South African teams Central Cheetahs and Southern Kings were ditched from Super Rugby Friday amid reports they will seek places in an expanded European Pro12 competition. An announcement relating to...
A Southern Kings team facing the Super Rugby axe next week triumphed 31-30 in Buenos Aires on Friday as a horror run by the Jaguares continued. It was the fourth win in six matches for the one-time...
Four 14-year-old school boys are expected to appear in a children’s Court in South Africa over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, public broadcaster SABC reports. One of the suspects...
Southern Kings defeated a fellow South African side for the first time in Super Rugby when they edged Coastal Sharks 35-32 Saturday after a thriller in Port Elizabeth. It was also the first time the...
All Black prospect Rieko Ioane scored a double as the Auckland Blues left the Central Cheetahs in their dust at Eden Park on Friday. The Blues notched eight tries to four in the 50-32 win, earning...
The Canterbury Crusaders stacked up their 10th-straight win as New Zealand continued on a Super Rugby rampage at the weekend, leaving South African and Australian teams scattered in their wake. The...
Africa's flagship business and political summit being held in Durban this week has been overshadowed by a bitter fight exposing deep divisions at the heart of South Africa's ruling ANC. The African...
South Africa's scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma has abandoned a May Day rally after he was booed by workers demanding his resignation. Scuffles broke out between Mr Zuma's supporters and opponents,...
South African President Jacob Zuma abandoned a Mayday rally on Monday after he was booed and jeered by trade union members demanding he step down. He was heckled by crowd members who sang anti-Zuma...
The unbeaten Canterbury Crusaders won a ninth Super Rugby game this weekend, but the result was soured by an injury to All Blacks skipper Kieran Read. The rampaging Crusaders squashed the threatened...
The All Blacks were Sunday sweating on the availability of captain Kieran Read for the looming British and Irish Lions series after the backrower suffered a broken thumb. Read left the field just...
A controversially disallowed try helped Canterbury Crusaders beat Central Cheetahs 48-21 Saturday and extend a winning run to nine matches since the Super Rugby season began. The South Africans...
Auckland Blues hardman Jerome Kaino has joined a growing list of All Blacks sidelined by injury as the Super Rugby competition takes its toll ahead of the British and Irish Lions tour. Kaino is to...
New Zealand's Canterbury Crusaders are the only unbeaten team left in Super Rugby after the Golden Lions ended the Western Stormers' winning start to the season this weekend. The Johannesburg-based...
The Western Stormers square off against the Golden Lions in a blockbuster South African derby while Crusaders prop Wyatt Crockett sets a match record in Super Rugby this weekend. The Canterbury...
Springbok great Joel Stransky on Tuesday urged SANZAAR to stop delaying and unveil its revamped Super Rugby format, saying the governing body needed to make tough decisions and stand by them....
Teenager Curwin Bosch continued Saturday to be an outstanding deputy for injured Coastal Sharks skipper Patrick Lambie, kicking 18 points in a 38-30 Super Rugby victory at Central Cheetahs. The...
Beaten Wellington coach Chris Boyd complained that some off-the-ball incidents "have no place" in rugby after his Hurricanes were beaten by the Waikato Chiefs in a fiery New Zealand derby. The Chiefs...
The yellow-carding of Takuma Asahara proved costly for the Japanese Sunwolves as they lost 38-31 to the Central Cheetahs of South Africa in Super Rugby Saturday. The replacement prop was sin-binned...
Central Cheetahs attacked relentlessly in the first half and defended superbly after the break to claim a 34-28 Super Rugby victory at home to Northern Bulls on Saturday. In a South African derby of...
