Super Rugby News

Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship will this season adopt the Law Amendments that were announced by World Rugby in July 2017 prior to the start of the 2017/2018 northern hemisphere season. The amendments relate to the scrum (Law 20), tackle (Law 15) and ruck (Law 16).

SANZAAR has announced the referee team that will officiate the 2018 Super Rugby season. With the Super Rugby tournament format reducing to 120 regular season matches this season the referee team has been reduced from 19 to 17 referees. 

The 2018 15-team Super Rugby tournament kicks-off in four weeks time on Saturday 17 February in South Africa when the Stormers host the Jaguares in Cape Town. 

 

New Highlanders coach Aaron Mauger has named the 38-man squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season, including 30 players returning from the 2017 team. 

SANZAAR has announced the match schedule for the restructured  2018 Super Rugby tournament that comprises a 15-team three-conference format.

The Quarter-final Super Rugby team of the week is very strong on paper and contains players hitting peak form at the right end of the season. Player of the Week is Lions backrow forward Jaco Kriel who scored a try, carried 11 times, beat 8 defenders and made 13 tackles.

The Crusaders advanced to the Super Rugby semi-finals with a 17-0 victory over the Highlanders at AMI Stadium in Christchurch.

The Crusaders host the Highlanders in a quarter-final derby and will look to maintain their dominance over their southern rivals and book a spot in the semi-finals.

Seventeen regular season rounds are done and dusted for Super Rugby 2017 and eight of the 18 hopefuls have qualified for what is sure to be an exciting Finals Series. Among them lies a distinct disparity in how they’ve performed for the season to date. 

The Highlanders made a statement of intent ahead of the quarter-finals when they claimed a convincing 40-17 win over the Reds in Dunedin on Friday.

The 2017 Super Rugby season enters the penultimate round this weekend with the Australian teams returning to action to join the South African teams in Round 16 following the conclusion of the June Test window.

Mitchell Hunt’s amazing late drop goal secured a 25-22 win for the Crusaders over the Highlanders in a thrilling south island derby in Christchurch. 

The Round 14 Super Rugby team of the week has representatives from ten of the 18 teams after the nine-match round and includes three Highlanders and three Cheetahs. Player of the week is Sharks fullback David Havili who scored a try, carried 18 times, beat 10 defenders and ran for 191 metres.

The Highlanders climbed to third place on the New Zealand conference with a 44-28 win over the Waratahs in Dunedin.

SANZAAR has announced the referee appointments for Round 14 of the 2017 Super Rugby season.

The Highlanders recorded the biggest ever win in their Super Rugby history with 55-6 victory over the Force in Perth.

The Round 12 team of the week has representatives from eight of the teams and includes four Reds and three Blues players. Player of the week is Reds captain and Wallaby Centre Samu Kerevi who scored two tries, beat 9 defenders and ran for 150 metres.

A Malakai Fekitoa try has helped the Highlanders claim a last-gasp 17-10 victory over the Bulls in Pretoria.

A Malakai Fekitoa try has helped the Highlanders claim a last-gasp 17-10 victory over the Bulls in Pretoria.

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