2016 Super Rugby " 21st Edition explained
January 29, 2016 (07:00) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
2016 Super Rugby " 21st Edition explained. The 2016 Super Rugby season will be the 21st edition of the popular rugby union tournament. Traditionally featuring club teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, 2016 will see new editions to the competitions, plus other format changes. In total, there are five teams from Australia, five teams from New Zealand, six teams from More...

ITM Cup Round 2 Preview - Who Are You Picking?
August 20, 2015 (01:15) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
ITM Cup Round 2 is here, with tipsters able to get a gauge of the form of all teams after Round 1. Who are you picking in Round 2? 8 |North HarbourvWellington 20 Aug 19:35 (your time) 20 Aug 19:35 (local) Pick: Wellington by 7 9 |TasmanvBay of Plenty 21 Aug 19:35 (your time) 21 Aug 19:35 (local) Pick: Tasman by 21 Change Pick 10 |ManawatuvWaikato 22 Aug 14:35 (your More...

Super Rugby Tips Website is For Sale - Buy It Now!
August 18, 2015 (11:45) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
Super Rugby Tips is for sale. After nine years of operating, it is time for a new challenge. You can now buy Super Rugby Tips. Click here to see the listing. With the Rugby World Cup 2015 just around the corner, leading rugby blog/website Super Rugby Tips is for sale. It is available now as is for someone to take over. Super Rugby Tips provides tips and opinions for people involved in More...

ITM Cup Round 1 Picks - Who Are You Picking?
August 13, 2015 (03:45) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The ITM Cup 2015 is here. Round 1 features some mouth-watering clashes, with plenty of interest on if teams like Tasman and Taranaki can continue their golden run, or if the likes of Auckland and Canterbury return to rule the roost? 1 |SouthlandvAuckland 13 Aug 19:35 (your time)13 Aug 19:35 (local) Pick: Auckland by 7 2 |WaikatovTasman 14 Aug 18:05 (your time)14 Aug 18:05 ( More...

The ITM Cup 2015 Preview
August 09, 2015 (18:15) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The ITM Cup 2015 is nearly here for another season following a surprising 2014 season which breathed new life into the competition with "Cinderella" stories Taranaki and Manawatu winning the Premiership and Championship respectively, while Wellington was relegated to the Championship for 2015. It is difficult to know if the usually dominant bigger unions like Canterbury and Auckland will More...

The Rugby Championship 2015 Review - Seven Things We Learnt
August 09, 2015 (02:15) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The Rugby Championship 2015 is over with the Wallabies the unlikely winners given that they started the competition as the third ranked team. Here are seven things we learnt from the Rugby Championship 2015; 1) The focus was definitely on aiming towards the Rugby World Cup with all teams testing some new players and combinations. We won't find out until October, if we could read much into More...

Wallabies Beat All Blacks To Win The Rugby Championship 2015
August 08, 2015 (14:30) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The Wallabies secured a rare win over the All Blacks 27-19 in a messy type game, to win the Rugby Championship 2015. For a change, it was the Wallabies putting the All Blacks under pressure and forcing uncharacteristic missed tackles from the men in black, to take the win. The hosts used their bench nicely with Nick White scoring a rare try against the All Blacks off the bench, and they More...

The Rugby Championship 2015 Round 3 Preview - Thoughts?
August 06, 2015 (08:15) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The Rugby Championship is nearly over already, with the Southern Hemisphere giants going at it for only one more action packed rounds. In all honesty, it is hard to know what to make of the Rugby Championship 2015, given that the focus for all teams is the Rugby World Cup. This means that we should expect to see some testing of new combinations and fresh faces included in teams to see if More...

All Blacks Team Named To Play Wallabies in The Rugby Championship Decider
August 05, 2015 (19:15) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The All Blacks have named a near full strength side to play the Wallabies in the Rugby Championship decider in Sydney. The main talking point is the inclusion of exciting outside back Nehe Milner-Skudder, which like the debuts of Lima Sopoaga and James Broadhurst against the Springboks in the last game, shows the confidence of the All Blacks' selectors to blood new players in such important More...

All Blacks Black Boots For Rugby World Cup - Bootiful
August 04, 2015 (06:30) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The All Blacks will wear black boots in the Rugby World Cup. We are not just talking about the retro black with white stripes and soles, no, the All Blacks will wear newly released Adidas boots that are completely black, including the traditional three stripes and soles, and I like it. While I am a big fan of the classic black with white stripes, I think that given the new All Blacks "Force More...

