It is with much amusement that I see the conundrum of the Southern Kings is yet to be solved. Slated to join Super Rugby in 2013, the SA Rugby Union (Saru) is no closer to figuring out a way to squeeze the Eastern Cape franchise into the competition ...
Since June 8 2005 SA Rugby has carried the Eastern Cape Super Rugby franchise around its neck as a self-imposed albatross after declaring that SA had six Super Rugby franchises and this past week has seen a glaring display of dereliction of duty...
We have witnessed five very interesting games, in which the British & Irish Lions have played and beaten:
1. The Royal XV -- 25-37
2. The Lions -- 10-74
3. The Cheetahs -- 24-26
4. The Sharks -- 3-39
5. Western Province -- 23-26
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The good news is that the South African government and Eastern Cape government, along with the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, have collectively spent R2 billion in developing a magnificent and spectacular multipurpose sports facility in t...
Last week Thursday, Sanzar (South African, New Zealand and Australian Rugby Unions) met in a watershed meeting in Dublin to discuss the expansion of Super Rugby from 2011 to 2015 in the Southern Hemisphere and especially the broadcast agreement t...
The Southern & Eastern Cape were awarded a Super 14 rugby franchise on June 8 2005 with a unanimous SA Rugby Union Presidents Council resolution, which allowed the South Eastern Cape franchise to prepare for the Super 14 by playing Currie ...
I don't quite know how to put this but SA Rugby has just received a monster shove in the derriere by Australia with regards to the Super 15 plans announced on Tuesday. Of course this is the release trotted out by SA Rugby with the details of the ...
While many local rugby fans, players, supporters and administrators are preoccupied with the poor SA Super 14 form; are going through the motions of the Vodacom Cup; thinking about the British & Irish Lions tour starting the end of May and p...
There has been a dizzying amount of information pumped out by the Super 14 Rugby teams in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, all of it on team sheets, teams, warm-up games, venues and players beset with injuries -- the latest being Dan C...
Monday -- Dust-up between Peter de Villiers and Jake White over the non-availability of six Springboks for the Jake White-coached Barbarians side against Australia on December 3 at Twickenham
Tuesday -- Luke Watson hearing at SA Rugby in Newlands...
