Franco Marais rugby player
Franco Marais rugby player

Franco Marais

23rd Sep 1992 1.85m/108kg Hooker

As it happened: The Sharks have no answer to Highlanders fire power

9 years ago by TVNZ New Zealand

The Highlanders have dominated the Sharks winning 48-15. FULLTIME77 min - HIG 48-15 SHATRY! Elliot Dixon has crossed over to score - the Highlanders are proving to be unstoppable at this point. 71 min...

Highlanders smash sloppy Sharks

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The Highlanders handed the hapless Sharks another lesson, beating the troubled South African team 48-15 in Dunedin on Friday. They outscored a sloppy Sharks team by seven tries to two in an entertaining...

Weekend teams and predictions

9 years ago by Front Row Grunt

Back to a monster “Super Saturday” this weekend, with evening SA derbies in Bloem and Pretoria. Catch the teams, times, odds, SuperBru community picks and predictions by Tank Lanning and Bob Skinstad. Tank...

Preview: S15 Round 12, Part One

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The opening day of Super Rugby's round 12 is divided between winners and losers. First up is two teams desperate to stay in the play-off race after defeats in their last outings. The sixth-placed...

Boks bolster travelling Sharks

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The Sharks wasted no time in rushing back a number of Springboks for the opening match of their Australasian tour. Director of Rugby Gary Gold welcomed back hooker Bismarck du Plessis, lock Stephan...

Kanko out as Sharks stars return

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

Springbok Ryan Kankowski has been a late withdrawal from the Cell C Sharks squad that will fly out from Durban on Saturday ahead of their four-match Vodacom Super Rugby tour of New Zealand and Australia. Kankowski...

Kankowski blow for Sharks

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The Sharks were death a cruel blow on the eve of their departure on a four-week Australasian Super Rugby tour. Seasoned Springbok loose forward and Sharks stalwart Ryan Kankowski has been ruled out...

Bulls outmuscle Sharks in the Tank

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The Bulls outmuscle the Sharks in a tense Super Rugby encounter in Durban on Saturday, winning 17-10. With the teams  having scored one try each, it was the boot of Springbok flyhalf Handré Pollard...

Preview: S15 Round 10, Part Two

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The spotlight will shine brightly on the South African teams in this edition of our preview, even though two of the matches are cross-conference encounters. With the SA conference a closely contested...

Super Rugby Round 9 Preview Part 2

9 years ago by Len Kaplan

The Force are back home in Perth after their fortnight in South Africa, well rested after a bye week, and have a golden opportunity to break their six-game losing streak against the embattled Cheetahs....