Super Rugby Round 9 Preview Part 1
1 decade ago by Len KaplanYes, in Super Rugby any team can beat any other team because there is not that huge a difference in the talent each team has in its ranks, and yes, refereeing inaccuracy and inconsistency and guessing...
Time to get over the rugby
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comA fortnight ago we suggested that the weekend's round of Vodacom Super Rugby was an opportunity for South African sports fans to get over the harrowing experience of seeing the Proteas exit from the...
Dan Carter and Richie McCaw on the bench for Crusaders' battle with Highlanders
1 decade ago by TVNZ New ZealandDan Carter returns to the Crusaders squad for Saturday night's Super Rugby battle with the Highlanders in Christchurch. The All Black returned home early from the side's trip to South Africa for the arrival...
Record-setting Thorn to finally retire
1 decade ago by Rugby 365New Zealand's World Cup-winning lock turned Leicester captain Brad Thorn is to retire at the end of the English season. Thorn, 40, originally made his name in Rugby League and won eight caps in the...
Preview: S15 Round Nine, Part One
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Desperate times call for desperate measures. It may be a well-worn cliche, but it certainly rings true for a few of the teams in Round Nine. We have just one Friday game and that includes a very...
Leicester lock Thorn to retire
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsLeicester Tigers and former New Zealand lock Brad Thorn will retire from playing at the end of this season. The 40-year-old began his career in rugby league, representing Australia eight times. ...
Super Rugby 2015 Predictions: Round 9
1 decade ago by The Rugby BlogBlues vs BrumbiesThe Blues are still winless and again in round eight it was a case of what could have been for John Kirwan’s side. They grabbed a losing bonus point away at the Chiefs – no mean...
Groom confident Carr will fill gap
1 decade ago by Super Sport.comDuane Vermeulen’s early departure for home as per what DHL Stormers coach Allister Coetzee has called a plan hatched long ago will bring Nizaam Carr back into the Cape team’s starting mix for the...
Stormers need Nemo at his best
1 decade ago by Rugby 365The absence of Springbok superstar Duane Vermeulen has thrusted Nizaam Carr back into the Super Rugby spotlight. The Stormers will be without the South African Player of the Year, Vermeulen, for their...
Crusaders run riot hammering the Sharks
1 decade ago by TVNZ New ZealandThe Crusaders ran riot with eight tries in a 52-10 hammering of the Sharks in South Africa this morning to lay down the biggest marker in round eight of Super Rugby. The New Zealand side scored two tries...
