Super Rugby News: Five key talking points the weekend’s action

A former All Black’s motivating influence, a missing penalty try and an injury curse are among five talking points from the weekend’s Super Rugby action.

Reds’ Thorn in side of Lions
Former All Blacks lock Brad Thorn is making his mark on the Reds, highlighted by their gritty 27-22 win over South Africa’s table topping Golden Lions in Brisbane on Saturday.

The victory means the Reds have already won four games – the same number as in their entire abject 2017 season – with two games still to come against the winless Sunwolves.

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Thorn, who boldly dropped former Wallaby fly-half Quade Cooper from his 2018 squad, has encouraged the development of young pivot Hamish Stewart, who looms as the Reds’ first-choice playmaker next ye

Well Rassie Erasmus is set to pick his predecessors’ brains

Rassie is gathering all the intel he can as he undertakes the tough job of Springbok coach, even seeking pointers from his predecessors.

Rassie Erasmus is undertaking what’s arguably the most unforgiving job in world rugby, and it appears as if he is under no illusions about the task ahead as he is reportedly seeking pointers from some of his predecessors.

Netwerk24 reports that the new Springbok coach has set up a meeting with a few of the men who’ve been in charge of the national men’s rugby team. The meeting will be held in Cape Town on Wednesday night.

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According to the publication, Erasmus is aiming to find out the challenges that they encountered during their respective tenures and hopefully get some insight as to what they would do different

Nedbank South African Charity Golf Day Celebrations

The Nedbank South African Charity Golf Day will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Friday 15 September 2017 at Burhill Golf Club in Surrey, England. To date they have distributed more than £1.8 million (GBP) to registered South African charity beneficiaries. This year alone, with a committee that operates voluntarily, they anticipate to fundraise more than 2 million South African Rand in a single day.

2017 also marks the 6th year with Nedbank as Title Sponsor. Nedbank pride themselves in their involvement with sports as well as their corporate social responsibility investment across South Africa. They continue to actively support the event with many of their UK-based employees and clients taking part in the day.

“At Nedbank our purpose is to use our financial expertise to do good for individuals, families, businesses and society. It is an honour for Nedbank to be associated with the Nedbank South African Charity Golf Day since 2012 – an event that aligns s