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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 Team of the Week is dominated by the Highlanders and Sharks following their comprehensive Week #4 wins. Player of the Week is Sharks winger Makazole Mapimpi who scored two tries and beat seven defenders. 

The Sharks scored seven tries as they racked up a half-century of points to ease past the Sunwolves 50-22 at Kings Park in Durban 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 Sharks were held to a 24-24 draw with the Waratahs in an error-ridden Super Rugby contest at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday.

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 12 of the 2015 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.

On the back of a six-game losing streak in Super Rugby, it's likely a fixture with the Reds could be just what the doctor ordered for the Sharks on Friday.

Joe Pietersen missed a simple penalty after the hooter to leave the Sharks and Bulls tied for a 16-16 draw at Loftus on Friday.

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.