Although originally founded as the Super 12 competition in 1996, two more Super Rugby teams were added to the tournament in 2006 to change the name to Super 14, and in 2011, Super Rugby, as the addition of new team Melbourne Rebels expanded the competition to 15 teams. The 2012 Super Rugby competition was won by the Chiefs, who dominated the Sharks 37-6 to claim their maiden Super Rugby title.
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All Blacks included in Blues squad
by AAP, 19 Jun 2013
Blues coach Sir John Kirwan admits he’s taken a few risks in naming a 26-man squad to travel to South Africa for Super Rugby matches against the Sharks and Cheetahs. Current All Blacks squad members Charles Piutau, Francis Saili, Steven Luatua, Piri Weepu, Keven Mealamu and Rene Ranger will join the team early next week [...]
Kyle Godwin and the future of the Force
by Elisha Pearce, 14 Jun 2013
The best rugby player alive from Western Australia has extended his contract with the Western Force until the end of the 2016 Super Rugby season. 20-year-old Kyle Godwin is now locked into his home team for the rest of his developing years and will now come off contract just as he’s entering what should be [...]
Lions team beginning to take shape
by Elisha Pearce, 13 Jun 2013
How is the Lions team taking shape so far? That’s a hard question to answer given the lack of straight answers and the nature of a tour that builds into the Tests giving players a chance to fight for selection. I’ll do my best to try. After a number of tour games and some time [...]
Country players dudded a rare shot at Lions
by The Crowd, 11 Jun 2013
Consider the starting Combined NSW/QLD Country XV side that takes on the Lions tonight: just three players are actually from either NSW or Queensland Country clubs – and just 10 in the 23. The rest have been selected on a ‘Country Origin’ basis – players from Super Rugby franchises or the Brisbane or Sydney Premier [...]
Second-string Waratahs outclass Force
by Justin Chadwick, 10 Jun 2013
NSW Waratahs coach Michael Cheika praised his team’s fighting spirit after they overcame the odds to post a 28-13 win over the Western Force in Sunday’s Super Rugby clash at nib Stadium. The Waratahs entered the match missing most of their first-choice side, with 10 players on Wallabies duties and a further seven injured. But [...]
SPIRO: ‘Captain Magic’ Quade Cooper goes down with all flags flying
by Spiro Zavos, 10 Jun 2013 
‘There was a little girl, Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, She was very, very good. But when she was bad she was horrid.’ Quade Cooper was very, very good, especially in the opening 20 minutes of the exciting, incident-packed Reds – British and Irish [...]
Western Force vs Waratahs: Super Rugby live scores
by The Roar, 9 Jun 2013
After last Friday night’s disappointing loss in Christchurch, the Waratahs head to Perth to meet Western Force without a host of players on international duty. We’ll have live scores from 4.00pm AEST. It was the game that could have kick-started a late-season run towards a finals spot for the Waratahs. Leading the Crusaders by 12 [...]
Brumbies put 2012 stumble behind them
by David Barbeler, 9 Jun 2013
“It’s a hell of a relief.” Brumbies coach Jake White couldn’t contain his pleasure at the fact his side won’t again have to go into the final round of Super Rugby requiring a single point. In a bonus-point victory over the Melbourne Rebels on Friday night, the Brumbies locked in a finals spot for the [...]
McMeniman to make late Wallabies bid
by Justin Chadwick, 9 Jun 2013
Western Force coach Michael Foley believes the versatility and aggression of forward Hugh McMeniman would prove to be a huge asset for the Wallabies in their upcoming series against the British and Irish Lions. McMeniman will make a last-ditch bid to earn Wallabies selection when he makes his long-awaited return in Sunday’s Super Rugby clash [...]
White rejoices as Brumbies light up Canberra Stadium
by David Lord, 8 Jun 2013
Peter Kimlin turned in a blinder as the Brumbies did a demolition job on the Rebels 39-17 in Canberra last night to lock away top spot in the Australian Conference. Kimlin held his hand up high for selection in the final six Wallaby squad places available to meet the Lions. He took over the captaincy [...]
