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League convert Williams to represent Canterbury
Rugby league convert Sonny Bill Williams has chosen New Zealand province Canterbury as a launching pad for his bid to break into the All Blacks squad for the 2011 World Cup. read...
Force lose Cross to Waratahs, sign Fairbanks
The Perth-based Western Force have signed former ACT Brumbies and Queensland centre Gene Fairbanks from Japanese club Honda, WA Rugby announced on Thursday. read...
© GalloClinical Bulls win Soweto thriller
The Vodacom Bulls proved themselves to be an impeccable and amazing rugby dynasty by seeing off the Vodacom Stormers 25-17 in an enthralling Super 14 rugby final at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday. read...
Stormers set up dream final
The celebrating Stormers fans summed it up afterwards -- we are marching to Soweto, and we are doing it confidently after a comprehensive win over the Waratahs in the second Super 14 semifinal on Saturday. read...
Bulls power home at 'Fortress Orlando'
The Vodacom Bulls powered their way into the Vodacom Super 14 final with a clinical performance to down the Crusaders in front of their faithful at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. read...
Brian Habana © Gallo ImagesStormers make sure with big win
The Stormers didn't take long to erase any doubts that both Super 14 semifinals will be played on SA soil as they built a big early lead before easing to a 38-10 win over the Bulls at Newlands on Saturday. read...
Sarel Pretorius © Gallo imagesCheetahs thump Lions in Welkom
A sorry season for the Lions came to a sorry end as they added another unwanted record to their Super 14 list in going down 59-10 to the Cheetahs at the North West Stadium in Welkom on Saturday. read...
Quade Cooper © Getty imagesReds clinch nailbiter against Highlanders
Quade Cooper's conversion of Queensland's sixth try in the final minute gave the Reds a 38-36 win over the Highlanders in Super 14 rugby on Saturday. read...
Rene Ranger © Getty ImagesBlues victorious in Auckland
The Blues ended off their season on a high by beating a game Chiefs side 30-20 in an error-ridden game at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday. read...
Sharks end with patchy win
It wasn’t quite the flourish that the Sharks might have hoped to end the season with, but their win over the Western Force in their final Super 14 match did confirm that this was a year that might have been. read...
Kurtley Beale © Getty imagesClinical Waratahs assure semifinal berth
The Waratahs booked a prized berth in the Vodacom Super 14 semifinals with an easy 32-16 win over the Hurricanes in Sydney on Friday. read...
Kieran Read © Getty ImagesCrusaders send out semifinal warning
The Crusaders sent out a powerful warning that they are still very much Vodacom Super 14 title contenders with an impressive 40-22 win over the Brumbies in Christchurch on Friday. read...
Patrick Lambie © Gallo ImagesSharks throw cat among pigeons
The Sharks ensured that next week's massive derby at Newlands will mean something to the final Super 14 standings by scoring a shock but thoroughly well deserved 20-14 win over the Stormers at Absa Stadium. read...
Bjorn Basson © Gallo ImagesBasson tries help Cheetahs race to victory
Winger Bjorn Basson scored two of the Cheetahs' four first-half tries as they beat Australia's Western Force 29-14 in a Super 14 match at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein on Saturday. read...
Peter Saili © Gallo ImagesLions now worst team in S14 history
The Auto and General Lions officially became the holders of the worst record in Vodacom Super 14 rugby when they lost their 12th consecutive game against the Blues 56-14 at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday. read...
Rocky Elsom © Getty ImagesBrumbies keep semifinal hopes alive
Flyhalf Matt Toomua scored a critical bonus-point try two minutes from full time on Saturday to give the Brumbies a 31-3 win over the Highlanders and keep alive their bid for a Super 14 semifinal place. read...
Drew Mitchell © Getty imagesWaratahs back after Chiefs crushing
The Waratahs put their campaign to reach the play-offs back on track with an emphatic 46-19 win over the Chiefs in a Super 14 match in Hamilton on Saturday. read...
Danie Rossouw © Gallo ImagesControversy as Bulls stay unbeaten at Loftus
Vodacom Bulls winger Francois Hougaard scored a controversial try after the final whistle to book his team a home semifinal in Soweto with a 40-35 victory over the Crusaders at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night. read...
Hurricanes hit top Gear
South Africans would have watched the Hurricanes beat the Reds 44-21 in their penultimate Super 14 league match in Wellington on Friday with mixed feelings. read...
Zane Kirchner © Gallo ImagesBulls 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. read...
Nick Cummins © Getty imagesAgony continues for Lions
Flyhalf David Hill led the charge as the Western Force continued the Super 14 agony for the Lions with a 33-12 win at Coca Cola Park on Saturday afternoon. read...
Phillip van der Merwe Vickery © Gallo ImagesCheetahs 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. read...
Matt Giteau © Gallo ImagesBrumbies do SA sides a favour
The Brumbies kept their Vodacom Super 14 semifinal hopes alive and did both the Stormers and Bulls a favour as they knocked off the Reds 32-12 in Canberra. read...
Ma`a Nonu © Gallo imagesNonu keeps Hurricanes hopes alive
All Blacks center Ma'a Nonu scored two tries, including the decider in the 74th minute, to give the Wellington Hurricanes a precarious 33-27 win over the Waikato Chiefs in Super 14 rugby on Saturday. read...
