Under-fire Sharks coach John Plumtree has fronted up after his team’s poor start to the URC season. After a winless tour and a home loss to Ulster, the Sharks are 14th on the log and desperate to find some form ahead of the November break. The Durbanites face fellow strugglers the Scarlets at Kings Park […]
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Stormers new recruit, Ntuthuko Mchunu, is champing at the bit to make his debut for his new franchise after moving from the Sharks. AFRICA PICKS: Keo reflects on URC accumulator The Bok juggernaut has been sidelined by a knee injury which has kept him out of the opening four URC matches for the Cape side.
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Check out the South African match-day squads for this weekend’s Vodacom URC matches! GLASGOW WARRIORS vs BULLS (Friday, 8:45pm) BULLS – TBC MORE: Nomlomo hails De Klerk’s climb to Bok contention The @Vodacom #URC Round 4 player of the week, as voted for by YOU! Sebastian de Klerk was on for the Vodacom @BlueBullsRugby, bagging
Eben Etzebeth will lead the Sharks against the Scarlets at Kings Park on Saturday. The Bok lock takes over the captaincy from Vincent Tshituka. There are three changes to the team that lost to Ulster last Saturday. In the pack, Emmanuel Tshituka starts at No 8 with Phepsi Buthelezi dropping down to the bench. Among
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Bulls Currie Cup head coach Phiwe Nomlomo says Sebastian de Klerk’s rise into Springbok contention is no accident, but the result of a player who refuses to leave anything to chance. De Klerk, one of the most consistent performers for the Bulls across the URC and Currie Cup over the past two seasons, has been
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Winger Dylan Pietsch is back in Wallabies gold for the first time since his clash with Siya Kolisi in Johannesburg that left him with a broken jaw. Pietsch headlines a new-look team to take on Japan in Tokyo on Saturday, with Nick Champion de Crespigny becoming the Wallabies’ 92nd captain. The powerful loose forward made
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Former All Blacks flyhalf Stephen Donald believes the Springboks will go five from five on their end-of-year tour. The Boks face Japan, France, Italy, Ireland and Wales in November, and Donald – a 2011 World Cup winner – says the schedule has set them up perfectly to maintain their No 1 ranking. “That’s a nice
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Rassie Erasmus has explained his decision to omit in-form Stormers No 8 Evan Roos from the Springboks’ 36-man end-of-year tour squad. Roos, who has scored four tries in four URC matches this season, could only crack the 10-man standby group. The 25-year-old has made just one Test appearance this year – off the bench against
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The All Blacks are having to deal with a second assistant coach leaving the team since Scott Robertson took over as head coach. Jason Holland will step down at the end of the 2025 season. Holland, who joined the All Blacks setup alongside Robertson after the 2023 World Cup, confirmed his decision following the second
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Rassie Erasmus says “it just got tougher” for the Springboks after front-rower Jan-Hendrik Wessels was reportedly banned for nine weeks. According to Rapport, Wessels has been suspended for grabbing Connacht flank Josh Murphy’s genitals during the Bulls match in Galway last weekend despite a lack of video evidence. MORE: Bok heavy hit with nine-week ban This
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