Hardly a week goes by without a commentator or scribe somewhere questioning the future of Super Rugby, but is it the competition that is under threat,...
The Lions need belief to take it a step further this year from competition finalists to competition winners writes Gavin Rich for Business Day Business Day...
Gavin Rich for Business Day Sport When Brian van Zyl started to near the end of his long stint as CEO of the Sharks, he was...
Gavin Rich, for Business Day Sport Warren Whiteley is still on the injured list and so is the other captain from last year, Eben Etzebeth, but...
Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Western Province president Thelo Wakefield held his crisis meeting with the Stormers coaches last week. On second...
South Africa’s shortage of quality outside backs appears to be coming to an end in 2018, but this is due not just to the individual wingers,...
Super Rugby’s reconfiguration has helped Australian sides become more competitive this year, a similar restructuring could help the cause of the South African teams writes Gavin...
As former All Black Tony Brown greatly influenced Butch James’ development at the Sharks in 2006, similar Kiwi influence could only be beneficial for Stormers youngster...
My job dictates that I spend a lot of time in front of the television and after watching 240 minutes so far this season of South...
Gavin Rich writing for Business Day Entertaining and retaining an audience at games is no longer about the result, but about the style of play too,...
The selection of 19-year-old Salmaan Moerat to the Stormers match day squad for their match against the Highlanders in Dunedin would have elicited much more interest...
Gavin Rich, writing for Business Day An understanding of the method behind the six-year contract awarded to new Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus might diminish the one...
John Mitchell’s personal growth in the last few years promises ultimately a greater success with his current franchise, the Bulls, than previous wrong-goings in his coaching...
John Mitchell’s immediate impact at the Bulls is testament to the necessary step that South African rugby has taken in losing their xenophobic attitude towards hiring...
Gavin Rich looks at the first round of Super Rugby and resolves that the answer to the sharks problems is to turn Dan Du Preez into...
Gavin Rich, writing for Business Day Another new incarnation of the southern hemisphere Super Rugby competition was swept in at the weekend, but the revamped version...