Marcell Coetzee is cracking his knuckles for a showdown with Siya Kolisi and Eben Etzebeth when the Bulls take on the Sharks at Kings Park on Saturday. “There’s nothing else in the world like an SA derby,” Coetzee said on Wednesday. A trip back to Kings Park will be particularly sentimental for Coetzee, a Port […]
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Siya Kolisi returns to lead a Springbok-laden Sharks lineup in their derby clash with the Vodacom Bulls at Kings Park in round 8 of the Vodacom URC on Saturday. However, among those not considered for the second of two all-SA showdowns this weekend in the URC, due to injury, are Bok world champions Bongi Mbonambi,
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Leinster’s World Cup-winning coach Jacques Nienaber says they are privileged to be experiencing a season like no other. With the RDS being redeveloped, the Irish giants have adopted Dublin’s Aviva Stadium as their temporary home. Their three matches there so far this term have attracted crowds of 18,397 (Dragons), 20,945 (Lions) and 34,184 (Clermont) –
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Asenathi Ntlabakanye and Francke Horn display some excellent keepy-up control ahead of the Vodacom URC clash between the Lions and DHL Stormers in Cape Town. Keepy-ups challenge with the Emirates Lions boys Some of the ball control on display though pic.twitter.com/rnSJ4x2eQA — SuperSport Rugby (@SSRugby) December 19, 2024 Photo: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images The post Watch:
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Five Grey College players made the Team of the Festival as the hosts went unbeaten at the inaugural NextGenXV Global Schools Challenge held in Bloemfontein, writes ALLAN SCHULZ. The Premier Schools competition was hosted by Grey College and included Grey High, Oakdale, Strathallan School (Scotland), Denstone College (England) and an U18 invitational team from Hamilton
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Former Wallabies back Ashley-Cooper says the Springboks are the “best positioned” team in world rugby. The Boks underlined their world champion status in 2024 by winning a full Rugby Championship title for the first time since 2009 (when it was still the Tri-Nations), beating the All Blacks twice to regain the Freedom Cup, and going
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Salmaan Moerat expects a ‘furious’ clash against the Lions on Saturday in the first of two SA Vodacom URC derbies for the DHL Stormers in Cape Town over the festive period. The Stormers face the Johannesburg outfit in round 8 of the URC at Cape Town Stadium, before John Dobson’s charges host the Sharks in
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In the double world champions’ first match since winning the 2023 Rugby World Cup, a youthful Springbok side kicked off the 2024 season with a big win against Wales at Twickenham. Four up-and-coming stars – flyhalves Jordan Hendrikse and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, loose forward Ben-Jason Dixon and wing Edwill van der Merwe – made their debuts
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Proteas batting legend AB de Villiers was a star flyhalf for Affies in 2002. Rare footage of AB de Villiers representing Affies back in 2002 with the jersey on his back pic.twitter.com/fSYbqT0GIG — SuperSport Rugby (@SSRugby) December 18, 2024 The post Watch: AB rocking at 10 for Affies appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Proteas
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Elrigh Louw says the Sharks are different gravy this season and the Bulls are determined to stay off the menu when the teams clash in the Vodacom URC match at Kings Park on on Saturday. “This year the Sharks are really gelling as a team,” Louw told the media on Wednesday. “Last season it was
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