The modern game is fast, physical and aggressive and ball movement and breaking the defence is vital. We look at the forwards who excel at the hard stuff...
The TOTW has players from nine teams after a round that saw away wins to the Sharks, Brumbies and Blues, but Crusaders lead the way with five players this week.
One of the dark arts! Regardless of which team had the ball at any given hit, no players hit more effective rucks than Jaguares Lucas Paulos (33) and Sunwolves Brendon O’Connor (30).
Player welfare and preventing dangerous high tackles remains a high priority for SANZAAR and Super Rugby will therefore feature a Tackle Technique Review Process trial in 2020.
Super Rugby is 25-years-old this year, it kicks-off in Auckland on Friday and will see a host of new talent and coaches, and several new match cities...
A player who can keep the scoreboard ticking over regularly will go a long way in helping his team win the match... let’s take a look at the players who averaged the most points per game last season.