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          5dSam Bruce

          The domino effect: Who will take Wallabies beyond 2019?

          The biggest year of his coaching career is still to play out, but Michael Cheika's pending replacement at Australia's helm is as much a talking point as the Wallabies' Rugby World Cup fortunes themselves.

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          6dCraig Dowd

          SANZAAR made right call to return to 14-team competition

          SANZAAR made the right decision to drop the Sunwolves from Super Rugby and revert back to a 14-team competition, while the introduction of new trial 'laws' could see rugby move back towards traditional rucking, Craig Dowd writes.

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          11dESPN

          SANZAAR officially axe Sunwolves

          SANZAAR have announced they will officially drop the Sunwolves from Super Rugby from 2021 in a statement on Friday.

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          28dReuters

          SA Rugby to be strict with overseas clubs over players - Erasmus

          Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has reiterated that South Africa Rugby will rigorously enforce World Rugby Regulation 9 from 2020 in a bid to soften the impact of the growing flood of top players plying their trade abroad.

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          30dReuters

          Schalk Brits enjoying new lease of life with Bulls in Super Rugby

          The veteran hooker has been eased into the side, after sustaining a calf injury, but he was superb in the Round 1 defeat of the Stormers and then was immense in the Bulls' 30-12 victory over the Lions at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday.

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          34dESPN

          Super Rugby Round 3 team lists

          Three big trans-Tasman clashes headline Round 3 of Super Rugby, including a double-header to get us started on Friday evening. Read on for all of this week's team lists.

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          40dESPN

          Cheetahs player banned for filthy act

          Cheetahs centre Nico Lee will sit out 13 weeks of Pro 14 action after he was suspended for clearing "the contents of his nose" on Connacht's Colby Fainga'a during their clash last weekend.

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          41dESPN

          Super Rugby Round Two team lists

          In Super Rugby round two we see two trans-Tasman clashes as well as a New Zealand derby. Read for all of this week's team lists.

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          55dAndy Withers

          Super Rugby South Africa conference preview

          The Super Rugby season is once again upon us. Here, we analyse the South African conference, and ESPN columnist Greg Growden offers his thoughts on each of the five franchises.

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          63dReuters

          R.G. Snyman undergoes ankle surgery

          Bulls and South Africa lock R.G. Snyman has undergone ankle surgery and will miss the opening two months of of the season, his Super Rugby franchise has announced .

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          68dESPN Staff

          Cornal Hendricks returns after retiring with a heart complaint

          Cornal Hendricks, a former Cheetahs and Springboks winger, retired in 2015, on medical advice, after he discovered that he had a heart defect. He will step out for the Bulls vs. the Lions in Pretoria on Saturday.

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          70dESPN Staff

          Cheetahs scrum coach Daan Human to work also for Bulls

          The former Stormers, Toulouse and South Africa prop will assist the Bulls two days a week while continuing in a similar role for the Bloemfontein-based Cheetahs in their Guinness PRO14 campaign.

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          72dReuters

          Pat Lambie retires at 28, cites concussions

          A fit Lambie would in all likelihood have been part of the Springboks squad at the Rugby World Cup in Japan later this year, but he says he is no longer willing to risk his health on the rugby field.

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          113dReuters

          Boks to play home Tests in Joburg, Pretoria

          There is no June international window in Rugby World Cup year and the Rugby Championship has been cut to three fixtures per side, with the Boks to open their campaign against Australia at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on July 20.

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          119dSam Bruce

          SANZAAR should be thrilled Super Rugby speculation exists

          SANZAAR issued another typically vague response to reports Super Rugby may revert to a 14-team competition from 2021. It's not such a bad situation, though, and one the governing body would be wise to embrace, Sam Bruce writes.

          2018 RankingsRugby Championship

          • SA2nd
            TRIES SCORED 1st New Zealand : 33 Tries Scored
            NZL1st
            21
            33
          • SA2nd
            POINTS DIFFERENCE 1st New Zealand : 93 Points Difference
            NZL1st
            6
            93

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