Super Rugby News

The Cheetahs bowed out of Super Rugby with their heads held high after a 21-20 victory over the Kings at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

The Round 16 (South Africa and Australia only) Super Rugby team of the week has representatives from seven of the 10 teams in the five-match round. Player of the Week is Stormers fullback Dillyn Leyds who scored two tries, carried 20 times, beat 3 defenders and ran for 240 metres.

Lionel Cronje's last-gasp penalty secured a 31-30 victory for the Kings over the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday evening.

Round 16 continues on Saturday with the Waratahs hosting the Jaguares in Sydney before action shifts to South Africa with the Bulls hosting the Kings and Stormers hosting the touring Sunwolves. 

The Kings claimed their fifth victory of the Super Rugby campaign after edging the Jaguares 31-30 at Vélez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires.

Super Rugby is back with the completion of Round 15 with a South African smorgasbord. All six South African teams will take to the field this weekend, with two local derbies and two more games featuring the Jaguares and Sunwolves.

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.

A 14-man Lions outfit continued their domination of the South African 2 Conference following a comfortable 54-10 triumph over the Kings.

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The Brumbies got the job done but were made to work hard before securing a 19-10 win over the Kings in Port Elizabeth.

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.

The Kings won a confrontational South African derby 35-32 against the Sharks at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. It is first time the Kings have beaten a fellow South African team.

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The Round 11 team of the week has representatives from seven of the teams and includes four Sharks and three Jaguares players reflecting the high scoring and open nature of the matches they won. Player of the week is Highlanders and All Black wing Waisake Naholo who scored two tries and beat 12 defenders - the most by any player in a match since 2013.

The Round 10 team of the week has representatives from seven of the teams and includes four Lions and three Kings players. Player of the week is Crusaders wing George Bridge who scored a hat-trick of tries for the second week in a row.

The Kings continued with their fine recent form when they claimed a deserved 44-3 victory over the Rebels in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.

Shortly Matt Todd will join the six players currently playing in the Crusaders squad that have earned 100 games of experience in the competition, more than any other team in the competition.

The Round 9 team of the week has representatives from nine of the teams with the player of the week being Highlanders centre Matt Faddes who scored two tries, had 15 carries and ran for 174 metres against the Sunwolves in Invercargill.

The Kings secured a massively significant 26-17 come-from-behind victory over the Waratahs in Sydney on Friday.