Possible All Blacks Team To Face The Wallabies - Thoughts?
August 02, 2015 (03:15) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The Rugby Championship decider takes place this coming weekend with the Wallabies hosting the All Blacks, but we must remember that the All Blacks' selectors promised we would see everyone from their extended Rugby World Cup squad, playing for the All Blacks before the final Rugby World Cup squad is announced, so will they experiment against the Wallabies, even if it means sacrificing the More...

My All Blacks Rugby World Cup Squad - Thoughts?
July 30, 2015 (05:45) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The All Blacks Rugby World Cup squad is due to be named next month, but who will be selected in the 31 man squad to defend the William Webb Ellis Cup? It has been an interesting few months with injuries ruling some players out of contention, while it is hard to know the selectors' thoughts given that they have been giving all 41 man squad members some game time during the Rugby Championship. More...

The Rugby World Cup 2015 is here and who are you picking to win?
July 29, 2015 (22:00) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The 2015 tournament looks set to see some intense rugby as the culmination of the last four years of work comes to fruition. This will be the final time we see some great players turning out in their respective international colours. Pool A, the group of death is set to be a cracker with only two of England, Australia and Wales able to make it out alive. Given the fact that Wales has More...

Was Richie McCaw's Try Legal - Rugby Has Too Many Laws
July 28, 2015 (06:00) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw scored the winning try against the Springboks in the Rugby Championship Round 2, late in the second half, from an attacking lineout (see below). An interesting article by South African Brenden Nel from SuperSportwho believes that Richie McCaw's try broke two laws of the game as not only did he move before the ball was thrown in, but the All Blacks jumper More...

The Rugby Championship Team of Round 2 - Thoughts?
July 27, 2015 (06:15) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The Rugby Championship Team of Round 2 is here based on statistics from fantasy rugby website www.testrugby.combased on their statistical categories and definitions which can be found by going to their website. The team is an interesting mix of All Blacks, Springboks and Wallabies, with only one Argentine player making the cut. The best players in The Rugby Championship 2015 Round 2 were More...

Manu Samoa vs All Blacks Rugby Test Leaves Hosts $1.5 Million In Debt - Responsibility and Was It Worth It?
July 27, 2015 (05:00) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The recent All Blacks test match in Manu Samoa has left the hosts $1.5 million in debt, but who should be responsible and was it worth it? It is easy to point the finger, but it is hard to know who should be responsible for the debt placed on the financially poor Pacific Island nation? I was increasingly sceptical heading into the game, given the numbers didn't seem to add up, but I was More...

The Rugby Championship : Springboks 20 - 27 All Blacks - MOTM?
July 25, 2015 (19:15) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The All Blacks survived an early South African onslaught to emerge victorious in a pulsating spectacle in Johannesburg in South Africa. The All Blacks bench proved to be the difference with a late McCaw try giving his team the lead with debutant Lima Sopoaga adding the extras with the conversion and a late penalty to give the All Blacks a 27-20 win in The Rugby Championship Round 2. The More...

Join The Super Rugby Tips Conference August Internationals
July 24, 2015 (17:15) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
Come join my August Internationals prediction game on SuperBru! It's free and loads of fun. Just click here: http://www.superbru.com/augustinternationals/pool.php?p=11428100 Pool name: Super Rugby Tips Pool code: hugepate More...

Pacific Nations Cup Round 2 - Who Are You Picking?
July 24, 2015 (03:30) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
4 |CanadavTonga 25 Jul 14:00 (your time) 24 Jul 19:00 (local) Pick: Canada by 3 5 |FijivSamoa 25 Jul 12:00 (your time) 24 Jul 17:00 (local) Pick: Samoa by 7 6 |USAvJapan 25 Jul 15:00 (your time) 24 Jul 20:00 (local) Pick: Japan by 6 The Pacific Nations Cup Round 2 is here featuring the next tier of teams playing for the prized Pacific Nations Cup. These games are More...

The Rugby Championship Round 2 Preview - Who Are You Picking?
July 23, 2015 (09:45) [ Indexed from Rugby Tips ]
The Rugby Championship is nearly halfway through already, with the Southern Hemisphere giants going at it for only two more action packed rounds. In all honesty, it is hard to know what to make of the Rugby Championship 2015, given that the focus for all teams is the Rugby World Cup. This means that we should expect to see some testing of new combinations and fresh faces included in More...