Super Rugby

SuperWrap: Week 7, 2015

Flyin' Lion shows the way Not even the most optimistic of Emirates Lions fans would have predicted their team to come away from Australasia this year with three Vodacom Super Rugby wins under their belt. That...

Lions lose Muller

The Emirates Lions were dealt a setback when it was revealed that lock Martin Muller has been ruled out of Saturday’s Vodacom Super Rugby clash with the Vodacom Bulls at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg. Muller...

Steyn suspended until May

The Cell C Sharks will have to live with the reality that they will have to be without star playmaker Frans Steyn until the beginning of May after the Sanzar appeal against an initial disciplinary committee...

Matfield out with knee injury?

Officially he is being rested as per the agreement with SA Rugby, but there is real concern that Victor Matfield may be hiding a knee injury that could keep him out a lot longer than this week. The...

Carr dropped as Stormers beef up

Springbok strongmen Duane Vermeulen and Eben Etzebeth have been added to the DHL Stormers starting team as coach Allister Coetzee looks to up the weight and physicality of the pack for Friday’s important...

Unbeaten Shimlas to host Pukke

The unbeaten FNB UFS-Shimlas will host FNB NWU-Pukke in their first-ever FNB Varsity Cup final in Bloemfontein on April 13. The Free State side saw off defending champions FNB UCT in their home semifinal...

Super Rugby - All You Need To Know From Round 7

Saracens break record at Wembley

Europe’s domestic leagues were back in full flow last weekend following the conclusion of the Six Nations, meaning that plenty of top South African stars based on the continent were back in action. Starting...

Crusaders will test Sharks’ resurgence

Three consecutive wins and top spot on the Vodacom Super Rugby South African conference table should have left Cell C Sharks director of rugby Gary Gold beaming from ear to ear on Saturday night, but...

Bulls face tough choices

Vodacom Bulls coach Frans Ludeke has some uncomfortable decisions to make as his team head into the next phase of Vodacom Super Rugby. The use of the squad system has done them well so far with the...