Super Rugby

Former captain Richie McCaw believes the Crusaders need to tighten up on their discipline if they are to reach the Super Rugby Final.

Melbourne Rebels have suspended Hunter Paisami and Pone Faamausili after the pair was alleged to have involved in a late-night brawl on Saturday night.

Lions have progressed to the semi-finals for the third consecutive season as they outplayed Jaguares 40-23 in the quarter-final at Emirates Airlines Park on Saturday.

Waratahs came up with a clinical performance in the second half as they came from behind to register a 30-23 victory over Highlanders at Allianz Stadium to reach the semi-finals.

Crusaders came up with a scintillating performance as they defeated Sharks 40-10 at AMI Stadium on Saturday to progress to the semi-final of the ongoing Super Rugby season.

Hurricanes survived a late scare from Chiefs as they defeated their New Zealand rivals with a 32-31 margin at Westpac Stadium to become the first team to reach the semi-final in the ongoing season of Super Rugby.

Jaguares have named a full-strength squad to take on Lions in the upcoming Super Rugby quarter-finals to be played at Ellis Park on Saturday.

Melbourne Rebels have confirmed the signing of flanker Isi Naisarani from Super Rugby rivals Brumbies.

Sharks have named an unchanged line-up for the upcoming Super Rugby quarter-final clash against Crusaders to be played at AMI Stadium on Saturday.

Waratahs have made one change to the starting XV for the upcoming play-off game against Highlanders to be played at Allianz Stadium on Saturday.

Crusaders head coach Scott Robinson has made a total of five changes to the line-up for the upcoming quarter-final clash against Sharks to be played in Christchurch on Saturday.

Brumbies centre Andrew Smith has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect.

Lions have been dealt a blow ahead of their Super Rugby quarter-final clash against Jaguares at Emirates Airlines Park with scrum-half Nic Groom ruled of the remainder of the season following an injury.

The week 19 of the ongoing Super Rugby season proved decisive in finalising the eight teams for the play-off.

All Blacks duo Jordie Barrett and Ardie Savea have penned new deals with New Zealand Rugby and Hurricanes that will keep them with the province until the end of 2019.

Queensland Reds flanker Caleb Timu and Sunwolves' Ed Quirk have been handed two-week suspension following the recently concluded Super Rugby game between the two teams at Suncorp Stadium.

Crusaders prop Joe Moody has been ruled out of the upcoming Super Rugby quarter-final clash against Sharks next weekend after he failed to recover from a knee injury.

Melbourne Rebels number eight Amanaki Mafi has been taken into police custody following an altercation with his club team-mate Lopeti Timani.

SANZAAR have unveiled the schedule for the quarter-finals in the ongoing season of Super Rugby that will be played on 20th and 21st July.

Chiefs centre Jonathan Faauli was handed a six-week suspension following his red-card incident in the recently concluded Super Rugby encounter against Hurricanes at FMG Stadium Waikato.