With less than three minutes to play, Damian McKenzie’s drop goal looked to have sealed victory for the Chiefs in the first match of Vodacom Super Rugby Aotearoa, but Bryn Gatland – a late inclusion in the Highlanders match-day squad – stepped up to deny father Warren’s team a win with a composed drop goal of his own.
Ahead of Sunday’s Super Rugby Aotearoa clash between the Blues and Hurricanes at Eden Park, look back at the full match replay of the first-ever Super 14 game, which featured the likes of Jerry Collins, Tana Umaga, Joe Rokocoko and Doug Howlett.
Tries from Joost van der Westhuizen, Percy Montgomery, Andre Snyman and Pieter Rossouw helped the Springboks to a 35-16 victory over the British & Irish Lions at Ellis Park during their 1997 tour to South Africa.
World Cup-winning flyhalf Handre Pollard chats about his difficult recovery through a lengthy injury layoff back in 2016, and how he used those setbacks as motivation to return a better person and rugby player.
Ahead of Saturday’s Super Rugby Aotearoa opener between the Highlanders and the Chiefs, look back at this incredible passage of play between the two sides at Forsyth Barr stadium in 2013. Do you expect to see the same kind of exhilarating play when rugby resumes this weekend?
New Zealand Rugby Referee Manager Bryce Lawrence and Kiwi referee Paul Williams explain the new breakdown rules that will be implemented during Super Rugby Aotearoa.
In his last Vodacom Super Rugby game for the Sharks, Bismarck du Plessis sparked and finished off a 75-metre team try against the Stormers at Kings Park, by putting in a deft grubber kick to initiate the attack before scoring in the corner.
On this day, 25 years ago, the late great Springbok wing Chester Williams scored four tries against Western Samoa in the quarter-final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup – his first match at the tournament.
Ahead of his move to Harlequins, Springbok prop Wilco Louw chats about training on the farm during lockdown, being coached by Welsh great Adam Jones and braaiing with Andre Esterhuizen upon his arrival in England.
Check out this clip from popular rugby YouTuber Andrew Forde which showcases England captain Owen Farrell’s defensive ‘technique’.
