cup set the tone for rugby in the year ahead.
South Africa is still satisfying the voracious global appetite for elite rugby players – not just has-beens, writes Andy Capostagno.
A talented French team packed with powerful forwards will be a real test for the Boks in the final rugby match of their European tour.
South Africa showed their pedigree as the world’s number two side, despatching Scotland 28-0 with clinical efficiency in a one-sided contest.