
Chiefs ready to weather strong storm
If the Chiefs and Stormers do play out a predicted defensive duel, Dave Rennie knows he will have an advantage in the halfback position.
If the Chiefs and Stormers do play out a predicted defensive duel, Dave Rennie knows he will have an advantage in the halfback position.
New Crusaders five-eighth Colin Slade can expect plenty of traffic from the Melbourne Rebels who feel he might be a weakness tonight.
Round five of Dream Team Fantasy Super Rugby offers up some juicy match-ups to exploit and send your team rocketing up the rankings.
The dossier on the best use for Benji Marshall is expanding, writes Wynne Gray.
Another week, another backline casualty for a Crusaders team searching for attacking inspiration.
Marnitz Boshoff still isn't a certainty to play the Blues at Ellis Park on Sunday morning.
Stop the Waratahs' forward pack and you'll stifle try-scoring machine Israel Folau.
Sir John Kirwan's comments about Keven Mealamu's calf injury, and the fact he has been sent home from South Africa.
The reinforcements are ready for the Chiefs and, before an arduous schedule over the next two months, their arrival is not a moment too soon.
There is no spontaneity, the players are not reactive, writes Justin Marshall. The Crusaders have their structures and they look like a team that will do anything they can to stick to them
Super Rugby could be on its way to Europe as the current proposal for the new tournament now caters for 18 teams - with Spain, France and Italy thought to be possibilities to host one of the new ventures.
Their defence seemed to be all over the place - even organisational maestro Conrad Smith was caught out a time or two, writes Richard Loe.
On current form, the Hurricanes could ensure their season is over by round six. Not bad. It equals the efforts of the Highlanders last year, the Blues in 2012 and betters their own work in 2011.
The Crusaders won't get close to winning the Super title playing as they did against the Stormers.
The Crusaders have pinched a late win over the Stormers to earn their first points of the Super Rugby season.
Join us here for live coverage of the Super Rugby clash between the Crusaders and the Stormers from AMI Stadium in Christchurch.
If the Hurricanes weren't panicking after losing their opening two games of the Super Rugby season they might need to change that approach after dropping their third.
As learning curves go, Simon Hickey's is dauntingly steep. Having made his debut against the Crusaders, he'll now face the Bulls in Pretoria.