The Blues will seek to make their advantage count as they go in search of a Super Rugby semi-final spot at the expense of the injury ravaged NSW Waratahs, but the retiring Phil Waugh believes an upset is possible.
Super Rugby has entered the Finals stage in the new six-team format. The 4th placed Blues host the Waratahs on Friday, while the 3rd placed Crusaders host the 6th placed Sharks on Saturday. Alongside my own opinions I have included…
Super Rugby enters the last week before the finals. The 7th placed Waratahs sit one point outside a wildcard position with the Brumbies to play. The 6th placed Sharks are playing the 5th placed Bulls, so the Waratahs will back…
Super Rugby enters the penultimate round this weekend. The Waratahs v Highlanders fixture looks to be the pick of the round, with both teams’ finals hopes possibly on the line. The Crusaders v Blues and Stormers v Bulls fixtures are…
Super Rugby enters Round 16 this weekend. Six of this week’s seven fixtures are expected to be one-sided, with only one fixture providing more than 1.50 odds on the favourite. Last week was a great round for this column, with…
Danny Cipriani has been left out of the Melbourne Rebels squad to face the Stormers on Friday amidst speculation the fly-half is trying to engineer away from the Super Rugby franchise.
Super Rugby enters Round 15 this weekend. With four weeks left the bookies are firming in their opinion that only eight teams retain finals series hopes. Alongside my own opinions I have included the winner predictions of 14 ‘experts’ from…
Super Rugby enters Round 14 this weekend. As we move closer to the end of the season more teams are falling out of finals contention. As it stands, most bookmakers only offer odds on eight teams to win the finals…
Super Rugby enters Round 13 this weekend. This round features three close fixtures followed by three lopsided ones. Alongside my own opinions I have included the winner predictions of 13 ‘experts’ from Rugby Heaven in Australia and TVNZ in New…