Super Rugby Final Preview
8 years ago by Len KaplanAfter 18 Rounds and then two weeks of play-off games, we reach the Super Rugby Final, with the two top teams on the overall log contesting what should be a momentous game. Isn’t it fitting that despite...
Highlanders cruise into Super Rugby final with good win over champion Waratahs
8 years ago by Rugby DumpAaron Smith, Richard Buckman, Waisake Naholo and Patrick Osborne all scored for the Highlanders as they knocked defending Super Rugby champions the Waratahs out at the semi final stage on Saturday. The...
Super Rugby: Semi Final Preview
8 years ago by Len KaplanSuper Rugby’s also-ran teams are busy with post-competition analysis, handing out the requisite commendations and admonitions, and deciding on necessary recriminations and reappointments or replacements....
Super Rugby: 5 Things We Learnt From Qualifiers
8 years ago by Len Kaplan1 Brumbies captain Stephen Moore understands law 21.2 (a) better than Super Rugby, Test, and World Cup referee Jaco Peyper. Despite Moore trying to correct him, Peyper insisted...
Super Rugby - Play Off Preview
8 years ago by Len KaplanSuper Rugby’s conference system means that it is not the top six teams on merit who contest the play-offs. Log points accumulated in each team’s 16 regular season games are not decisive, as the SANZAR...
Super Rugby Round 18: Team of the Week & More
8 years ago by Len KaplanTeam of the Week 15 Israel Folau, 14 Taqele Naiyaravoro, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Rey Lee-Lo, 11 Nemani Nadolo, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Matt Hodgson, 6 Matt Todd, 5 David Dennis,...
Highlanders get bonus-point win over Blues
8 years ago by TheRoar.com.auThe Highlanders have given themselves a great shot at hosting a Super Rugby play-off match with the maximum return from a 44-7 thumping of the hapless Blues. Winger Patrick Osborne’s try in the 50th...
Super Rugby Round 18 Preview Part 1
8 years ago by Len KaplanThe Blues have one last chance to add a little lustre to a sadly lacklustre season, the Force one last chance to earn a rare victory, and the Brumbies will have a go at their outside chance of securing...
Super Rugby Round 16: Team of the Week & More
8 years ago by Len KaplanTeam of the Week Selecting wings is an invidious task this week, with right wings Waisake Naholo, Henry Speight, and Ruan Combrinck, and left wings Nemani Nadolo, S’bura Sithole, Seabelo Senatla,...
Highlanders smash hapless Chiefs
8 years ago by Rugby 365The Highlanders produced a classy second-half performance to record a bonus-point 36-9 win over the Chiefs in a very wet Invercargill on Saturday. The four-tries-to-nil victory kept alive the Highlanders'...
