Super Rugby, also known as Super 15, is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere. Teams from Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand compete in this annual domestic league competition and produces the top players and teams. Get in the Gear of the Super Rugby teams at the World Rugby Shop.
The Highlanders' England loose forward James Haskell has had his suspension for punching extended from three weeks to four weeks.
Cheetahs backline coach Hawies Fourie has conjured up a few cunning plans to find a way through the Stormers' watertight defence at Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday.
With time running out for teams to make a charge and secure a place in the play-offs there should be some hard-hitting Super Rugby action in store this weekend, we take a look at the match-ups.
The Western Force have named an unchanged line-up to attack the Sharks in Durban on Saturday with the side eager to finish their South African tour with a win.
The Bulls and Waratahs have both made significant alterations to their midfields for their Super Rugby showdown in Sydney on Friday.
Melbourne Rebels coach Damien Hill has included English flank Michael Lipman in an effort to counter Richie McCaw in the clash against the Crusaders on Saturday.
Sharks coach John Plumtree stuck with the recipe that gave him a workmanlike win over the Highlanders last week, for this Saturday's Super Rugby visit by the Western Force.
Basement dwellers the Blues and Lions get things started in Round Twelve of Super Rugby in another weekend filled with bumper to bumper rugby action to keep you on the edge of your seat.
The rash of injuries that besieged the hapless Lions may have contributed to their dismal results, but there is another equally critical factor - their sloppy starts.
South African-born prop Reg Goodes will make his first Super Rugby start when he runs out for the Hurricanes in their Round 12 encounter be with the Highlanders in Dunedin on Saturday.
Stormers skipper Jean de Villiers is back this weekend to lead a first-choice backline against the Cheetahs, and the Bok veteran has called for his side to "go to the next level" in front of the Newlands faithful.
The Blues may be looking for a new coach, but they have signed another three key players - Charlie Faumuina, Luke Braid and Tom McCartney.
Canadian loose forward Jebb Sinclair has been loaned by English Premiership outfit London Irish to the Stormers as loose forward cover.
South Africa's premier poacher, Heinrich Brussow, will be playing in his 50th Super Rugby match when the Cheetahs take on the Stormers at Newlands on Saturday.
World Cup-winning All Black captain Richie McCaw will lead the Crusaders for the first time this year, when they head to Melbourne to face the Rebels on Saturday.
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