The Crusaders defeated 14-man Emirates Lions 25-17 in a gripping Vodacom Super Rugby Final played at Emirates Airlines Park in Johannesburg on Saturday afternoon to lift their eighth title and deny the home side a dream finish to an emotional campaign. The match was marked by the first half red card shown to Kwagga Smith... Continue Reading →
Record Crowd Set for 2017 Super Rugby Final
On Saturday the 2017 Super Rugby Final kicks-off at Emirates Airlines Park in Johannesburg between the Lions (South Africa) and the Crusaders (New Zealand). The match is set to break the all-time attendance match record of 61,823 crowd set at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, at the 2014 Super Rugby Final. The Lions, runners-up in 2016 to... Continue Reading →
Unchanged Emirates Lions and Crusaders set for titanic deciding battle in 2017 Vodacom Super Rugby Final
Capacity crowd to watch 2017 Vodacom Super Rugby Final in Johannesburg The Emirates Lions and the Crusaders have announced unchanged teams for their 2017 Vodacom Super Rugby Final on Saturday in Johannesburg. Kick off at Emirates Airline Park is at 16h00 and the decider will be televised live on SuperSport 1. Emirates Lions coach Johan... Continue Reading →
All Blacks and Lions end third test – and 2017 series – in a draw
We came to celebrate, but it ended in stalemate. Would you believe it? In the most controversial of circumstances, the All Blacks and British and Irish Lions could not be separated in a dramatic final, deciding test at Eden Park. At the end of a pulsating encounter referee Romain Poite had the major say we... Continue Reading →
Super Rugby Preview -Sharks in must win game against the Lions on Saturday
We are 20 years into Super Rugby, and there have been detractors that have said the competition has run its course, but how can you give a death sentence to a competition that after just one round has a premier team in the Sharks fighting for their lives? For those who think this a melodramatic... Continue Reading →
The Sharks have their entire Super Rugby campaign riding on the match
When you take a close look at Saturday’s Super Rugby clash between the Lions and the Sharks at Ellis Park, there is a decidedly incestuous link between the line-ups, from the very top at coaching level right down to the substitutes, but when it comes to kick off you can be assured there will be... Continue Reading →
DHL Stormers injury update – Peter Grant withdrawn
DHL Stormers injury update - Peter Grant withdrawn DHL Stormers flyhalf Peter Grant has been withdrawn from the squad to take on the MTN Lions in Johannesburg this weekend. Grant took a blow to the knee in practice on Tuesday and has not recovered sufficiently. Gary Van Aswegen will wear the 10 jersey, whilst Lionel... Continue Reading →
Bulls and the Boks and the world cup
Springbok rugby fans would have watched last week's corralling of the Bulls by the rampant Crusaders with a growing sense of foreboding. The men from Pretoria barely pointed a horn in anger at the Kiwis, despite frustrated captain Victor Matfield exhorting them to at least attempt a stampede. Instead they were reduced to a bunch... Continue Reading →
Conrad at fullback and no Habana( whoop whoop) !!!!!!! for DHL Stormers
DHL STORMERS SIDE TO TAKE ON THE MTN LIONS ANNOUNCED Coach Allister Coetzee today named a match 22, to take on the Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday. CJ Van Der Linde gets a start and will wear the number 3 jersey, as Brok Harris, is rotated to the bench. Lock Rynhardt Elstadt falls out of... Continue Reading →
Sharks doggedly did the business in Durban tonight
SHARKS (17) 27 LIONS (3) 3 by MIKE GREENAWAY AT KINGS PARK ON a day when the South African Super Rugby Conference was blown wide open by events in Timaru and Cape Town, the Sharks doggedly did the business in Durban to defeat the Lions for the tenth consecutive time in this competition. Considerably more... Continue Reading →
Stefan Terblanche, on Sat will earn an unprecented 200th caps for the Sharks
Saturday night’s match against the Lions in Durban will be a record-breaking affair for veteran Stefan Terblanche, who will earn an unprecented 200th caps for the Sharks while reaching the incredible milestone of 400 first class matches. Capped 37 times for the Springboks, he has played 112 Super Rugby and 87 Currie Cup matches for... Continue Reading →
Sharks pressure is on re Sat game against the Lions
THERE was no beating about the bush from Sharks coach John Plumtree yesterday when he described the situation the Sharks are in after losing their last two matches and the huge importance of beating the Lions at Kings Park on Saturday night. He rather creatively said: “We are staring down a hole and if we... Continue Reading →
1995 World Cup Winner Chester Williams joins Feed Me campaign
‘Feeding the nation …. One plate at a time.’ That’s the motto that the Eden Lions Club of George has chosen for their dynamic new campaign, which aims to put a plate of food on the table of as many hungry South Africans as possible. The Eden Lions Club, based in George, is a member... Continue Reading →