Rugby
Cheetahs give Auckland dose of the blues
The lowly Cheetahs recorded just their third win of the season and ended the semifinals ambitions of the Auckland Blues with a 36-32 victory in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
A Blues side lacking injured skipper and hooker Keven Mealamu needed a bonus-point w ...
Bulls double strike downs Sharks
The Vodacom Bulls virtually booked their place in the playoff rounds of the Vodacom Super 14 this year with a clinical late double strike to down the Sharks 27-19 at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
With the victory – the 17th consecutive win at Loftus Versf ...
Schalk’s men storm on
The Crusaders have seldom been made to look as ordinary as they were by a Vodacom Stormers team that thumped them 42-14 in a crucial Super 14 match at Newlands on Friday night.
The match was billed as a mini final as the loser was going to face a massive ...
Make or break weekend awaits
After 11 weeks of Vodacom Super 14 action we still have as much as ten teams left harbouring hopes of semifinal qualification. Week 12, however, could see the end of the road for as many as four of our current contenders, while the top four is in for a ri ...
Cheetahs fight for Hamilton draw
The Vodacom Cheetahs restored some pride with a flawed, but fighting performance to draw 25-all with the Chiefs in Hamilton.
It was the first game that the Cheetahs haven’t lost in their history overseas, but the first win continued to elude them. Still, ...
Super 14: Now it gets really interesting
The Bulls may have lost their last match on tour to the Reds, but they are still in the pound seats in the battle for home ground advantage in the Vodacom Super 14 semifinals.
While the Bulls return home this week for a sequence of three home matches bef ...
Sharks survive Lions onslaught
There was a massive groan of disappointment over Coca Cola Park on Saturday night as the Sharks defence held out to stop the Auto and General Lions from recording their first win of the Super 14 tournament.
The visitors scored four tries to take maximum ...
Bulls surge to Hamilton victory
The Vodacom Bulls returned to their winning ways with a powerful late surge to beat the Chiefs 33-19 in Hamilton.
In a tense, entertaining and open game, the defending champions secured the victory with a bonus point, and should have won by more if flyha ...
Bulls maintain 100% record
The Bulls got the job done but looked everything but the best side in the tournament as they beat the Western Force 28-15 in their Vodacom Super 14 match played at the ME Bank Stadium in Perth on Saturday.
The Bulls, in spite of dominating every phase of ...
Bulls march on to top of table
The old Toyota advert that things just keep going right would have been the perfect jingle for the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday, as they returned to the top of the Super 14 log with an impressive 50-35 over the Highlanders at Loftus Versfeld.
The defending ...
Stormers reaffirm their pedigree
The Stormers reaffirmed their pedigree as possible Super 14 semifinalists with an emphatic 33-0 whitewash of the Highlanders at Newlands on Saturday night.
The win netted a four-try bonus point in the last minute of the game and thus made up for the log ...
Cheetahs crush Hurricanes
The Vodacom Cheetahs produced a scintillating forward performance to down the previously unbeaten Hurricanes 28-12 in their Vodacom Super 14 match in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
After their disappointment against the Highlanders last weekend, Juan Smith’s ...
Book review: Between the lines
Not being the greatest rugby supporter in the world, I approached 'Between the lines, the spirit of South African rugby, with a little trepidation. However, five pages in and I was well and truly absorbed.
Matthew Knight has a truly engaging writing sty ...
Big weekend for Super 14 Rugby
The champion Bulls are out in front, and deservedly so, but it was the Reds and the Stormers who made the telling statements in the second round of the Vodacom Super 14.
Last week it was a general consensus that the Crusaders and the Bulls had set down t ...
Stormers win game of two halves
The Stormers have gone into the season with high expectations and if you had stopped watching at half time, you would have left Coca-Cola Park feeling the hype was justified.
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Bulls beat Cheetahs in Bloem
The Vodacom Bulls made the perfect start to their defence of their Vodacom Super 14 title on Friday night, scoring six tries in a drama-filled extravaganza to down arch-rivals, the Vodacom Cheetahs 51-34 in Bloemfontein.
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Let the last Super 14 begin
For all the starved rugby supporters, the start of the last Super 14 is soon upon us. As of next year it will be the Super 15 as the Melbourne Rebels join the cause! Last year’s champions, the Blue Bulls (two titles), are set to be combined favourites wit ...
Saracens win second half 20-0
Rarely has the European Challenge Cup looked and felt more like the Heineken Cup. In 2009/10, Saracens have had to be content with a place in supposedly the junior competition in European rugby, but there is nothing second class about a group including Ca ...
Between The Lines The Spirit of SA Rugby
New from Penguin Books SA: BETWEEN THE LINES THE SPRIT OF SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY Featuring stories from a variety of famous sporting personalities (not only rugby players), this book is packed with the antics and anecdotes of the game. It’s in the early m ...
Saracens defeated Sale 15-13
Saracens defeated Sale 15-13 in the driving rain at Vicarage Road last Friday, posting a ninth win in 10 Guinness Premiership matches and extending their lead at the top of the table to six points.
The margin of victory in six of these nine victories has ...