Dawaldt Duvenage © Gallo ImagesSchalk’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. read...
Israel Dagg © Gallo ImagesDagg superb as Highlanders upset NSW
Two pieces of counter-attacking genius by Highlanders' fullback Israel Dagg led his side to a 26-10 Super 14 victory over the Waratahs on Friday in atrocious weather conditions more suited to tight read...
Ruan Pienaar © Gallo ImagesThe Sharks' resurgence continues
The Sharks powered their way to a 23-10 win over the Blues in Durban on Saturday. read...
Pierre Spies © Gallo ImagesBulls cruise back to the top
Loftus Versfeld held a number of surprises, but the Vodacom Bulls did what was expected of them as they moved to the top of the Vodacom Super 14 log by demolishing the Auto and General Lions 51-11. read...
Tom Carter © Getty ImagesTurner try difference in Waratahs win
Lachlan Turner took a cross kick on his finger tips then tiptoed for 20 metres just centimetres from the sideline, to help his side to a 19-12 victory over the ACT Brumbies on Saturday. read...
Aaron Cruden © Getty ImagesCruden leads Hurricanes to win
Wellington Hurricanes flyhalf Aaron Cruden ensured his side's Super 14 slim playoff hopes remained alive with a 33-31 victory over the Otago Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday. read...
Force upset Crusaders in Perth
The Western Force overcame a 13-0 halftime deficit to beat Canterbury 24-16 on Friday and prevent the seven-time champion Crusaders from taking over first place in Super 14 rugby. read...
Reds strike back to beat Stormers
The Reds continued what the commentators aptly referred to as their magical red carpet ride by striking back from an early deficit to beat fellow Super 14 high-flyers the Stormers 16-13 in Brisbane on Friday. read...
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. read...
Bismarck Du Plessis © Gallo ImagesSharks 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. read...
Will Genia © Getty ImagesReds skills break the Bulls
The Reds powered into the top four and announced themselves as serious Super 14 contenders with a hard fought and gutsy but nonetheless thoroughly deserved 19-12 win over the Bulls in Brisbane on Saturday. read...
Kahn Fotuali`i © Getty ImagesCheetahs smashed in Christchurch
If the Vodacom Cheetahs have one wish, it will be for their tour to end quickly after they went down in another massive lopsided scoreline, this time 45-6 to the Crusaders in Christchurch. read...
Isaia Toeava © Getty ImagesRokocoko triple lifts the Blues
Joe Rokocoko`s hat-trick of tries steered the Blues to a 38-17 victory over the Western Force in the Vodacom Super 14 on Saturday in Auckland. read...
Canes hold on for Canberra win
The Hurricanes held on for a 23-13 win over the Brumbies in Canberra on Friday. read...
Stormers steamroll to the top
The Vodacom Stormers took on the persona of unstoppable force on Friday as they steamrolled to a 49-15 Vodacom Super 14 victrory over the Chiefs in Hamilton that takes them to the top of the table on points difference. read...
Quade Cooper © Getty imagesCooper inspires Reds' Lion rout
The few that ventured out to Coca-Cola Park on Saturday found two facts to be true. One, Quade Cooper certainly is the form flyhalf of the Vodacom Super 14, and two, the Auto & General Lions have no idea what defence at this level is. read...
Ben Alexander © Getty ImagesBrumbies demolish injury-plagued Cheetahs
The Brumbies remained in contention for the Super 14 semifinals with a 61-15 demolition of a woeful Cheetahs side in Canberra on Saturday. read...
Ryan Crotty © Getty ImagesCarter leads Crusaders to tight win
The Crusaders' Daniel Carter became the leading points scorer in Super rugby after kicking 15 points in his team's' 20-13 victory over the Waratahs in Christchurch on Saturday. read...
 © Getty ImagesStormers bounce back in Auckland
The Vodacom Stormers put the disappointment of their opening tour match behind them as they bounced back with an important 33-21 win over the Blues in Auckland on Saturday. read...
Cameron Shepherd © Getty ImagesLate flurry sees Force home
Ryan Cross and Cameron Shepherd each scored two tries to give the Western Force a 41-27 win over the Highlanders on Saturday. read...
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. read...
Sharks save SA from black weekend
The Sharks saved SA from this year's first truly black weekend as they produced an excellent performance to close out an exciting Vodacom Super 14 game against the Reds in Durban 30-28 and record their third win in a row. read...
Rob Horne © Gallo ImagesWaratahs go top after comfortable win
The Waratahs moved into first place in the Vodacom Super 14 tournament with a 40-17 win over the Vodacom Cheetahs in Sydney on Saturday. read...
Mike Delany © Gallo ImagesChiefs back to their winning ways
Stephen Donald scored a try among his 17 points as the Chiefs came from behind to beat the Highlanders 27-21 in a Vodacom Super 14 rugby match on Saturday. read...
Wynand Olivier © Gallo ImagesBattered Bulls lose unbeaten record
The Eden Park hoodoo continued for a battered Vodacom Bulls side as they produced their worst performance of the season to taste defeat for the first time this season as they went down 32-17 to the Blues. read...
Tom Hockings © Getty ImagesHill sinks Stormers in Perth
A late drop-goal off the last move of the game ended the Western Force’s losing run as the home team edged home 16-15 against the Vodacom Stormers in Perth on Saturday. read...