The Cheetahs take on a Lusitanos side featuring several Test players and a Grey College old boy in Friday’s opening round of the expanded Toyota Challenge. Lusitanos are one of three overseas teams competing in this year’s tournament along with Romania A and Black Lion of Georgia, with the Cheetahs, Griquas and Pumas flying the […]
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Scottish Rugby has snapped up two promising South African schoolboy players. Kingswood College twins Josh and James Mackenzie are set to join the Glasgow Warriors Academy at the end of the year. The pair qualify for Scotland through their paternal grandparents and had already spent time training with Glasgow in Johannesburg earlier this year. Both
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World Rugby Player of the Year Malcolm Marx is the latest injury worry for the Springboks. Netwerk24 reports that the 31-year-old hooker was forced to leave the field at half-time of the Kubota Spears’ 26-24 Japan Rugby League One semi-final victory against the Saitama Wild Knights on Sunday with a biceps muscle injury. The severity
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The boys look at who is still standing for the Test season & debate whether it is chaos or calm. The post Keo & Zels: Are injuries crippling Rassie’s Boks? appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. The boys look at who is still standing for the Test season & debate whether it is chaos or
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Leinster head coach Leo Cullen is monitoring a lengthy injury list ahead of Saturday’s Vodacom URC semi-final against the Stormers at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. The Irish giants booked their place in the last four with a dominant 59-10 victory over the Lions, but several players are now racing against time to prove their fitness. Cullen
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The Stormers have full faith in Jurie Matthee as the flyhalf prepares to lead the attack against Leinster in Dublin on Saturday. Matthee replaces star flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, who suffered a serious ankle injury during the Vodacom URC quarter-final win against Cardiff that is expected to sideline him for three to six months. But Stormers
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Glasgow host the Vodacom Bulls at Murrayfield, while the Stormers travel to Dublin to face defending champions Leinster. Who will reach the decider? Who will contest the URC final? Leinster vs Glasgow Leinster vs Bulls Glasgow vs Stormers Stormers vs Bulls ResultsVote Photo: Rob Casey/SNS Group via Getty Images The post POLL: Who will contest
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Two key players have been cleared to travel to Dublin for the Stormers’ Vodacom URC semi-final against Leinster on Saturday. LINDIZ VAN ZILLA reports. Having lost both Springbok flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (ankle injury) and winger Seabelo Senatla (concussion) during their quarter-final win against Cardiff in Cape Town, the Stormers got some good news on Monday
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Malcolm Marx and five Saffa teammates booked their place in the Japan Rugby League One final as SA’s foreign legion impressed across Europe and Japan. French Top 14 James Hall started at scrumhalf in Perpignan’s 29-27 win against Castres at the Stade Aime Giral. Former Stormers scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies scored a second-half try in Bayonne’s
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The New Zealand government has launched an urgent bid to secure the future of Moana Pasifika after the Super Rugby franchise was left staring at a financial crisis. The Auckland-based side, established in 2020 to provide a pathway for players of Pacific Island heritage, is searching for new financial backing after owner Pasifika Medical Association
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