Apologies for Shark’s third red card Sharks chief executive John Smit took to social media to apologise to fans this month after a third franchise player was red-carded and suspended…
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Super 15 analysis: Beauden Barrett’s wonder-try for Hurricanes
If a tumultuous finale to the Six Nations taught us one thing, it is that running rugby and high-scoring clashes are very enjoyable. Razor-witted South African sportswriter Sean Wilson highlighted…
Letter from South Africa – March
Springboks to be 50 per cent black by 2019 The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has set a target of 50 per cent black player representivity in the Springbok team by 2019. SARU…
Super 15 analysis: Handre Pollard to turn 21 in some style
Reaching the coveted milestone of 50 Tests in Paris just over a week ago, George North underlined a trend of modern rugby. Barring the odd anomaly such as Keven Mealamu…
Can Karmichael Hunt be the next Israel Folau?
Forget Israel Folau, Sam Burgess and Sonny Bill Williams. The latest rugby league convert to catch the eye is Karmichael Hunt, better known as ‘K’. On Friday Hunt will attempt…
Rugby statistics: Can we predict the 2015 Super Rugby winner?
The 20th season of Super Rugby begins in February and with the tournament expanding to 18 teams in 2016, this will be the fifth and final time that the 15…
Rugby statistics: Are yellow cards really that bad for you?
There is a common belief that a team receiving a yellow card will be punished by an average of seven points during the following sin-bin, but is that actually true?…
The magic of Kurtley Beale analysed
BELIEVE IT or not, Kurtley Beale is still 25. His career so far resembles a stomach-churning roller coaster, soaring to giddy heights with last-gasp penalties from 60 metres to win…
Super 15: Waratahs and Crusaders ready for final battle
Sydney is the venue for this weekend's Super 15 final between the Waratahs and the Crusaders – Rugby World analyses the two teams
Wallaby weapon: Henry Speight fast-tracked for The Rugby Championship
Chuck Norris has been the subject of a prolific internet craze for almost a decade now. In early 2005, online punters started posting satirically superhuman feats to underline the omnipotence…