The latest news and videos from the southern-hemisphere tournament involving teams from South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Argentina and Japan

Read returns for Crusaders

Kieran Read is back in the Crusaders starting XV for their match against the Brumbies in Canberra on Saturday.

Force tweak pack for Rebels

The Force have made three changes to their starting XV for their match against the Rebels in Melbourne.

Mealamu back for final game

In one of six changes, Keven Mealamu will start in his final Vodacom Super Rugby game for the Blues against the Highlanders.

Talk’n Tactics: TMO calls

SuperSport compares Burger Odendaal's disallowed try in Melbourne to the one awarded to Schalk van der Merwe at Newlands.

‘Refs need more coaching’

Former Test referee Jonathan Kaplan tells JON CARDINELLI why the standard of officiating has been so poor and why the system of appointing and managing referees needs to change.