Lions lose their Bok hooker
Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Lions first-choice hooker Bandise Maku will be sidelined for some time after having surgery on a torn pectoral muscle, leaving Martin Bezuidenhout and Callie Visagie to wrestle over the No.2 jersey.
Stormers to turn up the heat
Tue, 07 Feb 2012
Stormers coach Allister Coetzee says his biggest task will be to ensure that his players are not underdone by the time their 2012 Super Rugby season kicks off against the Hurricanes at Newlands on February 25.
Bulls to tap into Bok coach's wisdom
Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Heyneke Meyer may no longer be employed at Loftus Versfeld, but that won't stop his long-time friend Frans Ludeke from tapping into his vast knowledge of the game.
Pietersen takes centre stage at Sharks
Mon, 06 Feb 2012
JP Pietersen, who generally plays fullback or wing for the Sharks, is set for a move to midfield - where he will be more involved in the playmaking duties.
Wallabies rush back for Reds
Mon, 06 Feb 2012
The Queensland Reds will unleash a near full strength line-up when they travel to Cairns for their opening trial game of 2012, against the ACT Brumbies on Saturday.
Hurricanes' captain finally on board
Mon, 06 Feb 2012
New Hurricanes captain Conrad Smith has returned from an extended break, following the World Cup, to join the squad ahead of their pre-season game in Mangatainoka.
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.
