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The Lions will travel to Christchurch to play the Crusaders in a repeat of the 2017 final. It is the Lions’s third successive final. The hosts...
Malcolm Marx was colossal for the Lions in their 40-23 Super Rugby quarter-final win against the Jaguares in Johannesburg. The Lions will host the Waratahs in the...
Hurricanes scrumhalf TJ Perenara was inspirational and potent in his team’s 32-31 home quarter-final win against the Chiefs. The Hurricanes got the best possible start when...
Among my IOL Sport Rants is a Super Rugby structure that gives a team hosting play-off rights to the final when it actually finishes with the...
The Sharks beat the Jaguares 20-10 in Durban to claim the eighth and final play-off position. They will play the table-topping Crusaders. The Lions, who finished...
The Lions saved their best for the last 40 against the Bulls to secure top billing in the South African Conference and also second place overall....
Hosts Western Province were supreme in the Coca Cola Craven and Academy Week final day, being crowned unofficial champions in both festivals. South Africa’s premier schools...
The Crusaders scored four converted tries in the last 20 minutes to put 50 points past the battered Blues and the Highlanders edged the Rebels in...
This weekend, my Independent Media’s Rants and Raves (for IOL), focuses on the positive impact that the series-winning Bok players had on their respective Super Rugby...
The Bulls, 19-0 down in as many minutes, produced a fabulous comeback 43-34 win against the high riding Jaguares in Pretoria and in Cape Town the...
The Crusaders celebrated Wyatt Crockett’s 200th Super Rugby match with a crushing 45-22 win against the Highlanders that also confirmed the team’s top billing in the...
This weekend, for Independent Media’s IOL, I’m raving about the immediate impact of Warren Whiteley and Malcolm Marx, but my complaint is of the general underperformance...
Robert du Preez kicked a late penalty and converted Lwazi Mvovo’s 67th minute try to end the Sharks’ seven match losing streak against the Lions. The...
Jesse Kriel scored two tries and Handre Pollard 22 points but it wasn’t enough as the Bulls lost 42-37 to the Sunwolves. The hosts led 14-0...
Four black rugby commentators, including former Springboks Owen Nkumane and Gcobani Bobo, have accused SuperSport’s management of racism. The Independent Media, Sunday Times and Sport24 all...
The Springboks won the series but England deservedly won the third and final Test 25-10 at Newlands. England led 6-3 at halftime. England were more desperate...
