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Super Rugby

Super RugbyAlthough 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.

Super Rugby Articles

All Blacks included in Blues squad

by , 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 , 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

Lions team beginning to take shape

by , 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

Country players dudded a rare shot at Lions

by , 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 , 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

SPIRO: ‘Captain Magic’ Quade Cooper goes down with all flags flying

by , 10 Jun 2013 Popular article!

‘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

Western Force vs Waratahs: Super Rugby live scores

by , 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 , 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 , 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

White rejoices as Brumbies light up Canberra Stadium

by , 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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