The coach of the Vodacom Bulls, Frans Ludeke, has named Wynand Olivier at inside centre for Saturday’s Vodacom Super 14 semifinal at Loftus Versfeld against the Crusaders. [...]
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Bulls name Olivier in Starting XV
Crusaders battling more than the Bulls
The Crusaders aren’t just playing the Bulls – they are up against the whole of South Africa. [...]
Play-off referees announced – Updated
Bryce Lawrence will referee the Bulls Semi-Final and Stuart Dickenson will referee the Chiefs match. [...]
Hurricanes keen on going to Hamilton
Hurricanes coach Colin Cooper has dismissed the notion that ‘home ground advantage’ could feature when his team meet the Chiefs in the Super 14 semifinal in Hamilton on Friday. [...]
Saders coaches hope history repeats itself
Deja-vu? Well, you could certainly excuse the Crusaders coaching staff for thinking they’ve been here before as they seek to repeat their own history and win a Super rugby title from fourth on the final standings. [...]
Crusaders Bulk up, Bulls wait
While the Bulls await the outcome of the two judicial hearings against centre JP Nel and lock Bakkies Botha on Monday and are holding thumbs that star centre Wynand Olivier will be fit for Saturday’s Super 14 semifinal clash against the Crusaders, the New Zealanders have added three fit-again players to their squad for the trip to Pretoria. [...]
1 x SA, 3 x NZ
The Bulls will be at home to the Crusaders in one semifinal and the Chiefs will host the Hurricanes in the other with three New Zealand teams making the Super 14 playoffs after the dust settled from a dramatic final round of action. [...]
Seven can still make the play-offs
And then there were seven! Yes, the race for Super 14 play-off places has officially been reduced to just seven teams. [...]
Plumtree: We messed it up
We played for our lives on Saturday. I know we still have an outside chance, but I think we are already dead.” [...]
Nine into four, doesn’t go
And then there were nine! Yes, the race for Super 14 play-off places has officially been reduced to just nine. [...]
Super 14 Gridlock
Here’s one thing we do know. If the Hurricanes keep winning, and do so with the style they showed on Saturday night, Colin Cooper’s men will top the Super 14 table and earn the right to stay at home come finals time. [...]
Critical weekend in race for Super 14 semis
So tightly-contested is this year’s Super 14 competition that the table-topping Sharks have just an eight-point lead over the ninth-placed Brumbies after nine weeks of action. [...]
