He wasn’t selected into the 30-man Springbok squad for the Argentina leg that starts the competition, but Ryan Kankowski might yet get to play in The Castle Rugby Championship.
Two new faces in the form of Siya Kolisi and Pat Cilliers make up a squad including 5 uncapped players – the others being JJ Engelbrecht, Elton Jantjies and Jano Vermaak. The full squad is:
Chiefs (13) 37 / (3) 6 Sharks (Final Score)
The Chiefs and The Sharks did battle in the Final of Super Rugby 2012 at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand at 09:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Here are the Super Rugby Team Sheets for the Final of Super Rugby 2012.
Both team sheets have now been updated and announced.
Short and sweet… that was the One-liner Media Release by the Golden Lions Rugby Union!
More days, more strife, at the Lions, what’s new?
The team to tackle the Cardiff Blues, on 4 August 2012, in honour of Grey College founder Sir George Grey, and in the process to prepare for the Currie Cup of 2012 has been announced. According to the Volksblad, backline coach Hawies Fourie, is using the match to decide on who his 1st choice inside centre should be.
The Sharks have selected their team for the Super Rugby final again the Chiefs in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Chiefs coach Dave Rennie has decided to stick with the same side that won last weeks semi final match against the Crusaders.
The Golden Lions have announced their team to take on the Blue Bulls in their only Currie Cup warm up game on Friday 3rd august 2012.
Just 30 of South Africa’s vast number of professional players will be able to sustain some sort of a living after they stop playing the game.
This is the reality of the situation facing about 600 contracted (or so-called professional) players in the country.
Pretorius in Walliese klubspan se toergroep teen Vrystaat.
Al is hy eintlik ‘n Suid-Afrikaner, pronk sy gesig nie verniet as een van die Cardiff Blues se sterre op die Walliese spog-rugby-klub se amptelike webtuiste nie.
Die agtsteman Andries Pretorius sal een van die groot trekpleisters wees wanneer die Blues die naweek hier teen die Vrystaat Toyota Cheetahs in n vertoonwedstryd uitdraf.
Early last month Edinburgh Rugby announced they had acquired the services of former England and Lions star flanker Neil Back; as forwards coach.
Yesterday, Edinburgh indicated they had bolstered their hooking options by signing another former Lions player, and one time Sale Sharks stalwart, hooker Andy Titterrell.
Fans across New Zealand have snapped up 25100 tickets to the Super Rugby final between the Chiefs and the Sharks at Waikato Stadium this Saturday.
Former Waratahs coach Michael Foley has been appointed Western Force Super Rugby coach on a three year contract starting from next season.
Chiefs scrumhalf Tawera Kerr-Barlow believes that his team’s defence will have to set the tone in their final showdown with the Sharks.
The Waratahs will have a new Super Rugby coach for the 2013 Super Rugby season after coach Michael Foley decided to call it a day and leave the New South Wales province.
Although he would have learned a lot in recent weeks, how many changes can we expect to see in Heyneke Meyer’s Rugby Championship squad?
The Bok coach will reveal his squad on Saturday after the Super Rugby Final, and faces some big selection decisions in key positions given the differing fortunes of the major contenders in the last few weeks.
Five times in Super Rugby history since its most formal inception in 1996, teams have crossed the Indian Ocean in either direction for the final … each time they have flown home empty-handed.
Sonny Bill Williams has confirmed his availability for the All Blacks in the upcoming Four Nations Rugby Championship which starts in August.
Vodacom Bulls winger Bjorn Basson will return to South Africa on Wednesday following his successful recovery from an operation in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Good news just in, Johan Goosen is set to return for the Free State Cheetahs in early September.
First of all, a heartfelt congratulations to the Sharks. A better team, a better Game plan, and a better execution. They came, they saw, they conquered.
The Sharks landed in Sidney, Australia with some good news and some bad news, good news being the addition of Patrick Lambie and Paul Jordaan who will both be ready for selection. This was great news for the Sharks as both players are very important to the Sharks cause, but there was bad news to follow. Continue reading
In breaking news, Tim Whitehead has not traveled with the Sharks to New Zealand due to injury.
Stormers (6) 19 / 26 (13) Sharks (Final Score)
The DHL Stormers hosted The Sharks in a Semi-Final of Super Rugby at Newlands, Cape Town at 17:00 SA Time.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Chiefs (17) 20 / (11) 17 Crusaders (Final Score)
The Chiefs hosted the Crusaders in a Semi-Final of Super Rugby at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton at 09:35 SA Time (19:35 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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Here are the Super Rugby Team Sheets for the Semi-Finals of Super Rugby 2012.
All the team sheets have now been updated and announced.
The Chiefs have set the pace for most of the season, but the Crusaders have caught up.
Reds captain and scrumhalf Will Genia has been named Australia’s Super rugby Player of the Year and the Reds won Australian Super Rugby team of the year.
Toulon’s England international flanker Steffon Armitage has tested positive for a product on the World Doping Agency’s banned list, albeit one which could be construed as having therapeutic qualities.
Looking ahead to the semi final clash in Cape Town between the Stormers and the Sharks this weekend, is so difficult to call as no matter from what angle one looks at this match, the pros and cons are quite deceiving.
There are so many reasons for the Sharks to win or lose, so many reasons that turn you from being positive about their chances of victory to being negative and going back to being positive.
All Black centre Conrad Smith will miss the opening rounds of the new Four Nations Rugby Championship at least due to an eye injury.
Patrick Lambie might not be available for the Sharks in their Super Rugby semi-final against the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday, coach John Plumtree has confirmed.
Duane Vermeulen got through a semi-contact session on Tuesday afternoon apparently without any complaints, but it is still touch and go whether he will be named in the Stormers team when it is announced later on Wednesday.
SANZAR head of referees Lyndon Bray confirmed on Wednesday that New Zealand referee Bryce Lawrence’s Test career is over, according to EWN Sport.