Conference battle enters crucial phase
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comIt’s just one game into the second half of the league phase of the season for most teams, but for the contenders in the South African conference their Vodacom Super Rugby campaigns reach a crucial...
Can Brussow make the World Cup squad?
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comToyota Cheetahs forward Heinrich Brussow has certainly raised eyebrows with his performances on the away leg of the Cheetahs' tour, but in a Rugby World Cup year with so much riding on the selection of...
Bok props back for Sharks
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comThe return of the two experienced Springbok props, Beast Mtawarira and Jannie du Plessis, are the only things that the Vodacom Bulls should take for granted about the Cell C Sharks team they will clash...
The Shortball highlights from Round 9 of Super Rugby
1 decade ago by Rugby DumpWith slightly less controversy than Round 8, but no less excitement, Round 9 of Super Rugby was awash with great tries, more surprise results and as always some brutal hits to cap it all off. The...
Mark Richards KO'd after colliding with the shoulder of Willem Alberts
1 decade ago by Rugby DumpMaking his debut for the Lions in Round 9 of Super Rugby this weekend, winger Mark Richards' evening ended early when he was left unconscious after taking a heavy knock from Sharks flanker, Willem...
Preview: S15 Round Nine, Part Two
1 decade ago by Rugby 365There will be a lot of desperation on display in the second half of the weekend's Super Rugby matches. We start this part of our preview in Perth, where the Cheetahs - on a five-match losing streak...
Wentzel to lead the revamped Sharks
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comLock Marco Wentzel will lead a Cell C Sharks team that has undergone wholesale changes for Saturday night’s Vodacom Super Rugby derby against the Emirates Lions in Johannesburg. Sharks director...
Alberts: Why Sharks lost their cool
1 decade ago by Rugby 365INTERVIEW: Returning Springbok loose forward Willem Alberts has come out in defence of his under-fire Sharks teammates.
Sharks have to find a captain
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comAfter the Cell C Sharks struggled to overcome the Western Force recently, director of rugby Gary Gold was heard to mutter over a drink later that evening “We just need big Willem back, that’s what...
Lambie’s injury increases Sharks’ woes
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comSpringbok flyhalf Patrick Lambie has been ruled out of rugby for six weeks because of a neck vertebrae injury suffered in the humiliating loss to the Crusaders at the weekend, thus increasing the Cell...
