Sharks fly-half Pat Lambie was all class with the boot but the Reds outscored the visitors from Durban four tries to two to win a tight one at Suncorp 28-26.
There have been six different winners of the trophy across the last seven seasons but New Zealand teams have won 14 of the 21 Super Rugby championships. Will this change in 2017?
SANZAAR has announced the referee team that will officiate the 2017 Super Rugby season. The 19-strong team went through its paces at a training camp in Sydney recently.
SANZAAR has confirmed the fixture list for the 2017 Super Rugby tournament. Amendments have been made to several kick-off times and the venues for matches previously 'to be announced' have now also been confirmed.
The focus in now well and truly on the start of the 2017 Super Rugby season and the teams are in full training and preparing to play warm-up matches in the coming weeks.
Only eight teams remain as Super Rugby moves into the post-season and there’s a healthy mix of experienced and fresh faces among those teams that have made it through the regular season on top.
With Super Rugby taking a break in June due to the incoming visits by the Northern Hemisphere national teams from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy and France we take a look at the Team of the Week for Round 14.
Despite Super Rugby expanding to an 18-team format in 2016 the tournament has seen an increase in the overall points-scoring effectiveness with games averaging over 50-points.
It seems logical that the sides with the most possession would be the teams that are scoring the most points in Super Rugby, but that isn’t necessarily the case.
