2,235 articles tagged "super"
Former All Blacks Sevens star Vilimoni Koroi will assemble with the Highlanders after his Olympic All Blacks Sevens duties got suspended. Koroi is joining the squad to fill the void left by the franchise’s injure
Crusaders coach Scott Robertson hopes for more recognition for winning Super Rugby than just the title at the end of the competition. Robertson wants to see the winner of Super Rugby face off against the northern h
Former All Blacks winger Nehe Milner-Skudder has been linked with a dramatic return to Super Rugby and it is not with his old club, the Hurricanes. According to reports Milner-Skudder is set to join the Highlanders
Super Rugby will return with a clash between the Highlanders and the Chiefs in Dunedin on June 13th. The second game in the opening round of the revised Kiwi-only competition will be the Blues v Hurricanes in Auckl
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed professional sport will be part of the large amount of services allowed to resume at Alert Level 2 , with both rugby and netball already signalling they will m
Wallabies playmaker Matt Toomua has joined calls for a rethink of the Super Rugby competition once the sport re-starts after the coronavirus shutdown. The Melbourne Rebels back believes the competition, which featu
The Highlanders and Hurricanes are now the only New Zealand Super Rugby franchises who have not had to make staff redundant as the coronavirus crisis and resultant sporting shutdown continues to take its toll. With
Former Wallabies utility Berrick Barnes is retiring from rugby after 15 years in professional rugby. Barnes began playing rugby league with the Brisbane Broncos in 2005 before signing with the Reds in 2006. Th
Former Wallabies winger Taqele Naiyaravoro says playing for Fiji has always been his dream and if the opportunity comes along he will grab it 100%. The 28-year-old is the first player to pledge his future to Fiji i
Players in Australian Super Rugby teams including those with Fijian links will be taking a massive pay cut for the next six months. This is after Australian players accepted an average 60% salary cut in an interim
Players with links to Fiji in Australian Super Rugby teams could be taking a massive pay cut. That’s if Rugby Australia and the Rugby Union Players Association agree on a deal for Australian Super Rugby players t
There weren't many ways to stop a rampaging Jonah Lomu, but ripping his shorts off him was at least a decent feat. Now, for half a million dollars, someone can own the autographed pair that the legendary All Blacks
New Zealand Rugby have revealed All Blacks star Sam Whitelock could make a surprise return to the Crusaders should any form of Super Rugby take place this year. A strong candidate to become Kieran Read’s successor a
Former All Blacks fly-half and three-time World Player of the Year Dan Carter has announced that he will leave Japanese outfit Kobelco Steelers. The 38-year-old made the announcement via a social media post but did
Sanzaar boss Andy Marinos has revealed Super Rugby has until December 31st to complete a competition this year. The tournament was put on hold on March 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic and the Sanzaar unions have
A domestic Super Rugby competition featuring the five New Zealand Super Rugby teams is likely to happen. TVNZ News reports that the competition could even be underwritten and only funded by SANZAAR but no formal de
SANZAAR CEO Andy Marinos has suggested that Super Rugby and the Rugby Championship could be run simultaneously in a bid to save the 2020 rugby season. Traditionally Super Rugby has run until July with the Rugby Cha
Highlanders CEO Roger Clark says the return to the playing field remains uncertain for New Zealand's Super Rugby franchises even as the country moves closer to the end of its lockdown period but the NRL's aggressive app
Highlanders recruit Vilimoni Koroi who has links to Fiji is among a quartet of rising stars who must make a wrenching decision whether to pursue their Olympics dream in 2021 or concentrate on the 15-man game in a bid to
The Crusaders have spoken to a group of players that were filmed together at a Christchurch park. The gathering, which included All Black first five Richie Mo'unga, is against the rules set out by the New Zealand g
