Super 14 Rugby News, Match Reviews and Match Reports

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Reds sign Roe replacement

New Reds signing Ezra Taylor will find it tough filling the big shoes left for him at the Super 14 rugby club.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Fava puts quokkas and Force behind him

It is not the record Scott Fava was aiming for when he made his Super 14 debut for Queensland eight years ago.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Force release Fava

Backrower expected to join NSW after being released by the Western Force have on compassionate grounds.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Boks consider joining Brumbies

Brumbies fans could be cheering for the enemy with several Springboks showing interest in moving to ACT.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

ACT home in on Giteau

Brumbies confirm head coach Andy Friend has met with reportedly disgruntled Western Force flyhalf Matt Giteau.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Force powerbrokers deny player rift

Reports of a damaging rift between coach John Mitchell and Matt Giteau have been dismissed as mischief making.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Mitchell faces player revolt

Former All Blacks coach John Mitchell has been hit by a Wallabies player revolt.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Robbie's right-hand man becomes nemesis

ROBBIE DEANS turned away from New Zealand rugby union as the Super 14's most successful coach, and now Greg Somerville, his right-hand man of a decade of scrums and silverware with the Crusaders, is preparing for some northern exposure.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Mixed emotions for Turinui

It is with mixed emotions that former Wallaby Morgan Turinui watches the Australian side's purple patch.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Best shot: Tahu aims at No. 12

Timana "hated" being shunted between positions with the Waratahs and expects to be inside-centre next year.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Mitchell defends tour as injuries mount

Western Force coach John Mitchell has no regrets about his team's development tour of the UK

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Reds begin Super 14 preparations in Europe

Wallaby duties and injury have forced Queensland Reds coach Phil Mooney to select a young and inexperienced squad for the Super 14 side's pre-season European tour.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

NZ teams want new competition

Leading New Zealand provincial teams brief John O'Neill on a radical revamp of southern hemisphere rugby.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Hickey jots Gasnier down in his black book

NSW Waratahs coach Chris Hickey will watch Mark Gasnier's introduction to rugby like a hawk.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

It's Captain Pocock the unstoppable Force

Young Western Force star David Pocock has underlined his growing status at the club - and in the mind of coach John Mitchell - by being named as captain during the side's development tour to the UK.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Blackadder gets Crusaders job

Crusaders legend Todd Blackadder and his former teammate Mark Hammett will replace Robbie Deans.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Injury forces Gibbes to end rugby career

Chiefs and Waikato lock Jono Gibbes has announced his retirement from all rugby, finally giving up his long-running battle against injury.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Reds in the hunt for Karmichael to beef up back line

The Queensland Reds are eager to gauge Karmichael Hunt's interest in swapping codes before adding their name to his growing list of suitors.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Reds heading to Emerald Isle for super preparation

The Queensland Reds will begin preparations for the 2009 Super 14 early with a four-match development tour of Ireland in August-September.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Green light for top-six Super finals format

THE first step of Sanzar's grand plan to revitalise Super rugby was revealed yesterday with the decision that from next year it will change from a final-four to a top-six format.