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Aphelele Fassi kicked three penalty goals as the Sharks ground out a Vodacom URC victory against Scarlets at Kings Park on Saturday. The 12-3 win moved the Sharks into third place on the log above Glasgow, who were still playing Leinster in Dublin. Coach John Plumtree’s team came into their last league-stage fixture of the […]

The Pumas will host defending champions Griquas in next weekend’s SA Cup final. The Pumas claimed a dramatic 31-29 win over the Boland Kavaliers in the first semi-final at Mbombela Stadium on Friday night, before Griquas edged the Cheetahs 41-38 in Kimberley on Saturday. In Nelspruit, the Pumas were at one stage reduced to 12

Lions captain Jaco Visagie bagged a brace of tries while flyhalf Lubabalo Dobela scored the stunning extra-time winner to seal a dramatic victory over Ospreys at Ellis Park on Saturday night. The lead changed hands eight times in a nine-try thriller and it was Dobela’s finish, in his first URC start, that sealed the 29–28

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The Vodacom Bulls secured second spot on the Vodacom URC log with a nine-try Dragons demolition at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The 55-15 victory took the Bulls nine points clear of third-placed Glasgow, who face Leinster in their last league-stage match in Dublin. As a result, if Jake White’s side win their home quarter-final on

The Brumbies stormed to the Super Rugby summit, while Moana Pasifika’s playoff hopes received a massive boost at the expense of defending champions Blues on Saturday. Andy Muirhead and Tom Wright’s second-half tries propelled the Brumbies to a 24-14 victory in Canberra, consigning the fourth-placed Reds to a fifth consecutive defeat to their Aussie rivals

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The Crusaders say playmaker James O’Connor still boasts international quality and would be a potential Australian match-winner if named to face the British & Irish Lions. O’Connor has been a revelation for the Cantabrians in their climb to second place on the Super Rugby standings, impressing again off the bench in a 48-33 win over

Maxime Mermoz has been indicted for his alleged role in a €7-million (R141-million) tax credit and reduction embezzlement scheme. The 38-year-old’s name emerged during the dismantling of a major fraud network in the Toulouse region, as reported by La Dépêche du Midi. Eleven individuals were arrested and taken into custody in connection with the case,