Stormers chief John Dobson and speedster Seabelo Senatla agree that “something special is brewing” as the Cape outfit eye a third Vodacom URC final appearance. Inaugural URC winners in 2022, the two-time finalists brace for a quarter-final showdown with defending champions Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium on Friday night. “It has been a tough season […]
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John Dobson believes the Stormers side set to face Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun on Friday night aren’t worrying about last season’s Vodacom URC quarter-final heartache. Speaking from Scotland on Thursday, the Stormers director of rugby emphasised how his squad has evolved since last year’s defeat at the same venue, and possesses the depth and maturity
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John Dobson has reinforced the Stormers starting XV for the Vodacom URC quarter-final against Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium on Friday night. The Stormers have unfinished business against Glasgow after going down to the defending champions in Stellenbosch in October – their third straight defeat against the Scottish outfit after the Capetonians last managed to
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Henco Venter returns from suspension to start at No 8 for Glasgow Warriors against the Stormers in Friday night’s Vodacom URC quarter-final at Scotstoun. Venter slots into a reshaped back row alongside Rory Darge and Euan Ferrie, while head coach Franco Smith has also recalled fullback Josh McKay from injury as the defending champions gear
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The Vodacom Bulls can exact revenge at Loftus Versfeld in the URC quarter-finals on Saturday, when Jake White’s charges face Edinburgh for the sixth time. Runners up in 2022 and 2024, a third URC victory for the Bulls against Edinburgh will secure the Herd a home semi-final in Pretoria next week, as they cast an
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Lock Finn Neal scores from a trick play by centre Anru Erasmus off the kicking tee in a First XV clash between Marlborough Boys’ College and Nelson College in New Zealand. Try or No Try? Gotta love schoolboy rugby! First XV Rugby LIVE with #SkySportNZ pic.twitter.com/T2fcvayRhN — Sky Sport NZ (@skysportnz) May 29, 2025 The
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Ruan Ackermann says he has known for a while that he will leave Gloucester at the end of the season. The flanker joined the English club in 2017 after his father, Johan, was appointed head coach, and has gone on to make more than 170 appearances over the past eight years. On 13 May, Gloucester
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On 29 May 2010, the Vodacom Bulls secured a third Super 14 title in four seasons with a thrilling victory over the Stormers at Orlando Stadium. The Stormers punctured the Bulls’ aggressive defence twice for tries, by former Loftus son Bryan Habana and Springbok scrumhalf Ricky Januarie. But the Capetonians couldn’t pull clear as Morne
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Paarl Gimnasium centre Markus Muller is among a strong group of schoolboys to commit their futures to the Stormers. Muller has scored more than 20 tries this season, with four hat-tricks and three braces, and is the favourite to wear the SA Schools No 13 jersey later this year. Paarl Gim loose forward Quintin Potgieter;
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The Lions have secured the services of one of South Africa’s most sought after schoolboys. Grey College outside centre Ethan Adams will swap Bloem for the Big Smoke when matriculating later this year. Adams, who hails from Kareedouw in the Eastern Cape, played for Free State in last year’s U18 Craven Week and was selected
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