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TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 25: Pumas assistant coach Michael Cheika looks on during warm up ahead of The Rugby Championship match between the Australian Wallabies and Argentina Pumas at QCB Stadium on September 25, 2021 in Townsville, Australia.

Cheika slams ref for blasting Pumas

Coach Michael Cheika has slammed Australian referee Damon Murphy after Argentina conceded 22 penalties and four players were yellow-carded in the loss against South Africa.

Boks surrendered Rugby Championship at Ellis Park

Mark Keohane says the Rugby Championship was neither lost in Durban nor won in Auckland on Saturday, the Springboks dropped the crown at Ellis Park in August.

Fiji, Samoa to host Super Rugby Pacific matches

Fijian Drua will stage six home matches and Moana Pasifika will play a first Super Rugby Pacific match on home soil, as organisers push for next year’s competition to make a bigger imprint in the Pacific Islands.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 15: Referee Mathieu Raynal speaks to Nic White and Bernard Foley of the Wallabies during The Rugby Championship & Bledisloe Cup match between the Australia Wallabies and the New Zealand All Blacks at Marvel Stadium on September 15, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia.

New footage adds to time-wasting controversy

New footage from the first Bledisloe Cup fixture has shown Australian flyhalf Bernard Foley ignoring referee Mathieu Raynal ahead of the questionable time-wasting decision which handed the New Zealand victory.

Goosen back for Bulls

Johan Goosen will make his much-anticipated return for the Vodacom Bulls when they take on Edinburgh at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

Academy players out to impress new Blitzboks coach

With the Sevens Series only six weeks away, newly appointed Blitzboks coach Sandile Ngcobo will be keeping a close eye on Middelburg where several Academy players will be out to impress him.

Bulls coach Jake White during the post match press conference after the United Rugby Championship 2021/22 Grand Final between Stormers and Bulls held at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa on 18 June 2022

Returning trio to bolster Bulls

The contract extensions of three standout players have been welcomed by the Vodacom Bulls, with director of rugby Jake White confident that his side will have ample depth and experience going into the future.

All Blacks play waiting game

New Zealand can put one hand on the Rugby Championship trophy with victory over Australia at their Eden Park fortress on Saturday, but the champions will not be decided until hours later when South Africa play Argentina in Durban.

Durban , South Africa - 23 April 2022; Cell C Sharks head coach Sean Everitt before the United Rugby Championship match between Cell C Sharks and Leinster at Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium in Durban, South Africa. (Photo By Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Sharks under no illusion

The Sharks’ disappointing performance in last season’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship has been chalked off as a learning experience ahead of the 2022-23 edition.

Desperate Worcester to field coach

A 41-year-old member of the coaching staff and a former deaf international player were both called up to take on Gloucester on Wednesday as the Worcester Warriors scraped together a squad for the Premier Rugby Cup fixture.