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Wallabies team to play Lions confirmed, with bench revealed
by The Roar, 20 Jun 2013
The Wallabies have named their 23-man side to face the British and Irish Lions, confirming Wednesday’s published team leak with three Australian debutants, and with the bench named for the clash in Brisbane. The Wallabies team to play the British & Irish Lions in the opening Test for the Tom Richards Cup on Saturday June [...]
If all the Wallabies leak this week is a team, then happy days
by Brett McKay, 20 Jun 2013
Considering the meticulous, down-to-the-minute, military-precision planning that goes into professional rugby these days, it was rather surprising to see Twitter light up with the Wallabies XV like it did after lunch yesterday. Initially, and with the same side coming from so many different sources, outlets, and people, I actually had to double check my inbox [...]
Jake White: the Lions can crumble
by David Lord, 20 Jun 2013
Brumbies coach Jake White has thrown down the gauntlet to Lions counterpart Warren Gatland, predicting the tourists will crumble if they lose the first Test against the Wallabies at Suncorp on Saturday. Crumble? A big call from the 2007 Rugby World Cup winning Boks coach who has proven to be a better verbal missile deliverer [...]
A rugby series twelve years in the making
by John Davidson, 20 Jun 2013
It is vital for Australian rugby, and Robbie’s Deans coaching future, that the Wallabies perform and are not out-classed by the British and Irish Lions. A tremendous amount of pressure will be put on the Wallabies tight five. How they, in particular the front three, stand up will be crucial. The performance of Stephen Moore [...]
Brian Smith says referees will be crucial
by John Davidson, 20 Jun 2013
Ex-Wallaby and Super Rugby coaching assistant Brian Smith says the conditions, the refereeing and what happens in broken play will be key deciders in the three Test Lions series. “The main difference between the northern and southern hesmpisheres is in broken play,” he says. “That’s possibly where you see the difference in skill and class. [...]
Carter back at 10 in reshaped All Blacks
by AFP, 20 Jun 2013
The return of veteran Dan Carter and the injection of new blood headline a raft of changes to the All Blacks for the final rugby Test against France on Saturday. There are five changes to the run-on side and three new faces added to the reserves are expected to make their debuts off the bench [...]
France ring changes for All Blacks Test
by AAP, 20 Jun 2013
France have changed more than half their starting side as they look to avoid a series whitewash in the third and final rugby Test against the All Blacks in New Plymouth. Two of the changes have been forced, with the experienced pair of five-eighth Frederic Michalak and No.8 Louis Picamoles picking up tour-ending injuries in [...]
Mo’onia Gerrard swaps netball for rugby
by AAP, 20 Jun 2013
National team veteran Mo’onia Gerrard is putting her netball career on hold to chase a dream of playing rugby sevens for world champions Australia at the Rio Olympics in 2016, when she will be 35. Gerrard will play her last trans-Tasman netball game for the NSW Swifts in Sydney on Monday night, having decided not [...]
Genia braced for All Black-type challenge
by Jim Morton, 19 Jun 2013
Australia’s main man, Will Genia, says the Wallabies are prepared for the most difficult assignment they’ve faced in the Robbie Deans era on Saturday night – one even more intimidating than their All Black nemeses. Attacking general Genia wouldn’t rate the British and Irish Lions a better team than the world champion New Zealanders until [...]
Brumbies crack Lions code for Wallabies
by David Barbeler, 19 Jun 2013
The victorious Brumbies have delivered the Wallabies a blueprint for beating the British and Irish Lions which could prove invaluable in the first Test on Saturday. Find touch behind their shallow-standing wingers and then target their late-jumping lineout with bumps in the air. It’s simple, effective and, as admitted by Lions coach Warren Gatland, “frustrating”. [...]
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