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Crusaders ease past Reds

8 years ago by iol.co.za

Winger Jone Macilai scored a hat-trick of tries as an untroubled Canterbury Crusaders eased to a 38-5 victory over the Queensland Reds in their Super Rugby clash in Christchurch.

Quade Cooper’s Olympic dreams dashed

8 years ago by iol.co.za

Wallabies star Quade Cooper was ruled out of competing with the Australian Sevens team in the Olympic Games in Rio in August.

Some justice for Zas in Foley incident

8 years ago by iol.co.za

In the end, there was some justice for Stormers wing Leolin Zas with regards to his red card for his “tackle” on Waratahs flyhalf Bernard Foley.

Ellis park pitch undergoes repairs

8 years ago by iol.co.za

The lack of rain during summer has left the pitch at Ellis Park in a bad state requiring repairs.

De Allende feeling refreshed

8 years ago by iol.co.za

Following his injury, Damian De Allende has worked very hard to come back into the Stormers fold. And he hopes that he will get back to his best sooner rather than later.

Why Coetzee is the right man

8 years ago by iol.co.za

Vata Ngobeni believes Allister Coetzee is the right man to take charge of the Boks. He explains why the former Stormers boss can succeed.

Stormers, Bulls leading the way

8 years ago by iol.co.za

The Stormers and the Bulls continued to lead the way not only topping Africa Group 1 but are also the leaders in the South African conference.

Stormers won’t risk De Allende

8 years ago by iol.co.za

The Stormers are going to resist the urge to start star centre Damian de Allende in their much-anticipated Super Rugby match against the Lions.

Tigers reach European semi-final

8 years ago by iol.co.za

Leicester Tigers were comfortable 41-13 winners of the European Champions Cup quarter-final at home to Stade Francais on Sunday.

All that glitters isn’t gold with Sanzaar

8 years ago by iol.co.za

Sanzaar has come under scrutiny after slapping Gary Gold with a hefty fine for his tirade during the Sharks clash with the Crusaders.