Super Rugby is a-changing.From 2016 the new revamped competition will have two divisions with four conferences.The Eastern Division will be split into two conferences – with five teams from NZ and five from Australia.The Western Division will have eight teams, including last year’s bottom-placed team the Southern Kings, one new team from Argentina and an eighth team; probably from Africa or Asia or perhaps even Southern Europe.The only things that seem certain is that the 18th team will not Read more [...]

Super Rugby is a-changing.From 2016 the new revamped competition will have two divisions with four conferences.The Eastern Division will be split into two conferences – with five teams from NZ and five from Australia.The Western Division will have eight teams, including last year’s bottom-placed team the Southern Kings, one new team from Argentina and an eighth team; probably from Africa or Asia or perhaps even Southern Europe.The only things that seem certain is that the 18th team will not Read more [...]

By Steve Carpenter Thursday 17 April 2014 Updated: 23/04 15:42

The new-look format, which Sanzar will take to the broadcasters within the next two weeks, will have 18 teams and be split across four conferences. The current five-team conferences in Australia and New Zealand will remain, while South Africa will increase its current number of teams from five to six and they will be joined by a team from Argentina as well as one yet to be decided. Those eight teams will be split into two four-team conferences. Tew said there will be Read more [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Phil Mickelson kept it entertaining to the very end Thursday and finished one shot behind Angel Cabrera in the Wells Fargo Championship.Cabrera played in the morning and thrived on the new Bermuda greens at Quail Hollow. He made seven birdies in a round of 6-under 66. It's his lowest score of the year and only the fourth time he shot in the 60s.The wind was strong and swirling in the afternoon. That didn't stop Read more [...]

Two men have been detained over the killing of a New Zealand man in a park in Argentina, as the friend who was with him talks of how she tried to help him survive. Nicholas Heyward was shot dead in the city of Mendoza during a robbery. Police released a man arrested yesterday, but have since arrested two others. One who'd bragged about the shooting and the other - who was with him - because he had a Read more [...]