Bulls have plenty to ponder
Sun, 05 Feb 2012
Bulls assistant coach Johan van Graan says his team's 16-12 win over the Kings in a warm-up match in Port Elizabeth on Saturday produced many highlights for them to ponder over before the start of the Super Rugby season.
Stormers snuffed out at the breakdown
Sun, 05 Feb 2012
Stormers coach Allister Coetzee is hoping that the breakdown will be more strictly policed this season than it was in his team's warm-up match against the Cheetahs in which some players "got away with murder".
Will the Cheetahs kick on?
Sun, 05 Feb 2012
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske was delighted with how accurately his team managed to execute their gameplan against the Stormers on Saturday, and wants to take the winning momentum into the Super Rugby season.
Force see positives in defeat
Sat, 04 Feb 2012
The Western Force will not read too much into the final scoreline in their opening trial
match of the 2012 season.
White not getting ahead of himself
Sat, 04 Feb 2012
In their first hit-out of the year the Brumbies put in a solid performance, running out
25-0 winners over the Western Force in Darwin.
Lam's selection headache
Sat, 04 Feb 2012
The Blues opened their pre-season account with a convincing 36-22 victory over the
Hurricanes on Saturday - a result which left coach Pat Lam with a 'pleasant' selection
headache.
Bulls edge willing Kings
Sat, 04 Feb 2012
The Bulls secured a narrow 16-12 pre-season win over the Kings in Port Elizabeth on
Saturday to open their 2012 season on a winning note.
Cheetahs win Newlands arm-wrestle
Sat, 04 Feb 2012
The Cheetahs struck a crucial pre-season blow when they edged the Stormers 22-14
in their Super Rugby warm-up match at Newlands on Saturday.
White's Brumbies demolish the Force
Sat, 04 Feb 2012
Jake White's tenure at the Brumbies got off to a winning start, as his team demolished the Western Force 25-0 in a pre-season Super Rugby encounter at Rugby Park, Darwin, on Saturday.
Blues put down early marker
Sat, 04 Feb 2012
The Blues put down an early marker about their Super Rugby potential, when they beat the Hurricanes 36-22 in a pre-season game in Whangarei on Saturday.
Chiefs dismiss star-studded Rebels
Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Not even the presence of Wallaby superstars Kurtley Beale and James O'Connor could prevent the Melbourne Rebels from suffering an embarrassing 0-36 defeat against the Chiefs in their pre-season outing in Geelong on Friday.
Crusaders off to a flyer
Fri, 03 Feb 2012
On a dry and mild west coast evening in front of a near capacity crowd of 4000 at Rugby Park, Greymouth, the Crusaders' 2012 campaign got off to a flying start in front of their faithful.
Bryce was 'the final straw'
Thu, 02 Feb 2012
There will be additional focus on the breakdown when the Super Rugby season gets underway later this month and it is being blamed on a referee.
Lions pack a mighty punch
Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Lions assistant coach Johan Ackermann says the team finally has a strong forward pack going into the Super Rugby season.
Preview: EP Kings v Bulls
Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Some coaches dismiss pre-season matches as insignificant. The Bulls embrace them as a vital part of their campaign.
Preview: Stormers v Cheetahs
Thu, 02 Feb 2012
The Stormers and Cheetahs will enter the next, crucial phase of their Super Rugby pre-season build-up when they meet at Newlands on Saturday.
Bulls geared for big breakdown 'contest'
Thu, 02 Feb 2012
It is a new season, with another batch of new law 'applications' that require teams to make dramatic adjustments. However, the Bulls have an open mindset ahead of their first pre-season encounter.
Cheetahs name their 'French import'
Thu, 02 Feb 2012
The Cheetahs have named their 'French recruit, 22-year-old Andries Ferreira, in the starting team to face the Stormers in a Super Rugby pre-season outing in Cape Town on Saturday.
SANZAR shatters SARU's Super dream
Thu, 02 Feb 2012
The South African Rugby Union may have painted themselves into a corner with the premature decision to guarantee the Southern Kings entry into the 2013 Super Rugby competition.
Kaino and Boric to front up
Thu, 02 Feb 2012
World Cup-winning All Blacks Jerome Kaino and Anthony Boric will front up for the Blues in their first Super Rugby pre-season match, against the Hurricanes in Whangarei on Saturday.
