Lions roar into quarters
The Lions' tenuous grip on the Vodacom trophy was made firmer, much to the relief of coach Hugo van As, when they beat the Bulls 20-14 in a crucial Vodacom Cup clash ...
Stormers provide SA with Super 12 tonic
Stormers' left wing Pieter Rossouw has emerged from a worrying spell off the boil to grab two tries and the share of the glory with Breyton Paulse, during the Stormers' ...
Belliss bowls for gold medals
Peter Belliss is a big man in more ways than one. The top New Zealand bowler once locked the scrum in grade rugby with All Black giant of the 1980's Andy Haden and ...
Cats, Sharks in must-win encounter
It's one of the quirks of the Super 12 that in a year when South African squads are generally struggling to make a consistent impact, the winners of the fixture ...
Cats' hooker Boshoff guilty of elbowing
Cats' hooker Leon Boshoff was found guilty by a Canberra tribunal after being cited by the match commissioner for elbowing an opponent in a Super 12 clash against ...
Cats hope to claw back in Super 12
The Cats may be down, but they are far from out of Super 12 contention and hope to make the last four, says captain and Springbok flanker Johan Erasmus.
Sharks attack ref for costing them a win
The Sharks are up in arms at referee Andy Turner's "inconsistent" handling of their 14-all draw against the Northern Bulls and say it was a major factor in them ...
Late Johnstone try keeps Lions in hunt
A try nine minutes from time by Lions' Wallaby scrumhalf Brett Johnstone snatched a 31-25 victory from an impending shock defeat by the North West Leopards at Ellis ...
Brave Barry helps Stormers to victory
De Wet Barry turns 21 in June, but he came of age in a brave 28-25 Super 12 victory over the Chiefs which keeps alive South Africa's flickering hopes of at least ...
Lions, Leopards lick their wounds
Medical roll calls for both Lions and Leopards squads were yesterday's major activities as they contemplated worrying, lengthy injury lists even before they get ...
Lions may rumble without Booysen's bite
If speedy Jaco Booysen, one of the Lions' strongest players, fails to prove his match fitness following a groin injury, coach Hugo van As will be forced to make ...
Williams waiting in the wings
Springbok wing Chester Williams's hamstring injury incurred during last Saturday's 29-23 Vodacom Cup Super 12 defeat is not as serious as first feared - and the ...
Lions' try machine gets Super 12 call-up
Dean Hall gets his first Super 12 chance of the campaign in the crucial clash with the Wellington Hurricanes in Palmerston North on Saturday.
Think or perish, rugby gurus warn Boks
Two of South Africa's greatest rugby players have warned that, until South African players start thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what is happening ...
Johnstone may return to Lions squad
Brett Johnstone, the Wallaby scrumhalf recruited last year by Lions' coach Laurie Mains, is back in the country and could make his Vodacom Cup debut this season ...
Cats need flair against Highlanders
Everyone remotely connected with Otago rugby from the ballboys to skipper Taine Randell and his players is out to ensure that there is no fairytale return for local ...
Reece-Edwards, Mains left with headaches
It was catastrophic Cats in Sydney and sorry Sharks in Canberra - for the first time in Super 12 history, two South Africans teams had more than 50 points laid on ...
Sauls to rescue young Bok from Aussies
South Africa's under-21 coach Eric Sauls, in Sydney with the Cats, has made it his number one task to try to prevent one of his victorious young Boks, Daniel Vickermann, ...
Lions pay the price for Windhoek victory
Serious injuries to Wikus Venter and Andre Pretorius have forced Hugo van As, the Lions coach, to shuffle the team's backline to include Gordon Frasca in midfield ...
Rain abates for Cats to get the points
It was warm comfort for the Cats to take four points out of Saturday's Super 12 fixture when at one stage a violent storm had threatened its abandonment.
Cruel blow rules Venter out Down Under
Another facial injury on the eve of the Cats departure for their tour Down Under has robbed Wickus Venter of the chance to prove that he can play at the highest ...
Stormers visit sets up Highveld cracker
The Stormers will not have forgotten that it was the Cats who stopped them finishing top of the log last season, and this is bound to add fuel to the ongoing north-south ...
Venter may yet wing his way to Sydney
Wickus Venter is set to play his first full match for the Lions since breaking a bone in his face during a friendly, and because the injury has responded so well, ...
Cats' contingency plan intact
The Stormers will play in white for Saturday's Vodacom Super 12 clash against the Cats at Ellis Park. Otherwise there are no changes in the 22-man squad which started ...
Chameleon Cats confuse the crowd
Cats supports who are confused about what colours to wear have been told to stick with dark blue and red after a switch in team gear had the Super 12 squad looking ...