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Steyn boots Bulls to thrilling win over Sharks
Morne Steyn became the leading Super Rugby points scorer this season by kicking six penalties as the Bulls edged the Sharks 18-16 in a thriller on Saturday.
Sharks v Bulls
Kings Park Stadium, Durban, Sunday 3.10am (AEST)
Sharks down Force in gritty Perth clash
The Sharks have returned to the Super Rugby winners' list, ending a disappointing tour to New Zealand and Australia with a gritty 23-13 win over the Western Force in Perth on Friday night.
Force v Sharks
AAMI Park, Melbourne, Friday 7.40pm (AEST)
Reds finally jump Sharks
PHIL LUTTON The Super Rugby hopes of the Sharks, in the gloomy words of their coach, are dead. The Reds are very much alive after ‘dusting off’ some of their old tricks on the way to a drought-breaking triumph at Suncorp Stadium.
Off the hook: Sharks not obliged to comply with ASADA probe
ADRIAN PROSZENKO Interviews between Cronulla and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority could be scrapped altogether after independent legal advice to several players that they are not contractually obligated to participate in the process.
Rugby
Late Le Roux try seals Cheetahs win as Sharks kept tryless
Monthati Molosankwe A late Willie le Roux try sealed a 12-6 victory for the Cheetahs over the Sharks on Saturday in an error-ridden Super Rugby match clash of South African sides.
Crusaders bank on Carter to be at forceful best
Duncan Johnstone The Crusaders will look to Dan Carter to help them finish a tour that is in the balance after their disappointing loss to the Sharks in Durban.
Sharks feared doping before Dank left
ROY MASTERS An email trail linking the four sacked members of the Sharks' football department demonstrates they feared possible doping breaches at the club at least two months before May 29, 2011, when sports scientist, Stephen Dank, was told to leave.
NRL
Ex-Sharks chairman begs sacked staffers not to sue
Daniel Lane Embattled former Sharks chairman Damian Irvine has made an impassioned plea to the two staff members taking legal action against him, saying he had no assets, could not afford to defend himself in court and had no fixed address.
Injuries force White's winning hand
CHRIS DUTTON Jake White will continue to rotate players and tinker with a winning line-up after his sweeping changes helped lift the Brumbies to a potential season-defining win on Sunday.
Live: Brumbies v Sharks
CHRIS DUTTON Follow all the action from Kings Park Stadium in Durban, as the Brumbies take on the Sharks.
When the bucks stop, trouble starts
BRAD WALTER According to Shane Flanagan, the Cronulla players under a drugs cloud have done nothing wrong, the football club staff sacked last Friday have done nothing wrong, and the former trainer confronted by a number of angry Sharks players has also done nothing wrong.
Rugby
Lambie stars as Sharks grind out victory in tryless, fiery clash
Monthati Molosankwe Patrick Lambie scored all the points for the Sharks as they ground out a 21-12 victory over the Kings on Saturday in a fiery, try-less Super Rugby clash.
Rugby
Sharks star Lambie wins battle of the boot in dour Durban derby
Monthati Molosankwe Patrick Lambie won the battle of the boot against Joe Pietersen Saturday to give the Sharks a 12-6 victory over the Stormers in a fiery, forward-dominated Super Rugby clash.
Rugby
Sharks withstand Cheetahs comeback to triumph
Monthati Molosankwe The Sharks withstood a brave second half comeback by the Cheetahs to win a Super Rugby opening round clash 29-22 on Saturday.
A match to make you feel good about sport
GREG GROWDEN FOR the sake of one's sanity, the Super Rugby final could not have been better timed.
Rugby
Paramount Chiefs play down talk of dynasty
Chris Foley WELLINGTON: The jubilant Chiefs sense they are on the verge of something special after claiming their breakthrough Super Rugby title with a 37-6 trouncing of the Sharks in Saturday's final.
Super Rugby
Unlikely lads follow script to a victorious finale
Liam Napier New Zealand has a new Super Rugby champion team, from a third region and its first for four years. The Chiefs have broken the drought. And there have been none more deserving than this bunch of unlikely, largely unheralded, driven men.
Chiefs prove a cut above to land first crown
Rugby Union Hamilton, Nz SONNY Bill Williams scored a try in his last game for the Chiefs yesterday as the Waikato side claimed its first Super Rugby title with a 37-6 win over South Africa's Sharks.
Rugby Union
Sharks ready for battle with Chiefs
The Sharks say they relish the underdog tag ahead of today's Super Rugby final.
Chiefs and Sharks show creative play is not only entertaining - it also leads to a finals berth
Paul Cully The Chiefs, loaded with talent and invention from No.9 through to No.15, kick away possession every 47 seconds, the fourth-lowest figure in the competition.
Rugby
Injury won't stop Chiefs skipper running out one final time
Evan Pegden THE Chiefs will do everything they can to get their skipper on the field for Saturday night's Super Rugby final against the Sharks.
Injured backs join Sharks squad
Wellington Sharks add exciting Pat Lambie and Paul Jordaan to squad for Super Rugby final.
Sharks' long journey to the final
Wellington South Africa's Sharks face one last, long journey to take on the Chiefs.
There's only one set of stats that count at the end, the scoreline
Ewen McKenzie The importance of a fast start was never more prominent than in the Super Rugby qualifying finals last weekend. You can't beat scoreboard pressure and the Sharks and Crusaders gained a crucial advantage by applying this pressure from the outset.
