There has been a South African team at the top of the Super 14 standings since Week One – the first six weeks the Bulls sat in first place and at the weekend the Sharks moved to the No.1 spot.
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There has been a South African team at the top of the Super 14 standings since Week One – the first six weeks the Bulls sat in first place and at the weekend the Sharks moved to the No.1 spot.
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Respect for the unknown has the New South Wales Waratahs on guard ahead of Saturday night’s Super 14 clash with South Africa’s Stormers at Sydney Football Stadium.
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Western Force are hoping to close a deal with the Stormers’ former Springboks five-eighth Peter Grant in an attempt to fight off a Brumbies bid for Wallabies sensation James O’Connor.
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The Sharks may have paid a dear price for their impressive 35-14 win over the Brumbies at the weekend, which saw them storm to the top of the Super 14 standings – with Springbok wing JP Pietersen carrying a calf injury.
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Representatives of the management of SuperSport met with former Springbok Joost van der Westhuizen on Monday to discuss further allegations which have been made against the presenter in the media over the past few weeks.
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Can PietPloos’ team make it two out of two?
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This week I want to take a look at the scrumhalf, more specifically the defending scrumhalf, and his options at the scrum when it comes to offside.
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The Brumbies’ visit to South Africa received another blow after some of the team members’ belongings were stolen at the their hotel.
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Veteran Lions and Springbok wing Ashwin Willemse has unexpectedly announced his retirement from rugby in mid-season.
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The election of Jan Marais as independent director to the board of SA Rugby can be disputed after it emerged that the South African Rugby Union (SARU) breached its own constitution in the process.
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There are fears that Brumbies rugby player Shawn Mackay, who was injured in a pedestrian accident in Durban in the early hours of Sunday morning, may be paralysed.
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Springbok winger Bryan Habana is ready to regain the mojo that made him a superstar – all with the help of a woman.
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Sondag reports that Cheeky Watson called Peter de Villiers a baboon at a meeting on 10 December. It is their main story on page 1.
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The Leon Boshoff saga that rocked Lions, and indeed South African, rugby in the past fortnight has once again highlighted one of the biggest problems in the country – the ‘racial’ undertones that bedevil the sport.
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The Lions will try and put the off-field disappointments behind them as the square up against the Hurricanes.
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The Sharks are back in SA and will start their run of home games against the Brumbies
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The Chiefs travel to Brisbane to take on the unpredictable Reds.
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The Stormers start their tour with a tough encounter in Christchurch against the Crusaders.
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The Bulls will look for their second consecutive win on tour when they face up against the Highlanders.
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Japan, one of the supposed aces up the sleeve of Australian Rugby Union CEO John O’Neill in his stand-off with South Africa, regard Super Rugby as a ‘sinking ship’ and are not keen on keen venturing into SANZAR’s rough seas.
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But for the dotting of some i’s and the crossing of a few t’s it seems that the NZ Maori’s will be playing a South African XV after all. Funding should not stand in way.
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The Blues will host the Waratahs who has lost their last two games.
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Mike Stofile is set to return to SA Rugby as a director of its board on Friday, while the smaller unions are also ready to strengthen their grip on the running of the game.
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The table-topping Bulls are confident that they will be able to sidestep any complacency pitfalls as they head to the student city of Palmerston North for their Super 14 encounter with the Highlanders on Saturday.
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Former Blues coach David Nucifora has warned the New South Wales Waratahs of the Blues’ dangerous whiplash effect, where a woeful performance is followed by a white-hot one.
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I promised I would try and do this time permitting, and I seem to have some time on my hands!
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Leon Boshoff was found ‘not guilty’ but is still out of a job at the Lions.
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Jean de Villiers is facing a serious test of his abilities in his 50th game for the Stormers on Saturday, with the Crusaders set to have All Black centre Casey Laulala available for selection for the Super14 clash in Christchurch.
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