Springboks vs Japan - Game Preview
1 decade agoJapan are on a mission to achieve one of the great giant-killing acts in World Cup history by scoring an unlikely victory over the Springboks in Brighton. That’s not going to happen. Japan’s scrummaging...
Super Rugby Round 18 Preview Part 2
1 decade ago by Len KaplanThe Waratahs look to secure a home semi-final, and the Bulls and Cheetahs meet in a clash of SA underperforming, also-ran teams. The Sharks play a vastly weakened Stormers team, the latter having already...
Super Rugby Round 16 Preview Part 1
1 decade ago by Len KaplanThe log-leading Hurricanes travel to Nelson to play the disappointing Crusaders, the Bulls are in Canberra where they hope to achieve their first tour win, the Sharks are back in Durban and host the...
South Africa - The State of the Nation
1 decade ago by Len KaplanIf it were Bakkies… A question frequently asked this weekend after Waratahs lock Will Skelton helped a teammate to lift a Crusaders opponent and then drive him into the ground, then shoulder-charged...
Super Rugby Round 14 Preview Part 2
1 decade agoThe Waratahs host the Sharks, with both needing bounce-back performances after a disappointing game for the defending champions in Perth, and an unhappy season thus far for the Sharks. The Lions, who...
Super Rugby Round 13 Preview Part 1
1 decade ago by Len KaplanIn Friday’s matches we have the underachieving Crusaders against the sadly disappointing Reds, and then the similarly underperforming Blues playing the spirited, sometimes overachieving Rebels. Let’s...
Steyn wearing No 12 against Hurricanes
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comCell C Sharks director of rugby Gary Gold has changed his flyhalf in a much changed team for Saturday’s Vodacom Super Rugby clash with the Hurricanes in Wellington, but it is not Frans Steyn who is...
Sharks fight is extinguished in Dunedin
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comThere has been a lot of talk from the coaching staff about the team wanting to fight to the bitter end but that end may have already arrived on Friday in Dunedin for a Cell C Sharks team that effectively...
Kanko out as Sharks stars return
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comSpringbok 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...
Find ten Springbok hopefuls to cut, Heyneke
1 decade ago by TheRoar.com.auHere’s your chance to be Heyneke Meyer. Get your neck veins bulging, and scream the anthem. Then, find ten guys to cross off your World Cup list. There are forty-one men in the mix. There is the...
