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The Sharks have reinforced their Super Rugby claims and supercoach Jake White can take plenty of credit for that. ...

Tries by Matt Giteau and Juan Smith and a faultless kicking display by Jonny Wilkinson in the penultimate game of his career gave Toulon a 23-6 victory over Saracens on Saturday (local time) as the French side become the third team to retain the Heineken Cup. ...

If the Blues hope to learn anything from yet another season of Super Rugby ignominy, then they should pay special attention to Friday night's defining loss to the Sharks in Albany. ...

The pressure continues to mount on the New Zealand Rugby Union to take the All Blacks to Samoa, with an historic test in the Pacific Islands thought to be edging closer to reality. ...

International player strikes aren't imminent, but after another swift rejection of calendar changes from the northern hemisphere unions, such drastic action may be needed. ...

What Stuart Lancaster would give to chose between Aaron Cruden and Beauden Barrett. Truth be told, he'd even love to steal the in-form Colin Slade. ...

Desperation delivers. There's no other way to explain the Hurricanes' six-tries-to-one 45-8 domination of the Chiefs in Wellington last night. ...

At least Jamie Joseph could manage a wry smile following the Highlanders 32-30 loss to the Crusaders last night. ...

The Stormers won their fifth Super Rugby match of the 2014 season when they beat the Cheetahs 33-0 at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town....

The Crusaders recovered from their loss to the Sharks by beating the Highlanders 30-32 with a bonus point at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. ...

The Chiefs hopes of winning their third succesive Super Rugby title suffered a blow when they were hammered 45-8 by the Hurricanes in Wellington. ...

Out of the last five matches between the Cape Town based Stormers and the Bloemfontein based Cheetahs the Stormers have won three and the Cheetahs two. ...

The Western Force kept their hopes of reaching the Super Rugby play offs alive when they beat the Lions 29-19 with a bonus point in Perth. ...

London Wasps face a daunting trip to the renovated Stade Jean Bouin in Paris to face Stade Français in the second leg of the European Rugby Champions Cup qualifier. ...

Out of the last five Super Rugby matches between the Wellington based Hurricanes and the Hamilton based Chiefs the Hurricanes have won one, drawn one and lost three matches. ...

Blood remains thicker than water for the Fainga'a twins who remain desperate to stay together and help dig the Queensland Reds out of their Super Rugby mire. ...

Nasi Manu likes this new chilled-out version of Jamie Joseph. ...

Taranaki's national provincial championship roster is filling fast after the union yesterday announced it had signed Jackson Ormond and Codey Rei for 2014. ...

The rugby focus is very much on Super rugby at the moment, but preparation for the 2014 Stags season continues at pace under new coach Brad Mooar. ...

Brumbies head coach Stephen Larkham insists the club's 2014 destiny remains in their own hands despite a South African tour that yielded just one Super Rugby competition point over two games. ...