And then, there were four. While most of the favourites made it through without many issues, true to form, the lower-ranked sides put up a lot of fight – most notably the Rebels in Wellington and the Highlanders in Canberra. However, the top of the… Read More »Super Rugby semi-finals draw: Matchups, venues, times and predictions
The ACT Brumbies will have everything crossed for the perfect recovery of James Slipper’s troublesome calf after beating the Highlanders to book a Super Rugby semifinal against the Blues at Eden Park. The Brumbies’ third choice loosehead Harry Vella was targeted and overwhelmed in the… Read More »Brumbies sweating on Wallaby’s return to fix serious flaw for semifinal against Blues
The Cowboys were the only club to have six representatives in State of Origin but they played like a team bereft of talent on Saturday night on home turf. If selectors were picking teams based on the 80 minutes displayed against the Warriors, there would… Read More »‘That’s embarrassing’: Baffled players binned for softest incident as surging Warriors thump clueless Cowboys
The Blues scored an unanswered 22 first half points enroute to the Super Rugby semifinals in Saturday, but the Auckland side will likely need to step up their intensity next week. And they might be missing their skipper Patrick Tuipulotu who was forced out of… Read More »‘That wasn’t comfortable’: Blues through to semis but need to find another level
The Rebels players have been fearing the worst for months and grieving for nine days but it did nothing to lessen the hammer blow of the final siren of their final match in Super Rugby. Distraught players were choking back tears as the realisation sunk… Read More »REACTION: ‘This is real now’ – Rebels in tears as 14-year journey ends in sudden death