Super Rugby

Super Rugby is a professional men’s rugby union international club competition involving teams from Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hemisphere competitions dating back to the South Pacific Championship in 1986, with teams from a number of southern nations, the Super Rugby started as the Super 12 in the 1996 season with 12 teams from 3 nations: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The Super 12 was established by SANZAAR after the sport became professional in 1995. With the top players from nations that represent 16 of the 24 top-three finishes in the history of the Rugby World Cup, the competition is widely regarded as rugby union’s toughest provincial competition

How two schoolmates in Darcy Swain and Len Ikitau became ACT Brumbies teammates in Super Rugby

How two schoolmates in Darcy Swain and Len Ikitau became ACT Brumbies teammates in Super Rugby

Certainly not in Canberra, preparing to take his place at outside centre for the ACT Brumbies in their Super Rugby AU game against the Melbourne Rebels on Saturday night. "Things happen and I don't think me playing for the Brumbies would have happened if Darcy wasn't down here helping me …

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Blues down Hurricanes in NZ Super Rugby

Blues down Hurricanes in NZ Super Rugby

The Blues have cut loose with three tries in the second half to beat the Hurricanes 31-16 in their Super Rugby Aotearoa opener in Wellington. Blockbusting winger Caleb Clarke and fullback Stephen Perofeta both crossed in the first 15 minutes of the second half to overhaul an 11-7 deficit,

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