7-year-old boy’s body found after heavy rain in KZN
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Naholo sidelined as Highlanders' injury woes mount
The Highlanders are already missing All Blacks scrum-half Aaron Smith with an ankle injury as they face a tough run including four New Zealand derbies in the next five weeks.
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Super Rugby bans for Tele'a and Van der Merwe
The suspensions were announced in SANZAAR statements after a three-man foul play review committee examined the incidents leading to the red cards in round 7 matches.
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Crotty to leave All Blacks for Japan after World Cup
Crotty, who will turn 31 during the tournament, said that after 11 years with the Canterbury Crusaders Super Rugby club it was time for a change.
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Tryless Stormers lose to Blues
With the match in the balance and 15 minutes to play, Williams broke the game open with a trademark miracle pass to put Otere Black over the line.
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Sunwolves stun Waratahs as resurgent Crusaders bounce back
It was a timely message from the struggling franchise, which a week ago learned it would be axed at the end of next season as the sport's bosses revert the competition to 14 teams.
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Fit-again Stormers lock Etzebeth returns for Blues clash
The Stormers have made six changes to their starting line-up for the encounter with the Blues in Auckland on Saturday.
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Three-week Super Rugby ban for Sharks centre Louw
A Super Rugby statement said the foul fell in the six-week ban range, but the prompt admittance of guilt by Marius Louw and his good judicial record were mitigating factors.
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Winter: Stormers can’t be complacent against Blues
The Stormers will still be ruing their missed opportunity against the Hurricanes over the past weekend where were narrowly beaten 34-28 in Wellington.
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Reach for the sky: Record scorer Folau wants more high kicks
The display at the weekend by the spring-heeled former Australian Rules footballer prompted Crusaders coach Scott Robertson to remark: 'He should be working for NASA.'
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Sunwolves cull a blow to Asian rugby before World Cup
The axe will fall on the Tokyo-based franchise after next season following a chastening first three years in the southern hemisphere's elite competition.
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Blues bury jinx as Super Rugby marks mosque attacks
The Blues snapped a three-year losing streak against New Zealand teams as they beat the Highlanders 33-26 on Friday in an emotional Super Rugby encounter a week after the Christchurch attacks.
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Stormers' Eben Etzebeth ruled out of Hurricanes clash
Etzebeth took a knock to the head in the victory over the Jaguares last weekend but was named in the team’s starting line-up on Thursday.
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Axe falls on Japan's Sunwolves, months before World Cup
The globe-trotting competition will return to 14 teams and its previous round-robin format from 2021, scrapping the unpopular and convoluted conference system.
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Glum Wolves and a baby: Five talking points in Super Rugby
Governing body SANZAAR (South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina Rugby) said it would make a statement on the 'future of Super Rugby' on Friday.
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Gloomy return for Super Rugby after mosque attacks
Players laid a wreath and handed over a commemorative jersey to community leaders at the mosque in Dunedin, before travelling to Auckland for Friday's clash with the Blues.
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Honours even, as Chiefs and Hurricanes draw
Chiefs captain Brodie Retallick said he was pleased to finally get points on the board after four losses in the opening rounds but wanted a victory.
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Kitshoff back to bolster Stormers
Springbok prop Steven Kitshoff has recovered from a hamstring injury that has prevented him from featuring for the Stormers in the first four rounds of Super Rugby and will start against the Jaguares at Newlands on Friday evening.
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De Allende provides clarity on Stormers future
Damien de Allende has suggested that it is too soon to leave the Cape but hinted that at the end of the year there would be certainty.
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Sharks hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle confirms Zenarol found in urine test
Ralepelle has confirmed that he had tested positive for Zenarol, which is a non-anabolic growth hormone commonly found in meat.
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All Blacks skipper Read to quit after World Cup
Read said he wanted to get the announcement out early in the Super Rugby season so he could concentrate on playing for the Crusaders and the All Blacks at the World Cup.
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OPINION: Consistency key for Pollard in important World Cup year
Philasande Sixaba says Bulls flyhalf Handre Pollard is showing the kind of form that can help the Springboks challenge for a third World Cup title in Japan later this later, but he needs to be consistent.
