And then, there were four. While most of the favourites made it through without many issues, true to form, the lower-ranked sides put up a lot of fight – most notably the Rebels in Wellington and the Highlanders in Canberra. However, the top of the ladder – the Hurricanes, the Blues, the Brumbies and the […]
Brumbies sweating on Wallaby’s return to fix serious flaw for semifinal against Blues
The ACT Brumbies will have everything crossed for the perfect recovery of James Slipper’s troublesome calf after beating the Highlanders to book a Super Rugby semifinal against the Blues at Eden Park. The Brumbies’ third choice loosehead Harry Vella was targeted and overwhelmed in the first half but the Brumbies overcame their issues thanks to […]
‘Wreak havoc’: Hunt becomes the hunter as Royce rolls through Broncos in Sharks’ savage second-half feeding frenzy
Sometimes when the chips are down in rugby league, the best way to get back in front is through pure brute force. And while Royce Hunt is not the biggest name in the NRL, he is one of the most powerful forwards when he’s on his game and he had the best of his career […]
‘That’s embarrassing’: Baffled players binned for softest incident as surging Warriors thump clueless Cowboys
The Cowboys were the only club to have six representatives in State of Origin but they played like a team bereft of talent on Saturday night on home turf. If selectors were picking teams based on the 80 minutes displayed against the Warriors, there would be no Cowboys lining up at the MCG on June […]
‘That wasn’t comfortable’: Blues lose skipper and need to find another level in Super semis
The Blues scored an unanswered 22 first half points enroute to the Super Rugby semifinals in Saturday, but the Auckland side will likely need to step up their intensity next week. And they might be missing their skipper Patrick Tuipulotu who was forced out of the game early with a knee injury. A week after […]