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Beauden Barrett joins an illustrious group of players to join Suntory Sungoliath

Beauden Barrett's move to Japanese side Suntory Sungoliath sees the All Black playmaker join an illustrious group of former test stars who have pulled on the yellow and black jersey.   The...

Buckman and Franklin sign in Japan

Highlanders’ midfielder Richard Buckman and lock Tom Franklin have both signed a two year deal with Japanese club the Kobe Steelers.  Kobe Steel’s new General Manager is Wayne Smith and...

Top League: Week 1 Round Up

The 2017/18 Japanese Top League kicked off this past weekend with some closely fought matches.   Black Ram's started their season off with a victory over Shining Arcs. Tamati Ellison scored 12 of...

Maori All Blacks named to face British & Irish Lions

Māori All Blacks Head Coach Colin Cooper has named an experienced squad to play the British & Irish Lions in Rotorua next Saturday. The 2017 Māori All Blacks Squad for the New Zealand Lions...

Naholo returns for Highlanders against Sunwolves

Highlanders head coach Tony Brown has named a strong Super Rugby team to play the Sunwolves in Invercargill on Saturday that includes All Black winger Waisake Naholo After a five week break due to injury...

Super Rugby teams (Round 6)

SARugbymag. co. za brings you all the Super Rugby team lineups as they are announced. HIGHLANDERS vs REBELS (Friday, 08:35)Highlanders – 15 Ben Smith (c), 14 Tevita Li, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Richard...

Aaron Smith set to make his 100th Super Rugby appearances

Friday night’s match against the Rebels will mark halfback Aaron Smith’s 100th Super Rugby game and 100thgame for the Highlanders. Smith debuted in 2011 against the Bulls in Pretoria and has...

Super Rugby Round 5 team sheets

Crusaders Vs Western Force The Crusaders line-up: Crusaders coach Scott Robertson has made seven changes and a positional change to their starting XV to face the Western Force on Friday. Prop...

Highlanders updated Super Rugby squad for 2017

The Highlanders have announced the squad to contest the 2017 Super Rugby Competition. The team includes five players new to the squad as well as fulltime professional contracts for Fletcher Smith...

Super Rugby Highlights: Lions vs Highlanders (SF1)