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South Africa fly-half Patrick Lambie's return to professional rugby has been delayed further after he is yet to recover from the concussion he suffered in the opening game of the series against Ireland in Cape Town

In a one-sided Super Rugby encounter in Johannesburg on Saturday, the Lions tormented Sharks to score a 37-10 bonus point victory on Saturday.

Patrick Lambie's staggering 23-point haul helped Sharks set up an astounding 53-0 drubbing against Kings in the Super Rugby clash at the Kings Park Stadium in Durban.

JP Pietersen scored two crucial tries, one in each half to help Sharks overcome Hurricanes challenge and register a 32-15 victory at Growthpoint Kings Park on Saturday.

A roundup of all the action from round 9 of the 2016 Super Rugby season.

We take a look at Round 8 of Super Rugby and round up the action from all the weekend's fixtures, with Israel Dagg's impressive game for the Crusaders.

The 2016 Super Rugby season may still be in its infancy, but already a number of players have started to make a big impression in the tournament.

Following hot on the heels of our preview of the Africa 1 conference, we now turn our attentions to the Africa 2 division.

Newcastle Falcons are delighted to announce England international lock forward Mouritz Botha has signed for the club on from Super 15 side the Sharks.

From humble beginnings at Boland Cavaliers, to playing for the Sharks and the Springboks, Stefan Terblanche was dubbed the fittest man on the rugby scene.

Harlequins have announced that fly-half Tim Swiel will return to the club next season on a full-time contract.

The Super Rugby team of the week has got to be one of the easiest I have had to compile.

Super Rugby is back and after a whirlwind first week of competition, Superbru and other tipping websites have thrown down the gauntlet to tippers around the world.

We pick out players that will be out to make a mark in this edition's Super Rugby including two number 13's who can stake a claim for Springbok selection

Saracens' England international lock Mouritz Botha is to leave the Aviva Premiership club and join South African Super Rugby franchise The Sharks.

Saracens prop, Matt Stevens has been a regular face in an England shirt and the Aviva Premiership over a number of seasons, with tenures at both Bath and Sarries before, this season, making the decision to return to his country of birth – South Africa.

Super Rugby 2014 semi-finals showed us that there is now little doubt that the best two teams will line up in the Super Rugby final next weekend with solid wins in the semi-finals.

After much rugby debate about the quality of Super 15 rugby last week on the pages of Talking Rugby Union, we are approaching the business end of the season.

We have all heard of home field advantage, but a South African sports scientist has attempted to quantify just how much difference factors like travel and home advantage have on a game.

The Sharks beat the Crusaders 30­-25 in May this year, with the Sharks reduced to 14 players after Jean Deysel was shown a red card.