Super 14

There was some good news for Springbok and Sharks captain John Smit, who was told on Monday that there is ‘no structural damage’ as a result of a neck injury he suffered. Muller, Bismarck has long term injuries
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UPDATE: The Hurricanes’ All Black midfielder Ma’a Nonu has been forced to apologised for an expletive-laden radio outburst after his team’s 33-27 Super 14 win over the Chiefs last Saturday.
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SUPER 14 LOG UPDATED The rain cam, pouring down at a packed Loftus Versfeld on Saturday evening but despite the weather the sell-out crowd sat enthralled for 80 minutes as the Bulls eventually won 27-19, a deserved win but a tough one.
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There has been a suggestion that the Sharks, desperate to keep their slim play-off hopes alive, will be chasing a four-try bonus point – meaning they will be employing an expansive game.
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The hapless Lions are on the brink of an unwanted record – the most consecutive defeats in Super Rugby. If they stumble against the Force on Saturday, and suffer their 11th defeat of the season, it will secure them a share of the record currently held by the Bulls.
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The Blues have dismissed the notion that they are playing to keep their faint, mathematical hope of a play-off spot alive.
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The Brumbies ended the Reds’ dream run with an impressive 32-12 demolition of the men from Queensland in their Super 14 crunch match in Canberra on Saturday.
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Reds coach Ewen McKenzie may have gone through the usual pre-match cliches when he said he expects a fired up Brumbies to play their best game of the season when they host the Reds on Saturday.
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The Stormers put a huge dent in the seven-time champion Crusaders’ play-off hopes when they destroyed them – recording a 42-14 win at a packed Newlands on Friday.
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SANZAR referees boss Lyndon Bray says he pulled Steve Walsh from Saturday’s Brumbies-Reds Super 14 clash in Canberra in the best interests of the game, and not because of the pressure caused by Matt Giteau’s comments.
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Springbok hooker Adriaan Strauss is confident of returning to the playing field by the start of the Currie Cup season in July.
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Akona Ndungane broke his leg for the second time in a year on Wednesday hours before he would have been named in the Bulls team for this weekend.
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Springbok lock Bakkies Botha makes a welcome return to the field this weekend when he lines up alongside his old partner Victor Matfield for the Bulls ahead of their match against the Sharks on Saturday. J-L Potgieter also makes a start
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Griquas prop Albertus Buckle is the newest member of the Vodacom Stormers extended squad. Dickinson to ref at Newlands.
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The Crusaders have been reminded they could do a lot worse than follow their leader as their Rebel Sport Super 14 rugby title hopes go on the line this week.
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