No 8 Arno Botha will captain Lyon in Sunday’s EPCR Challenge Cup round-of-16 clash with the Sharks at Matmut Stadium. The 33-year-old Botha, who played two Tests for the Springboks between 2012 and 2013, starts in a back row with 22-cap France flanker Dylan Cretin and Kiwi utility forward Liam Allen. Botha’s professional career started […]
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The Stormers on Friday squashed media speculation that Damian Willemse could leave Cape Town before his contract expires in 2027. Irish club giants Leinster were reportedly targeting the Springbok utility back as a replacement for All Blacks centre Jordie Barrett, who is on a six-month sabbatical. Willemse, who’s earned 97 caps for the Stormers, signed
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Vodacom Bulls boss Jake White stresses the importance of managing the return of key players such as Johan Goosen for Saturday’s crucial clash in Bayonne. Goosen, who has been sidelined since mid-January with a knee injury, is set to feature off the bench with fellow Springbok Cameron Hanekom at Parc des Sports in the round
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Sharks coach John Plumtree makes 14 changes to his starting XV for Saturday’s Challenge Cup round-of-16 playoff at Matmut Stadium. Springbok centre Andre Esterhuizen and Yaw Penxe, who shifts from fullback to the right wing, are the only survivors from the team that ran out to play Leinster at Kings Park last weekend. Plumtree has
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Cameron Hanekom and Johan Goosen return from injury when the Vodacom Bulls face Bayonne at Parc des Sports in the EPCR Challenge Cup round of 16 on Saturday. Jake White has made six personnel changes and one positional switch to the Bulls’ starting XV, from the team that thrashed Italian outfit Zebre Parma at Loftus
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A World Cup-winning Springbok lock opens up on the struggles he faced while sidelined for months. Jean Kleyn made his first appearance for Munster in five months when coming off the bench in their Vodacom URC match last weekend, having recovered from a torn quad muscle suffered on the Boks’ end-of-year tour. That setback came
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Head coach Philip Snyman says the Blitzboks are still on track with their long-term goals and to finish in the top four of the SVNS Series in Singapore this week. Snyman shouldered the blame for South Africa’s ninth-place finish in Hong Kong last week, and the former skipper believes the team’s performances at the Singapore
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Springbok fullback Warrick Gelant scores one and helps set up three of the Stormers’ five standout tries at home this season in the Vodacom URC. WATCH: Sacha makes EPL switch We have seen some magic tries on home turf already this season, with more to come in our run of four @Vodacom #URC home games
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Cheetahs head coach Frans Steyn makes four changes to his starting XV for their SA Cup match against the Griffons on Saturday. Steyn’s fifth-placed side are in must-win mode with a 2-2 record putting them in danger of failing to finish in the top four and qualify for the 2025 Currie Cup Premier Division. In
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Jake White’s Vodacom Bulls can make the most emphatic statement in their quest for the EPCR Challenge Cup title by beating Bayonne in France on Saturday. Saturday is a last-16 playoff, but Bayonne are among the favourites to have emerged from the Challenge Cup pool stage. They have proved impossible to beat at home this
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