The Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU) has finished the year in an exceptional manner. After an underwhelming Super 15, where the team didn't win a single home game, the Lions surprised the South African rugby community by winning the Currie Cup last mo...
Sanzar could not have asked for more.
On one side, you have the Queensland Reds. At the bottom a few seasons ago but now a thoroughbred side changing the landscape of Australian rugby. Their home ground was under water as Brisbane suffered its wor...
As we approach the business end of the inaugural Super 15, there will be much stocktaking on both sides of the Indian Ocean. The tournament itself can be won by the four teams that make up the semi-finals but regardless of where the trophy ends up, t...
So this weekend, as predicted by many, the Sharks did not have it in the tank to take out the Crusaders at home in Christchurch and are out of the Super 15. We're now left with only the Stormers in the competition ... oh no! How could it be that we o...
One of the advantages the information age has brought to the world of sports is the invention of the Fantasy League. America could arguably be said to have pioneered the concept. The internet first came to prominence there and with the United States ...
Week 14 of the 2011 Super 15 is fast approaching, and with only a few weeks left till the "finals series" (feels like a bastardised PR word to me) the chaff is being separated from the wheat. The Brumbies are now certain to be the running punch line ...
For South African rugby fans, the current Super 15 log isn't the most pleasant thing to look at. The Stormers do lie in "third" place but their inability to secure bonus points, with just one thus far, has seen the Blues move above them, meaning they...
The Super Rugby universe has known the Bulls as the most feared South African team, with their large pack of forwards and unwavering devotion to the boot epitomising what many from Australasia think is the "typical" South African style of rugby. With...
International rugby is really squaring up to a North vs. South battle between the hemispheres, as to who gets to harvest the financial returns or not.
The next five years will be particularly challenging for the Sanzar countries in spite of them o...
Congratulations to the Australian Rugby Union who against all odds have managed (read carefully and meticulously choreographed) to bring the 15th Super Rugby franchise to Melbourne, especially when ARU has 80 000 registered rugby players an...
