Springbok icon Frans Steyn will be living vicariously through the Toyota Cheetahs on Saturday night when they attempt to punch their ticket to the EPCR Challenge Cup knock-out stages in a decisive showdown against Lyon. READ: Saffas dominate European dream team The Cheetahs are in Lyon – France’s gastronomic capital situated approximately 150 kilometres west […]
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Two of the four South Africans selected in the Investec Champions Cup Team of the Week are World Cup-winning Springboks. The Stormers beat Sale Sharks in Cape Town for their first win in the competition this season, but it was a case of bitter disappointment for the Sharks and Bulls, who went down against Toulouse
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Bath head coach Johann van Graan is planning to breach the defensive system of an old friend. In Dublin on Saturday, Van Graan’s Premiership log leaders will come up against Jacques Nienaber’s Leinster, four-time European champions, in a Champions Cup Pool 2 blockbuster. The two South Africans go way back, having first come up against
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Springbok captain Siya Kolisi says he wouldn’t make it to the 2027 World Cup had he kept on playing his club rugby in France. Kolisi joined Racing 92 after the 2023 World Cup having told the French club that he would not play Test rugby again. However, he soon changed his mind and was back
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The Vodacom Bulls power through Stade Francais at Loftus in the Investec Champions Cup while the Lions cruise past the Dragons in the EPCR Challenge Cup, according to the SARugbymag.co.za team. Champions Cup: Bulls vs Stade Francais (Saturday, 3pm, Pretoria) Juandre Joubert: Bulls by 21 Devin Hermanus: Bulls by 12 Simon Borchardt: Bulls by 25 Zelím
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Local teams must bolster their squads with seasoned South African players to win the Investec Champions Cup within the next three to five years, writes MARK KEOHANE. Writing for TimesLIVE, Keohane highlights the need for a balance of youth, experience and proven Test players to compete with European giants such as Toulouse, Leinster and La
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One of South African rugby’s most successful backline exports could reportedly be forced into retirement due to injury. According to French outlet L’Equipe, Springbok winger Raymond Rhule is on the verge of retiring from professional rugby due to ongoing struggles with an Achilles injury. A two-time Investec Champions Cup winner with La Rochelle, Rhule ruptured
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Ruan Nortje is eager to pick up where he left off in 2024, as the Springbok and Vodacom Bulls lock gears up to make his comeback from a two-month injury lay-off this week. Nortje, who has been sidelined since November with a serious hamstring injury that ruled him out of the Boks’ end-of-year tour, is
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Former Australia skipper Michael Hooper is coming out of retirement to play for Toyota Verblitz as injury cover for two-time World Cup winner Pieter-Steph du Toit. The 33-year-old Hooper played the last of his 125 Tests in 2023 before being unceremoniously axed by then-coach Eddie Jones ahead of the Rugby World Cup. He turned to
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Former England captain Owen Farrell will make his comeback from injury for Racing 92 against the Stormers in Paris on Saturday, according to coach Stuart Lancaster. “He trained well today. He’s confident of being able to start the game,” Lancaster on Thursday said of the veteran flyhalf. “He’ll maybe not play the full 80 minutes
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