Sharksworld and JustRugby.net are pleased to announce that the 2012 Super Rugby Fantasy League competition is now open for entry and will be kindly sponsored by sporting accessory giants Canterbury. [...]

Darron Nell will again captain the Southern Kings as they face the Sharks in a warm-up match in PE on Friday evening. [...]

While it would be great to think that those players cut from the Sharks squad this week – and thus seemingly out of the reckoning for Super Rugby game time in the opening few weeks – would be immediately thrust into action with the Sharks XV in order to try and “play themselves back in”, the reality is somewhat different. [...]

Bulls centre Wynand Olivier has failed to recover adequately from his, erm, “wrist injury” and is thus considered a doubtful starter for his side’s Super Rugby opener, against the Sharks next week. [...]

Cheetahs prop WP Nel has signed a 3-year contract to play for Scottish club side Edinburgh and will head north to join his new team later in the year. [...]

You’ve got to hand it to the muppets running the judicial process in SA Rugby… they’ve seen fit to finally get around to convening a disciplinary hearing after Fred Michalak was cited for a “late and dangerous tackle” in last year’s Currie Cup final! [...]

Waratahs flyer Drew Mitchell will in all likelihood miss the start of the Super Rugby season, following a tendon injury in his foot. This after the player missed a whole lot of the Super Rugby season last year and then picked up another lengthy injury during the World Cup. [...]

Brumbies coach Jake White has finally decided on his captain for the Super Rugby tournament, opting for Waratahs purchase Ben Mowen as his leader. Three vice captains were appointed in frontrankers Dan Palmer and Stephen Moore, as well as the versatile Pat McCabe. [...]

The Stormers suffered an injury setback at the weekend, with lock forward Rynhardt Elstadt picking up an ankle injury against the Kings to put him in doubt for his side’s Super Rugby opener, against the Hurricanes next weekend. [...]

The defending champions have it all to do this year, and have to keep 4 chasing teams at bay in order to win a second Super Rugby tournament in two years. For a talented team like this, they will feature in the playoffs, but I feel there are teams who want it more. [...]

The Crusaders are always favourites to go on and take the Super Rugby title, especially at this time of the season, when all the speculation starts. A couple of seasons now without the trophy, one has to think that they will try a bit harder this season. [...]

The Sharks kick off their Super Rugby campaign against the Bulls in Pretoria next Friday night, and then continue on a nine week journey which includes four weeks in Australia and New Zealand. [...]

Two friendly encounters took place last night, with the Lions tackling the Kings (without the Kings) and a Western Province outfit taking on South Western District (SWD). But wait, isn’t the Kings without the Kings only a team made up of Border and SWD players? So let’s try that again. [...]

Bismarck du Plessis will captain the Sharks for the first time as they take on the Southern Kings in PE on Friday. [...]

Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske has named his final 30-man Super Rugby squad, although changes should still be expected as the likes of Juan Smith and Coenie Oosthuizen become available later in the season. [...]

The Sharks this morning confirmed that neither Willem Alberts nor Jean Deysel is likely to feature at all during the opening month of Super Rugby, with both players earmerked to return in time for the Sharks Antipodean tour. [...]

Despite initially threatening to send a weakened side to play the Kings in a friendly this afternoon, Lions coach Jon Mitchell has instead decided to pick an outfit strongly resembling his strongest available. [...]

The Crusaders will have to do without their influential captain, Richie McCaw, until at least April, while he recovers from a surgery to his foot. [...]

They say that most trends tend to catch on in Pretoria a few years late and in the case of the Bulls “out there” decision to play in a “shocking” pink away jersey, this couldn’t be more true. [...]