Super Rugby News

The Lions survived an almighty scare to secure a hard-fought 40-38 victory over the Sunwolves in Super Rugby at Ellis Park 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?

Murphy Taramai went over after the final hooter to give the Blues a shock 38-35 win over the Lions in a 10-try thriller at Ellis Park on Saturday.

The Team of the Week contains players from nine different teams including four Crusaders and two from each of the Sharks, Stormers and Blues. Player of the Week is Cobus Wiese whose work rate against the Crusaders was immense.

The Lions made it three wins out of three in Super Rugby as they eased past the Bulls in the second-half, winning 49-35 in Pretoria.

The Team of the Week contains players from nine different teams including four Sunwolves, two Waratahs and the lock pairing from the Bulls. Player of the Week is Lions flyer Aphiwe Dyantyi.

The Lions outshone the Jaguares at Emirates Airline Park in Saturday's Super Rugby clash, running in seven tries in a dominant 47-27 victory.

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

The Lions secured a hard-fought 26-19 victory over the Sharks in Super Rugby opening day action at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg. 

SANZAAR has announced the referee appointments for Week 1 of the 2018 Super Rugby season.

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. 

 

SANZAAR has announced referee appointments for Round 2 of the 2016 Super Rugby season.

SANZAR has announced referee appointments for Round 10 of the 2015 Super Rugby season.

SANZAR has announced referee appointments for Round 4 of the 2015 Super Rugby season.

After eight weeks of Super Rugby, there has certainly been enough time for the cream to rise to the top in this year’s competition.

The Lions secured top spot in Africa Two on Saturday after they beat the Sharks 37-10 in a one-sided clash at Ellis Park in Johannesburg.

The Lions made it two wins from two in Super Rugby this season as they saw off the Waratahs 55-36 with a bonus-point on Saturday.

The Super Rugby Team of the Week is an interesting mix from the semi-finals with the Crusaders leading the way with six players. Dynamic Lions' flanker Kwagga Smith is Player of the Week.