A galvanized Fijian Drua win has added huge levels of reinforcement to the two expansion teams’ existence in the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific competition. This Fijian Drua win over the Melbourne Rebels came hours after Moana Pasifika had made their delayed first performance; after Covid-19 disrupted their launch over two rounds. And both teams excelled […] READ MORE
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Super Rugby Round 9: South African Conferences Talking Points
Super Rugby Round 9 presented the teams in the South African Conferences with a real mixed bag of results, with very little quality to be found. Emirates Lions 24 – Tries: Harold Vorster, Lionel Mapoe, Ruan Ackermann; Conversions: Elton Jantjies (3); Penalty: Jantjies Jaguares 21 – Tries: Matias Orlando, Rodrigo Baez, Guido Petti; Cons: Nicolas […] READ MORE
Southern hemisphere Rugby Cities with both League and Union teams
In the southern hemisphere, Australia and New Zealand have five cities that play host to both professional rugby league and union teams. The game has a wide reach throughout the region; Australasia, the Pacific, and across the Southern Hemisphere. Fan loyalty can be engrained, although, at times, it might be whichever game has the most […] READ MORE
Super Rugby 2019 Finals Series to be confirmed within 48 hours
Within the next 48 hours, all the qualifiers for the Super Rugby 2019 Finals Series will be decided. Eight sides have chances to join the top-seeded teams, for the quarterfinals matches beginning on June 21. A real weekend of ‘tie-breaker’ fixtures, due to both the close nature of this year’s contest but, as much to […] READ MORE
Super Rugby Week 5: A look at the results of the South African Franchises
Super Rugby Week 5 saw the Lions make a fantastic comeback against the Rebels and the Stormers blow the Jaguares away. Super Rugby Week 5 Our focus game this weekend has to be the Emirates Lions encounter against the Melbourne Rebels in Johannesburg. Emirates Lions 36 Melbourne Rebels 33 Emirates Lions – Tries: Malcolm Marx, Marnus […] READ MORE
Super Rugby Snapshot – All Smiles for Sunwolves and Rebels
If fans are to take anything away from the opening three rounds of the competition, it must include the classic ‘Super Rugby Snapshot’ of delighted Sunwolves players (after their first-ever win on New Zealand soil). The caption above is a wonderful sporting image. And one of determination from the Japanese Super Rugby franchise. After 20-plus attempts […] READ MORE
Too early to Tell; Aussie Super Rugby sides recovery
Enjoying the results, and the quality of their rugby play, is it ‘too early to tell’ whether the Aussie Super Rugby sides recovery is proof of an Rugby World Cup revival? Certainly too early – only two rounds into the 2019 Super Rugby season. But it has not stopped Aussie Super Rugby supporters, and those […] READ MORE
Rugby’s Most Notorious Players in Recent Memory
“You have the right to remain silent…” Until you hear those words, you’re really not one of rugby’s most notorious players. Maybe it doesn’t have to go that far but that’s roughly what Rebels’ player, Amanaki Mafi, heard on Sunday. New Zealand police arrested the Rebels’ loose forward due to an incident involving his own […] READ MORE
Finals hope for Australian Super Rugby Conference
There is stills Quarter-Finals hope for Australian Super Rugby Conference - or should that be 'final'. The only surviving team, the NSW Waratahs READ MORE
Super Rugby SA Conference Week 19 Wrap
That’s it folks. The Super Rugby SA Conference Week 19 Games are done and that concludes the regular season of the tournament. As the dust settles, we take a look at the final games before the playoffs commence next week and look forward to the SA Conference teams who’re still in the running of the […] READ MORE