DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Friday's Absa Currie Cup clash against the Vodacom Blue Bulls in Pretoria (19h10). Coetzee has made just one change to the starting XV from last week, with Nic Groom and Louis Schreuder rotating at scrumhalf. The DHL WP boss has also opted for... Continue Reading →

The inaugural Varsity Cup competition - back in 2008 - began midway through February and ended in the first week of April, but these days the Varsity Rugby action will get underway at the end of January with the Varsity Shield tournament kicking-off on January 28, 2013.

When the Springboks arrived in Perth for the first time, they boasted a strong record achieved over a century of top level rugby, while being the current World Champions, and while the Wallabies were on the cusp of entering arguably their greatest era, the men from the Republic were en route to snatching the 1998... Continue Reading →

NSW Waratahs prop Paddy Ryan and Western Force winger Nick Cummins have been added to the Qantas Wallabies training group which will assemble in Perth on Sunday ahead of the resumption of The Castrol EDGE Rugby Championship. The pair have both previously been involved with the Wallabies this year, although Ryan missed some training time... Continue Reading →

DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday's Absa Currie Cup clash against the Vodacom Blue Bulls at DHL Newlands (19h10). Coetzee has made seven changes - including one positional switch - to the side that suffered a last-gasp 23-26 loss to the Golden Lions last weekend. The one positional... Continue Reading →

DHL Western Province No 8 Duane Vermeulen and Toyota Free State Cheetahs flyhalf Johan Goosen are the two uncapped players that have been added to the Springbok squad for the Australasian leg of The Castle Rugby Championship. The squad of 28 for Tests against Australia in Perth (September 8) and New Zealand in Dunedin (September... Continue Reading →

Qantas Wallabies winger Drew Mitchell will have surgery after an ultra sound today confirmed a rupture of the tibialis posterior tendon in his right leg.Mitchell sustained the injury during the first half of last Saturday night’s Test against the All Blacks in The Castrol EDGE Rugby Championship in Auckland.The recovery time for the NSW Waratahs... Continue Reading →

DHL Western Province injury report DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has released an injury report following his team's 23-25 Absa Currie Cup loss to the Sharks on Saturday night. The following players picked up injuries against the Sharks: - Deon Carstens (prop): Broken nose, out for a minimum of two weeks. - Burton... Continue Reading →

Nine players will make their Absa Currie Cup debuts for DHL Western Province when they take on the Sharks in a first-round match at DHL Newlands on Saturday (kick-off 19h10). Deon Fourie, who will start in the No.6 jersey, was on Wednesday confirmed as the man to captain DHL WP during the 2012 Absa Currie... Continue Reading →

The longest season in Super Rugby history comes to an exciting conclusion this weekend, with the Super Rugby Final between the Chiefs and Sharks guaranteed to provide a new champion. The New Zealand Conference champion Chiefs and the sixth placed overall wildcard qualifier Sharks, the last two franchises standing, will offer a wonderful encounter considering... Continue Reading →

For a South African rugby writer that is not domiciled in the Cape, there really is no finer place to be than in a press box in Newlands when the local team, inevitably, has choked in a big match. In a word it is ‘beautiful’. Alright, I accept that I am being triumphalist but, honestly,... Continue Reading →

Can The Sharks do the almost unthinkable and bring the Vodacom Super Rugby trophy back to Durban by beating the Chiefs in the final in Hamilton on Saturday? The last few weeks had been as close to a dogfight as you would find on a rugby field for the men from Durban. After crushing the... Continue Reading →

The Sharks are the most successful Super Rugby franchise never to have won the title, with this their fourth Super Rugby Final. This season might not have begun according to plan, but the sixth placed South African wildcard qualifying side is building up an impressive head of steam. Back-to-back losses to start their season were... Continue Reading →

The Chiefs will look to become the sixth team to win a Super Rugby Championship, a victory that could see the balance of New Zealand rugby power shift North to Hamilton. Coach Dave Rennie couldn’t deny he was “excited”, after what has been the longest calendar season in Super Rugby history. “It has been a... Continue Reading →

Can any team beat the Crusaders in a Vodacom Super Rugby knock-out match in Christchurch? History says no, but the Vodacom Bulls will say nothing is impossible. In their only previous playoff in Christchurch, the Crusaders won easily – that was in 2006 when the Crusaders won by 35-15 and went on to win the... Continue Reading →

Super Rugby played out the regular season with Round 18, and with all matches now completed, SANZAR can confirm the following. The South African Conference winning Stormers will finish top-of-the-table, and will host the lowest placed winner from the Super Rugby Qualifier (Week One), while the New Zealand Conference winning Chiefs will host the highest... Continue Reading →

Vodacom Super Rugby Preview – Round 18 With one round of league action to go, eight teams can still make the Vodacom Super Rugby Finals Series, with only two – the DHL Stormers and the Chiefs – guaranteed of their positions. These two sides have already won the South African and New Zealand Conferences and... Continue Reading →