Bulls beat Sharks for first win
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumThe Bulls put a disastrous start to the Super Rugby season behind them on Saturday with a thrilling 43-35 triumph over the Sharks in a South African derby. After home losses to the Stormers and Hurricanes,...
Cheetahs inflict further pain on winless Blues
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumThe Blues have made their worst start to a Super Rugby season after conceding a controversial late penalty to lose 25-24 to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein. Cheetahs five-eighth Joe Pietersen slotted...
Cheetahs edge Bloem thriller
1 decade ago by Rugby 365The Cheetahs hung on desperately for a thrilling one-point (25-24) Super Rugby win over the Blues in Bloemfontein on Friday. The teams scored three tries each, with Joe Pietersen slotting a penalty...
Blues off to worst start in Super Rugby
1 decade ago by TVNZ New ZealandThree games, three losses. The Blues are officially off to their worst start to the Super Rugby season since the competition's inception 19 years ago, courtesy of this morning's 24-25 defeat at the...
As it happened: Blues v Cheetahs
1 decade ago by TVNZ New ZealandThe Blues suffered a 24-25 defeat to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein this morning. FULLTIME - BLU 24-25 CHEThe Blues regained the short restart and worked into the attacking 22. Ihaia West had a clean...
Super Rugby Round 3 Preview Part 1
1 decade ago by Len KaplanAfter two rounds of Super Rugby’s 18 rounds before the play-offs, we already have 11 of the 15 teams having suffered a defeat, with only the Hurricanes, Chiefs, and Stormers winning their first two...
Weekend teams and predictions
1 decade ago by Front Row GruntChiefs change 11, Hendricks back for the Cheetahs and Kanko back for the Sharks. Take in the weekend’s teams, SuperBru Community picks, collated odds and Tank’s predictions. Tank LanningFriday,...
All Blacks return for desperate Blues
1 decade ago by TVNZ New ZealandAll Blacks Charlie Faumuina and Patrick Tuipulotu will make their first starts of the season for the Blues against the Cheetahs at Bloemfontein on Saturday morning (6. 10am NZT). Faumuina has come off...
Stormers outlast 14-man Blues in Cape Town
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumThe Blues, a man down for most of the match, have fallen to their second Super Rugby defeat, losing to the Stormers 27-16 in Cape Town. Nic Groom and Dillyn Leyds scored the tries for Stormers at Newlands,...
Stormers beat spiteful Blues
1 decade ago by Rugby 365The Stormers got their second win of the season, a 27-16 triumph over the Blues at a sun-bathed Newlands on Saturday. It is a win that will be both celebrated and loathed. The celebration will...
