Siya, Scarra & Stormers celebrate in style
Siya Kolisi’s 100th Super Rugby match turned out to be a beauty with the passionate Stormers captain leading his team to victory against the... Read more
Lions lose Marx and lose in Wellington
Malcolm Marx is out of the Lions Super Rugby tour of New Zealand with a groin injury. Marx lasted less than 10 minutes as... Read more
Grey College end Boshaai’s unbeaten run & Paul Roos power past Paarl Gim
Grey College and Paul Roos made claim to South Africa’s top schoolboy rugby ranking with comprehensive wins in Paarl. Grey College ended Paarl Boys... Read more
Champion Crusaders on the march in Melbourne
The Crusaders crushed the Melbourne Rebels and extended their record-breaking win of successive Super Rugby matches outside New Zealand to 11. The tournament’s 2017... Read more
History making Jaguares make it four from four on the road
The Jaguares will leave Australasia unbeaten after winning their fourth successive match on tour. The men from Argentina beat the Chiefs 23-19 for a... Read more
Trevor Nyakane must dominate Newlands
In my column for sport24 I’ve written that Saturday’s clash at Newlands will be more centred around Springbok contention than Super Rugby aspirations when the Stormers face... Read more
Super Rugby Rants and Raves: Pollard’s best so far
My top rant and top rave for Independent Media, following another action packed weekend of Super Rugby. For my full wrap of the weekend... Read more
Injury and defeat big blows to Blitzboks World Series title hopes
Blitzboks captain Kyle Brown will miss the rest of the season after a weekend in which the South Africans for the first time this... Read more
Super Sopoaga sinks Bulls with last kick of the game
Highlanders flyhalf Lima Sopoaga broke the Bulls’s hearts with a successful last penalty kick of the game. The Kiwis, thanks to the unerring boot... Read more
Fired up Reds rock limp Lions
The Reds rocked the Lions in Super Rugby action in Brisbane, winning 27-22. Malcolm Marx scored two second half tries and the Lions scored... Read more
De Allende destroys Rebels with raw power
Stormers wing JJ Engelbrecht scored twice in the Stormers 34-18 win against the Rebels. The four tries to two win was never in doubt,... Read more
Kolisi needs to step it up
A month ago I motivated in a column that Rassie Erasmus’s Springbok captain in June should be Siya Kolisi, but his form in the... Read more
Super Rugby Rants and Raves – Bulls locks looking like All Blacks under new coaching
In my weekly “Rants and Raves” column for Independent Media, I take a look back at the positives and negatives from the latest round... Read more
Lambie’s Racing 92 lash Munster to make Champions Cup final
South Africa’s Pat Lambie started at flyhalf in Racing 92’s 27-22 Champions Cup semi-final win against Munster in Bordeaux. Racing will play Leinster in... Read more
Paul Roos, Monument & Boland Landbou in stunning wins
All of Paul Roos, Monument and Boland Landbou produced stunning performances in Saturday’s national school’s rugby. Monument advanced to the final of the Tuks... Read more
Strauss stars as Rebels no match for rejuvenated Bulls
The Bulls scored two early tries and were always in command in getting a 28-10 try-scoring bonus point win against the Rebels in Pretoria.... Read more