It doesn’t take many brain cells to see that the ?Super 18 system is penalising attacking play.
Poor form leaves Durbanites with an uphill climb to overcome Super Rugby’s unforgiving structure.
The new 18-team rugby model has advantages for SA franchises but there are some drawbacks.
The red card against Springbok Bismarck du Plessis in Saturday’s rugby test between South Africa and New Zealand has been removed from his record.
The last round of Super 15 log fixtures will see Pretoria’s finest looking to seal their dominance. Andy Capostagno reports.
The Wallabies should team up with the All Blacks and the Springboks to tackle the British and Irish Lions, says Australia’s rugby union chief.
In the third season of a 15-team structure for Super Rugby, questions are being asked about inconsistencies in the format.
Superior local support has given the union an advantage in dividing up Super Rugby sponsorship revenue.
The new format for 2012 Super Rugby means that in the early stages of the tournament it is hard to judge the real strength of the teams.
Rebels lock Adam Byrnes has been found guilty of eye-gouging and suspended for 10 weeks after he was cited during the match against the Waratahs.
As the 2012 Super Rugby season kicks off, <b>Andy Capostagno</b> analyses the three conferences and looks ahead to a weekend of local derbies.
Rugby union’s announcement of Southern Kings’ inclusion in Super rugby tournament is a thorny issue.
Addition of Southern Kings to the competition adds spice to the closing stages of log play.
Super Rugby matches in the three-week play-offs starting this weekend will be decided by penalty shoot-outs if teams are deadlocked after extra time.
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/ 11 September 2010
Argentina, set to play in a revamped Four Nations from 2012, have moved a step closer to joining the tournament’s governing body Sanzar.
Wellington Hurricanes chief executive Greg Peters has been appointed the first permanent head of southern hemisphere rugby’s governing body.
A misconduct charge against Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has been dismissed, Sanzar said on Tuesday.
While results on the field may be far from satisfactory, the South African Rugby Union was in a bullish mood this week.
Sanzar says a misconduct charge against South Africa rugby coach Peter de Villiers will be heard in Cape Town on Friday.
International Rugby Board (IRB) president Bernard Lapasset is backing Argentina’s integration into the Tri-Nations tournament by 2012.
Administrators are looking to this year’s Super 14 to provide a much-needed turnaround in television audience share and fan disillusionment
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/ 28 October 2009
A World Cup-winning captain and a retired high court judge have been appointed to decide which team would join an expanded Super 15 competition.
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/ 21 October 2009
An independent arbitrator will decide which new team will join the expanded Super 15 after SANZAR failed to reach an agreement on Wednesday.
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/ 14 September 2009
Argentina have been invited to join South Africa, New Zealand and Australia in an expanded Southern hemisphere championship from 2012.
Australia’s bid to form the 15th Super rugby team is being undermined by feuding between the Australian Rugby Union’s management and a disgruntled con
Australian city Melbourne will bid against SA’s Southern Kings franchise for the 15th Super rugby team when the competition expands in 2011.
Melbourne has been selected as Australia’s sole contender for inclusion in the expanded Super rugby competition.
Southern hemisphere rugby body Sanzar on Thursday called for expressions of interest for a 15th team to join Super Rugby from 2011.
Southern hemisphere rugby bosses head to Dublin this week where they will attempt to resolve the competition’s future.
With D-Day a little more than three months off, the gloves have come off in Sanzar and the race is on to find some common ground.
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/ 11 February 2009
Super 14 will be on the cusp of change when its fourth year begins on Friday, inflaming tension over audience share with summer sports.
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/ 30 January 2009
This week marked 500 days to the start of the Soccer World Cup and the closer we get, the further behind rugby will fall in the popularity stakes.