Super Rugby’s quarter-finals tracker has got the Sharks hosting the Bulls for a place in the final four while the Lions would travel to Melbourne for a shootout with the Rebels. READ MORE
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Stat Attack: Rampant Sharks destroy Lions
Were it not for the seven turnovers that the Lions eked out of the tackle, the Sharks would have dominated every single stat at Ellis Park on Friday night. READ MORE
Who should go to Pro14?
FRESH TAKE: The Pro14 appears destined to make space for another one of SA’s Super Rugby franchises, JOSHUA BROWN explains which one should go north. READ MORE
Lions cash in on Rebel indiscipline
The Rebels had never beaten the Lions, and thanks to some truly horrific indiscipline at Ellis Park on Saturday, despite a giant halftime lead, it remains that way. READ MORE
Shootout at the Lions Den
Elton Jantjies and Quade Cooper are synonymous with attacking rugby, but ZELIM NEL dived into the numbers and came up with place-kicks picking the winner at Ellis Park. READ MORE
Groom or Ward to Stormers?
Imagining a world where Super Rugby was professional enough for teams to negotiate trades, the AOR team debates which player swap is most needed in the SA Conference. READ MORE
It’s over, Lions fans
Three rounds into the 2019 Super Rugby season and STEPHEN NELL has seen enough to call time on the Lions’ reign as contenders. READ MORE
Stormers buck trend in turgid affair
At Newlands on Saturday, the Stormers carried more, kicked less and made fewer tackles. Yet won the game! What kind weird voodoo, hidgery-pokery is this? READ MORE
Go chunkies, go!
The AOR team shortlists a pair of front row forwards in predicting which Super Rugby hero will win the day in Round 2 to claim the unofficial SA Conference MVP award. READ MORE
Pro rugby must revolt or die
The only way pro rugby survives in South Africa is if a big-time benefactor bankrolls a breakaway league with five squads of top talent, writes CRAIG RAY. READ MORE
Kwagga to dominate CHOC stats?
With R100 being donated to the Childhood Cancer Foundation (CHOC) for every tackle made in 2019, all eyes will be on 2018 tackle toppers, Kwagga Smith and his Lions team mates. READ MORE
Lions have lost their edge
Using Super Hero Sunday as his indicator, MIKE GREENAWAY says the Lions’ reign over SA’s Super Rugby challenge is in jeopardy this season. READ MORE