Super Rugby

A very good weekend for Rugby Union Fans in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres; great games, sublime skills and a few surprises.

The Highlanders picked up their first Super Rugby win of the season as they beat the Reds 20-13 in Dunedin.

The BBC reported on the safety of rugby and one piece of advice from John Mallett, Director of Rugby at Millfield School resonated this morning.

Well we have heard enough Reviews. The Sharks players where all exceptional when the weather is taken into account, the more. We all know what everyone thinks. So what was Round Two about?

Defending champions Waratahs picked up their first Super Rugby victory of the season as they edged to a hard-fought 38-28 bonus-point victory against the Rebels in Melbourne on Friday.

A last-gasp penalty from New Zealand fly-half Aaron Cruden guided the Chiefs to a 19-17 Super Rugby victory against the Brumbies earlier today.

As we enter a World Cup year Mike Stanton continues to look at some of the best young players that could feature at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

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.

The RaboDirect Rebels have begun their 2015 Asteron Life Super Rugby campaign with a 20-10 victory over the Crusaders in Christchurch, their first win on foreign soil.

The world of sport is a multi-billion dollar industry. Yesterday the English Premier League signed a TV deal with Sky and BT valued at £5.1 billion for domestic football matches. This rates the EPL at no.2 in the world of TV rights behind the mighty NFL.

As we enter a World Cup year Mike Stanton takes a look at some of the best young players that could feature at the 2015 Rugby World Cup: Will Skelton.

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

The 2015 edition of Super Rugby is just around the corner, kicking off in Christchurch on February 13th, so we’ve previewed the upcoming tournament and made our best predictions as to who will be in the mix at the business end of the season.

Qantas Wallaby and three-time Super Rugby Champion Radike Samo will join the RaboDirect Rebels for the 2015 Asteron Life Super Rugby season.

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.

Talking Rugby Union's overseas journalist Benedict Chanakira talks to international referee Rasta Rasivhenge about his experiences in the game and why he made the decision to become a referee...

The man is Bernard Foley. Pulling the Tahs from the jaws of defeat with a last minute penalty to beat the Crusaders in the 2014 Super Rugby Final, no mean feat, but what of the man behind the kick...

As we reported yesterday, it was a one point win for the Waratahs in the Super 15 Rugby Final. With insights from TalkingRugbyUnion's NZ based reporter, Scott Donaldson we have tracked this season closely.

Centres Adam Ashley-Cooper and Kurtley Beale inspired the Waratahs to victory over the Crusaders in a thrilling Super Rugby final.

In the end our serial tipster, Scott Donaldson got it right as he told us yesterday that it would be the Waratahs. He explained it would be close but did we really think it would be a Foley kick for 3 points that would give them an extraordinary one point win?