As the Super Rugby tournament reaches its halfway mark, fans are growing weary of the repetition.
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 Blues are steeled to produce a huge performance against the Highlanders this weekend, motivated by news that lock Kurtis Haiu has cancer.
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.
Former champions’ slide in the log speaks of a "been there, done that" attitude.
The Canterbury Crusaders continued to set the pace in the Super 15 competition when they put away the Waikato Chiefs 34-16 on Friday.
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.
The high-flying Queensland Reds will put the Stormers’ unbeaten six-match run to the test in the feature match of this weekend’s Super 15.
The Highlanders stunned the Brumbies with two first-half tries in as many minutes on their way to a scrappy 26-20 Super Rugby win on Friday.
After a month on the sidelines, Schalk Burger has returned to lead the Stormers in their Super Rugby clash against the Sharks in Durban.
The switch of venue from the Crusaders’ home turf in Christchurch to Twickenham plays into their hands.
It’s still early in the Super season, but sofar the Durbanites look set to overtake theBulls as SA’s rugby stars.
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/ 25 February 2011
Perennial Super Rugby strugglers the Highlanders continued their brilliant start to the season by beating the Chiefs 23-13 on Friday.
There have been times since the end of isolation when it was difficult to know where the next Springbok flyhalf was coming from.
The new Super Rugby tournament kicks off this weekend without the Stormers. The Cape side have a bye, which may seem like a waste of time.
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/ 2 September 2010
The Western Force have released coach John Mitchell from the final year of his contract and he will join the Lions on a three-year contract.
Argentina has taken a major step towards joining an expanded Tri-Nations rugby competition in 2012 after the IRB changed player availability rules.
The Southern Kings franchise has demanded that the South African Rugby Union ensure the franchise takes part in the Super 15 competition in 2011.
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/ 24 February 2010
Batsmen around the world are relieved as Brett Lee quits Test cricket and still no love for the Southern Kings. It’s the quotes of the week.
John Smit will become the first South African to play 100 games for a Super rugby team when the Sharks hosts the Cheetahs on Friday night.
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/ 13 January 2010
Australian World Cup winning coach Rod Macqueen has been lured out of retirement to take over as the first coach of Melbourne’s new Super 15 franchise
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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.
Southern hemisphere rugby body Sanzar on Thursday called for expressions of interest for a 15th team to join Super Rugby from 2011.
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/ 13 January 2009
A new rugby franchise for the South-Eastern Cape will be launched in June with the goal of eventually appearing in Super Rugby.