Hurricanes rugby: 20 of the best

Follow @RedefinedRugby The Hurricanes are hours away from embarking on their 20th season of Super Rugby, which kicks off for them against the Lions in Johannesburg at 6.10 am tomorrow morning. The team for Game One 2015 … Hurricanes: 15 Jason Woodward, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith (captain), 12 Rey Le-Lo, 11 Julian Savea,…

RBS 6 Nations Preview : Scotland vs Wales

Follow @RedefinedRugby Wales have made one change to their side to face Scotland on Sunday, with Liam Williams coming into the starting XV. Scarlets back Williams will win his 20th cap at Murrayfield and replaces George North. North is currently symptom free and whilst nearing the conclusion of the graduated return to play protocol the…

RBS 6 Nations Preview : England vs Italy

Follow @RedefinedRugby England trudged into the Millennium Stadium as the walking wounded but as it turned out, victory in Cardiff was the only remedy that Stuart Lancaster and company needed. Facing questions over an extended injury list and a chastening defeat at the same stadium two years ago, the men now in possession of the…

RBS 6 Nations Preview : Ireland vs France

Follow @RedefinedRugby Philippe Saint-Andre never lost to Ireland as a player but as France’s head coach he is still waiting for that first victory against the men in green. But, ahead of Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations clash in Dublin, Saint-Andre can take heart from the fact that Les Bleus are yet to lose at the…

Super Rugby Preview : Bulls v Stormers

Follow @RedefinedRugby Bulls coach Frans Ludeke has named Adriaan Strauss at hooker to face the Stormers in Super Rugby at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Strauss, who made his Super Rugby debut for the Bulls in 2006 (eight matches), is back in the Pretoria side after a long stint with the Cheetahs (for whom he played…

Super Rugby Preview : Sharks v Cheetahs

Follow @RedefinedRugby The Sharks have named their side that will kick-off their Super Rugby campaign against the Cheetahs at Kings Park on Saturday. Mouritz Botha lines up alongside Pieter-Steph du Toit in the second-row while Marcell Coetzee, Renaldo Bothma and Tera Mtembu are behind. An all Springbok front-row is named as Tendai Mtawarira starts alongside…

Super Rugby Preview : Blues v Chiefs

Follow @RedefinedRugby Blues centurion and World Cup hero Tony Woodcock returns to Super Rugby for the first time in eight months for Saturday’s opening round of the 2015 season against the Chiefs at North Harbour’s QBE Stadium. Woodcock, who has played 110 times for the All Blacks, will earn his 140th cap for the Blues…

Super Rugby Preview : Brumbies v Reds

Follow @RedefinedRugby Two former Super Rugby champions collide to kick off the 2015 season in Australia this Friday, as the Brumbies host the Reds in Canberra.  The hosts suffered semi-final heartache in 2014, while the Reds just never got going in their first year under Richard Graham. In fact the Brumbies have been nearly there…