Sharks coach John Plumtree hailed the "guts and commitment" displayed by his side after their turnaround in Saturday’s Super Rugby encounter.
Like so many rule changes, the unintended consequences of the newly introduced white card undermines the original purpose.
The Highlanders look to extend their unbeaten start to the Super 15 in Wellington this weekend while defending champs Queensland Reds journey to SA.
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotské says his side is desperate to find positive momentum following three losses since the start of the Super Rugby season.
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.
South Africa’s Bulls are aiming to score three out of three Super 15 wins as they face New Zealand’s Otago Highlanders at the weekend.
Bulls captain Pierre Spies says it’s foolish to judge the Blues on their losses in the first two rounds of the competition ahead of their next game.
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.
Bulls utility back Lionel Cronjé has been ruled out for the remainder of this season’s Super Rugby competition due to a chest muscle injury.
The Super Rugby campaign is off to a dreary start in SA, with the Bulls beating the Sharks 18-13 in a lacklustre match marred by errors at Loftus.
Australia’s Queensland Reds say they have no fears as they seek to defend their Super Rugby crown when the season begins this week.
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/ 31 January 2012
South African Rugby Union deputy president Mark Alexander says the national rugby body will lobby for 16 teams to be introduced into Super Rugby.
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/ 30 January 2012
Newly appointed Bok coach Heyneke Meyer says one of his greatest challenges will be to have the country’s Super Rugby franchises on the same page.
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/ 27 January 2012
Saru has announced that the Southern Kings will compete in the Super Rugby competition in 2013.
The new season is about to start and will provide
a weekly dress rehearsal for Springbok selectors.
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/ 18 January 2012
Bulls coach Frans Ludeke says his side will be bigger, stronger and faster going into this year’s Super Rugby season.
Bulls captain Pierre Spies believes their new-look squad can bounce back in next year’s Super Rugby competition.
The Crusaders will play another Super Rugby season away from home as the Lancaster Park stadium needed to be demolished because of earthquake damage.
The Crusaders aim for an eighth Super Rugby crown and hope it serves as a morale boost for those who survived the 6.3-magnitude quake in Christchurch.
New Zealand’s Canterbury Crusaders will battle a resurgent Queensland Reds as they look to seal an emotional eighth Super Rugby title in Brisbane.
The Super Rugby final between Queensland Reds and Canterbury Crusaders will see flyhalf greats Dan Carter and Quade Cooper face each other.
When Stormers skipper Schalk Burger admits to having pre-match butterflies, one can only imagine how excited the younger players are.
The Auckland Blues and Canterbury Crusaders will attempt to become the first teams since 1999 to win Super Rugby semifinals on foreign soil.
Stormers coach Allister Coetzee says Conrad Jantjes is a better choice over Gio Aplon for Saturday’s Super Rugby semifinal against the Crusaders.
It has been more than a decade since any team won a Super Rugby play-off match outside their own country.
Depleted Super Rugby semifinalists Western Stormers signed Schalk Brits on loan from English club Saracens on Monday.
The Crusaders’ season-long odyssey continued by overwhelming a spirited Sharks side 36-8 in Nelson on Saturday to reach the Super Rugby semi-finals.
The Auckland Blues dispatched an injury-ravaged Waratahs 26-13 at a wet Eden Park on Friday to reach the Super Rugby semifinals.
The team from Durban will have to repeat the heroics of their win over the Bulls last weekend if they are to defeat the Crusaders in New Zealand.
John Smit finds himself on the bench again for the Sharks’ Super 15 qualifier against the Crusaders in Nelson on Saturday.
The Blues and injury-ravaged Waratahs are due to launch Super Rugby’s extended play-offs series 78 days before the Rugby World Cup begins.
The Queensland Reds and the Stormers will have to lie in wait for the two survivors of this weekend’s first Super Rugby play-offs round.