How to deal with New Zealand’s best player is just one problem South Africa’s top teams will have to solve.
The Blues face the Reds in a top-two Super Rugby showdown this weekend, while Daniel Carter returns to boost the Crusaders title challenge.
Canterbury Crusaders will receive a New Zealand Rugby Union bailout to ease the financial blow suffered in the Christchurch earthquake, reports say.
The Sharks ran in four second half tries to seal a 34-16 win over Australia’s Brumbies in their Super rugby match at Kings Park on Saturday.
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.
Former All Blacks flyhalf Stephen Donald became the seventh player to surpass 800 points in Super rugby on Saturday.
The Auckland Blues held off a charge from the Wellington Hurricanes to claim a 17-11 win and remain top of the New Zealand Super rugby conference.
The Queensland Reds took a commanding lead in the Australian conference of rugby’s Super 15 on Friday with a 33-18 win over the Melbourne Rebels.
Bismarck du Plessis will be back at hooker for the Sharks’ Super Rugby encounter against the Brumbies in Durban on Saturday.
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.
The New South Wales Waratahs kept their play-off hopes alive with a 28-9 win over the Melbourne Rebels in their Super rugby match on Saturday.
The Free State Cheetahs secured their second Super Rugby victory of the season by out-scoring the Brumbies 47-36 in Bloemfontein on Friday.
As the Super Rugby tournament reaches its halfway mark, fans are growing weary of the repetition.
The impact of injuries will be heavily felt in the Super 15 tournament as teams with the ability to replace key players are favoured in matches.
World Cup-winning ex-Springboks rugby coach Jake White has been appointed head coach of the ACT Brumbies for the next four years.
Fed-up Lions coach John Mitchell urged his team’s billionaire investors to take action if they plan to put an end to the losing culture at the union.
Waikato Chiefs flanker Scott Waldrom scored two first-half tries to inspire the New Zealanders to a 34-30 win over the Lions on Saturday.
Australia utility back James O’Connor slotted six penalties to give the Western Force an upset 26-21 win over champions Bulls on Saturday.
The Otago Highlanders produced a superb defensive effort and made their chance count to upset the Canterbury Crusaders 26-18 on Saturday.
Former champions’ slide in the log speaks of a "been there, done that" attitude.
David Smith finally broke a drought with the Western Force to help his side to snap a three-game losing streak to beat the Brumbies.
A record-equalling victory for the Queensland Reds and a win for the Canterbury Crusaders kept the established order intact in the Super 15.
Captain James Horwill scored a 74th minute try to secure a 39-30 victory for the Queensland Reds over South Africa’s Bulls on Saturday.
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.
We have reached the introspective stage of the Super Rugby season, where pre-season optimism has been dashed.
The pace-setting Crusaders will be boosted on Friday by the first Super Rugby appearance of the year by captain Richie McCaw.
Queensland Reds Quade Cooper kicked 14 points and Mike Harris scored a late try in a 19-6 win on Saturday which ended the Stormers’ unbeaten run.
The ACT Brumbies ground out a 17-16 victory over the Wellington Hurricanes on Saturday to snap a five-match losing streak.
The Melbourne Rebels posted their first away triumph in the Super rugby competition, the newcomers winning 26-25 in a thriller against Western Force.
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.
The Western Stormers put the Western Force to the sword to remain the only unbeaten team after six rounds of the Super 15 series this weekend.
Replacement lock Sitaleki Timani scored a last-gasp try to give the New South Wales Waratahs a 29-22 victory over the ACT Brumbies.