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The Crusaders and the Hurricanes face each other in a pre-season friendly in Mangatainoka this weekend, with both teams making wholesale changes to the teams that played last week. [...]
Posts tagged with: Crusaders
Hurricanes and Crusaders make changes
Highlanders are walking wounded
The Highlanders will be starting the Super Rugby season without a few key players as their list of injured players continues to grow the closer we get to the start of the tournament. [...]
Crusaders name second stringers
The first Crusaders team for the 2012 season has been announced, to face the Highlanders in a warm up match on Friday night. [...]
Force to face EP Kings
It seems as though either the Western Force or the EP Kings were reading Sharksworld this morning, as news has surfaced that the Western Force are looking to fill the three week break in the SupeRugby campaign with a match against the Kings. [...]
Crusaders make difficult call
The Crusaders have made the decision to play their first home game of the SupeRugby campaign at McLean Park, Napier. This after rumours going around were that the game would be played in either Timaru or Nelson. [...]
Super Rugby 2012: An Optimistic Approach
17 Jan 12 11:46 by Original Pierre | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Reader Submissions, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 80 Comments
Super Rugby is almost upon us and along with the pre-season jitters, on my part, comes the inevitable speculation: How will the Sharks go this time around? [...]
New Zealand’s 2012 Super Squads named: Haskell one of five foreign imports
All Blacks.com reports that dynamic English back-rower James Haskell has put pen to paper with the Highlanders and will feature in the revamped 2012 Super competition for the southern franchise. [...]
Kiwi Not so Super squads named
New Zealand’s playing stocks are being tested, with the naming of the five Super Rugby squads revealing the front row and first-five are worryingly light on proven and experienced players. [...]
Sonny Bill signs for Chiefs
All Black centre Sonny Bill Williams has extended his stay in New Zealand, signing a one-year extension to his All Black contract. He has also confirmed that he will be available for the Chiefs in Super Rugby for 2012. [...]
Crusaders stay in Christchurch
The Crusaders have finally found a home at which they will play their home games in SupeRugby in 2012, as the Christchurch City Council has come to a decision. [...]
The 2012 Superugby schedule is here
2 Sep 11 05:00 by KSA Shark © | Bulls, Cheetahs, Lions, Original Content, Sharks, Stormers, Super Rugby | 44 Comments
The 2012 Superugby fixtures have been released and there are changes galore, Sunday games, Thursday games and a 4 week break in June. [...]
Bad news continues for Crusaders
The Crusaders will hear this week where the mercurial Sonny Bill Williams will be playing next season, as he has told his All Blacks team mates that he will not run out for the Crusaders next year. This comes as a double whammy to the Crusaders as it was also confirmed this week that the AMI Stadium will not host the Crusaders rugby team in 2012. [...]
First-choice ABs to sit out Springbok Test
25 Jul 11 11:17 by Hertford Highlander | All Blacks, In the news, RWC 2011, Springboks, Super Rugby, Tri Nations | Comment?
Planet Rugby reports that New Zealand will rest at least four key players for Saturday’s Tri-Nations clash against South Africa in a decision which is unlikely to win favor with all of their supporters. [...]
Super Rugby Final: Reds (18) vs Crusaders (13) F/T
The Reds tackle the Crusaders in the inaugural final to the Super Rugby tournament, when they face each other for the second time at Suncorp Stadium this season, and this time it is for more than just log points. [...]
Continuity for both Super Rugby finalists
Both Ewan McKenzie and Todd Blackadder have the unaccustomed luxury of being able to name unchanged lineups for this weekend’s Super Rugby final in Brisbane. For McKenzie in particular, it is something of a rarity to have not lost any players to injury and his side will relish the continuity. [...]
