Sharks captain John Smit failed his fitness test on Thursday and will not feature in Saturday night’s encounter against the Bulls in Durban.
Flyhalf Butch James is set to get his first start for the Lions in Saturday’s Super Rugby clash against the Waratahs.
Super Rugby’s defending champions Bulls obliterated the Melbourne Rebels on Saturday night, with a 47-10 victory at Loftus Versfeld.
How to deal with New Zealand’s best player is just one problem South Africa’s top teams will have to solve.
Bulls coach Frans Ludeke has promised that they would not expose potential World Cup players to unnecessary risks.
The Waratahs ground out a 20-15 victory over the Western Force to continue their pursuit of the Reds at the top of the Australian conference.
Bismarck du Plessis will be back at hooker for the Sharks’ Super Rugby encounter against the Brumbies in Durban on Saturday.
John Smit, the most capped Test captain in history, was on Monday confirmed by Saru as Springbok captain for the 2011 international season.
A sensational burst of scoring at the start of the second half gave the Bulls a 43-27 victory over the Chiefs in their Super rugby match at Loftus.
After nearly 10 months out of the game, flanker Jean Deysel has been named on the bench for their crucial Super Rugby clash against the Stormers.
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.
Queensland Reds coach Ewen McKenzie refuses to get carried away with his team’s start to the season despite recording a fifth successive win.
The pragmatic coach is one who knows when to take the foot off the accelerator.
After a month on the sidelines, Schalk Burger has returned to lead the Stormers in their Super Rugby clash against the Sharks in Durban.
Dan Carter and Sonny Bill Williams inspired the Crusaders to a 44-28 win over the Sharks in the historic Super 15 game at Twickenham on Sunday.
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.
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.
England stayed on course for their first Grand Slam since 2003 on Sunday, defeating Six Nations rivals Scotland 22-16 in a scrappy encounter.
Melbourne Rebels coach Rod Macqueen has demanded more aggression from his forwards as the team prepare to meet the Sharks.
Cheetahs captain Juan Smith will miss the rest of the Super 15 after heel surgery but he’s expected to be available for the Rugby World Cup.
Former England flyhalf Danny Cipriani has been fined by the Melbourne Rebels for taking a bottle of vodka from behind the bar at a nightclub.
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/ 26 February 2011
Flyhalf Patrick Lambie scored a try and kicked 16 points as the Sharks beat New Zealand’s Auckland Blues 26-12 on Saturday.
It is a while since Le Crunch had such a snap and crackle about it.
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/ 23 February 2011
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is hopeful that Rugby World Cup matches to be played in Christchurch will go ahead as planned later this year.
The Super Rugby competition has expanded to 15 teams but the Bulls still look like the ones to beat.
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/ 1 February 2011
World Cup-winning flyhalf Butch James will be joining the Lions in May, it was announced on Tuesday when he arrived at Lanseria Airport.
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/ 7 December 2010
Luke Watson has said the lure of returning to his home city of Port Elizabeth is behind his decision to leave English club Bath.
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/ 3 December 2010
When SA take on the Barbarians it will be not quite 50 years since the most famous invitation team in the world defeated Avril Malan’s Springboks.
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/ 21 November 2010
New Zealand overwhelmed a battling Ireland side 38-18 on Saturday to stay on course for its third Grand Slam of the home rugby unions in five years.
SA wing Bryan Habana has been ruled out of the remaining Tests of the world champions’ tour after suffering a hand injury in practice on Tuesday.