SANZAR are in the midst of developing the next ridiculous Super Rugby format. This has to be in line with the current Einstein “4 points for a bye” scenario, thus keeping everyone in the dark, bar those who actually feel like analyzing and predicting the 3+1 logs on Excel over the weekend. […]
Posts tagged with: ITM Cup
Away with Super Rugby Franchises?
3 Dec 13 10:40 by Len Labuschagne (catfish) | 40 Comments
If you’re good enough you’re old enough
10 Oct 12 23:09 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 2 Comments
In about 1994 I was at Carisbrook on game duty for the Otago Rugby Union. That sounds more impressive than it actually was, in reality I was simply there because the team I was coaching then was playing in the curtainraiser to the main game. […]
Rugby questions
8 Oct 12 00:27 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 51 Comments
In the wake of the All Blacks win in Soweto my thoughts have now turned to what other twists and turns the rugby season may hold: […]
Last call
6 Aug 12 09:18 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 28 Comments
The Currie Cup kicks off this weekend, with the Rugby Championship following suit in the week following, so if you haven’t joined the Sharksworld SuperBru pools or the JustRugby.net Fantasy League, now is the best time. […]
Sharksworld SuperBru Pools
20 Jul 12 11:11 by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson) | 3 Comments
In case anybody missed the first article, or did not get the invite from SuperBru itself, here is a summary of the new pools we have started. […]
Adongo heads to New Zealand
10 Jul 12 13:52 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 89 Comments
Brenden Nel, writing for the SuperSport website, has revealed that the Bulls have released former Sharks XV forward Daniel Adongo after just 6 months. The big Kenyan utility forward has already left for New Zealand, where former All Black Tana Umaga has snapped him up to play for Counties Manakau in the ITM Cup. […]
Imagine a life without rugby
28 Feb 12 12:00 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 6 Comments
Today has been a dark day for Otago Rugby. Yesterday we woke to the news that our proud 135 year old Rugby Union would be liquidated before the weekend. […]
Otago
27 Feb 12 14:21 by Ryan Quirk (The Quirk) | 29 Comments
I’m sure that, by now, everyone has heard about the impending liquidation of the Otago Rugby Union. […]
Kiwi gig lined up for Schoonbee
22 Feb 12 06:15 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 10 Comments
Former Sharks age-group lock Johan Schoonbee, who left Durban earlier this year, has been snapped up by New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay Magpies and attended his first practice with the squad in Napier last night. […]
New Zealand’s 2012 Super Squads named: Haskell one of five foreign imports
3 Nov 11 01:05 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 26 Comments
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. […]
ITM Cup – 2011 Finals
2 Sep 11 04:27 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 3 Comments
In a year that seems to have been wall-to-wall rugby, New Zealand this weekend witnesses the Finale of the domestic inter-provincial competition with two finals. […]
ITM Cup – Week 13 Preview
25 Aug 11 01:54 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 45 Comments
In a week that has been dominated by Rugby World Cup selections, spare a thought for un-wanted All Blacks Hosea Gear, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Liam Messam, Jarred Hoeata and Wyatt Crocket who may all return for their Provincial sides this weekend in the ITM Cup. […]
ITM Cup – Week 12 Preview
23 Aug 11 05:01 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 1 Comment
ITM Cup rugby has very much been over shadowed this week by the defeat of the All Blacks at the hands of the defending World Champions South Africa. This coupled with the naming of the All Black 30 man squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup means there has been little energy for ITM Cup action. […]
ITM Cup – Week 11 Preview
18 Aug 11 05:35 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 12 Comments
Week 11 see’s 7 matches that all look hard to call, with just the one a cross-over fixture. Just 4 points covers the top 5 spots in the Premiership and means that those that have aspirations of finals football need to be kicking into top gear – now! […]
ITM Cup – Week 10 Preview
15 Aug 11 04:19 by Gwyn Pratley (Hertford Highlander) | 15 Comments
As Dunedin residents look out the window at blizzard conditions, never has it been more perfect to head down to the local rugby ground to watch their team on Wednesday evening – with the first world indoor rugby ground earning its keep very early. […]