Winless Clermont have left several first-choice players in France for Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup clash against the Sharks at Kings Park. Already bottom of Pool 1 and out of contention for the playoffs, the Top 14 club has opted to manage its resources with an eye firmly on the domestic campaign rather than risking key […]
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Cheetahs CEO Rory Duncan has detailed their desperate efforts to ensure Sunday’s EPCR Challenge Cup fixture against Ulster went ahead. Severe winter conditions in the Netherlands ultimately led to the match at Dukes Rugby Club in ’s-Hertogenbosch being cancelled, but not before the club and local community tried everything to save the fixture. Duncan told
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Which of these five-pointers from the Investec Champions Cup this past weekend gets your vote? VOTE HERE Photo: Dave Winter/INPHO The post Watch: Champions Cup top tries (Round 3) appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Which of these five-pointers from the Investec Champions Cup this past weekend gets your vote? The post Watch: Champions Cup
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The greatest mystery in this year’s Investec Champions Cup is how Rassie’s super Springboks have faded. The post Keo & Zels: What has happened to Rassie’s star Springboks? appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. The greatest mystery in this year’s Investec Champions Cup is how Rassie’s super Springboks have faded. The post Keo & Zels:
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Who was SA’s standout player in the third round of the Investec Champions Cup? No 8 Jeandre Rudolph starred again for the Vodacom Bulls in a high-scoring defeat to the Bristol Bears at Loftus, scoring a try, winning a turnover and making 10 tackles. Flank Elrigh Louw’s strong return from injury continued with a 63-minute
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Alan Quinlan believes Rassie Erasmus has set a new benchmark in world rugby, and that the Springboks’ continued rise should worry everyone else. The former Ireland and Munster forward has labelled Erasmus the greatest coach the game has ever seen, crediting him with transforming South African rugby from a struggling heavyweight into a dominant global
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How things stand in Pool 4 of the Investec Champions Cup ahead of the final round of pool fixtures. The top four in each six-team pool progress to the last 16 of Europe’s premier club competition, with the fifth-placed team dropping down to the EPCR Challenge Cup. The Pool 4 log does not make for pretty
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Two Springboks will make their return from injury during a Vodacom Bulls tour that includes matches against Pau and Edinburgh. Winger Kurt-Lee Arendse and utility back Canan Moodie are back having completed concussion protocols. Former Junior Boks wing Cheswill Jooste is also included having recovered from a shoulder injury. However, Bok prop Gerhard Steenekamp misses out
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How things stand in Pool 3 of the Investec Champions Cup with the final round of pool fixtures remaining. The top four in each six-team pool progress to the last 16 of Europe’s premier club competition, with the fifth-placed team dropping down to the EPCR Challenge Cup. Pool 3 delivered the surprise of round three when
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Eight Springboks ran out in the latest round of Japanese Rugby League One. Bok No 8 Jasper Wiese started for the Urayasu D-Rocks in their 28-22 win against the Yokohama Canon Eagles. Springbok centre Jesse Kriel captained the Eagles, while former Sharks flanker Jeandre Labuschagne featured off the bench. Centre Lukhanyo Am ran out for
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