Super Rugby News

The Super Rugby Team of the Week has representatives from nine of the teams with Waratahs giant winger Taqele Naiyaravoro Player of the Week.

The Hurricanes claimed their sixth successive victory when they beat the Chiefs 25-13 in their New Zealand derby in Wellington on Friday.

Israel Folau, TJ Perenara, and Julian Savea are each on the cusp of scoring their 50^th Super Rugby try in the coming weeks, and there’s every chance that they’ll all reach the milestone come season’s end.

The Super Rugby Team of the Week has representatives from 10 of the teams again this week. Lions fullback Madosh Tambwe was Player of the Week.

A converted try from Ngani Laumape in the final play of the game helped the Hurricanes edge out the Sharks 38-37 in Napier on Friday.

Creating space in the opposition defence is a skill required to be among the premier playmakers in Super Rugby so who is leading the way?

The Super Rugby Team of the Week has representatives from 10 of the teams in a weekend that saw four away victories in the six-match round. Once again Chiefs fly-half Damian McKenzie put in a huge all-round performance to be Player of the Week.

The Hurricanes consolidated their position among the tournament's frontrunners when they claimed an impressive 50-19 win over the Rebels in Melbourne on Friday.

The Hurricanes got the job done but were made to graft for their 29-12 win over the Highlanders in their New Zealand derby in Wellington on Saturday.

Kicking for goal is an important part of keeping the scoreboard ticking over and ensuring try scoring gets full reward. Who is leading the way?

The Hurricanes extended their winning streak over the Crusaders at home with a 29-19 victory over the Crusaders at Westpac Stadium on Saturday.

The Hurricanes got their campaign back on track when they beat the Jaguares 34-9 in their Super Rugby encounter in Buenos Aires.

The Bulls claimed a tremendous scalp in their first Super Rugby game of 2018, beating the Hurricanes 21-19 at Loftus Versfeld.

SANZAAR has announced the referee appointments for Week 2 of the 2018 Super Rugby season.

Beauden Barrett is one of the best playmakers in modern rugby and he’s coming up on yet another key milestone this weekend when he runs out in search of his 1,000^th point in Super Rugby.

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. 

 

Eleven new faces including three Super Rugby rookies and a Wallaby test prop are the feature of the 2018 Hurricanes squad.


 

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