Semi 2 - Lions 42 Highlanders 30 (tries 5-4)

Over at Johannesburg the Lions proved (just for those who may have missed it all season) that they do have championship credentials.

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Semi 1 - Hurricanes 25 Chiefs 9 (tries 3-0)

The Chiefs will be wondering how they lost in Wellington for some time to come, as they certainly couldn’t complain about a lack of chances.

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2016 Semi Finals

Both semis lived up to the advance publicity and contained a lot of good rugby.

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Quarter 4 - Stormers 21 Chiefs 60 (tries 3-8)

The Chiefs showed the Stormers what a lot of pundits expected them to display....

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Quarter 3 - Lions 42 Crusaders 25 (tries 5-3)

The Lions flew out of the gate at Johannesburg and were never headed...

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Quarter 2 - Hurricanes 41 Sharks 0 (tries 6-0)

None of the other three games were particularly close...

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Quarter 1 - Brumbies 9 Highlanders 15 (tries 0-2)

After the rain stopped at Canberra, whenever that may have been, the splashing sound you could hear was Stephen Larkham’s tears falling in an unabating torrent.

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2016 Quarter Finals

Just in case you’ve forgotten how the playoffs panned out a year ago, we have made a short series of notes on how we saw things!

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South Africa 2 Super Rugby 2016

The other South African conference was by far the better one, but if you took the Lions out there stillwasn’t a whole lot here... Read the article for more.

South Africa 1 Super Rugby 2016

South Africa 1 was the group of teams who didn’t play the New Zealand sides, and it was the weakest of the lot.... Read the article for more.