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Title-holders Toulouse turned on the power in the second half to thrash Sale Sharks on Sunday and advance to the Investec Champions Cup quarter-finals. The closing match of the round-of-16 in Toulouse was delayed 40 minutes when a French paratrooper, commissioned to land on the pitch with the match ball, was caught on the roof […]

The Sharks’ EPCR Challenge Cup title defence ended at the first hurdle with a round-of-16 defeat to Lyon at Matmut Stadium. Sharks coach John Plumtree rested his first-choice players for this encounter, with Springbok centre Andre Esterhuizen and winger Yaw Penxe, who shifted to fullback, the only survivors from the starting XV that lost to

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Sunday’s Investec Champions Cup match between Toulouse and Sale was delayed when an air force parachutist was caught on the roof of the stadium. Five minutes before the kick-off in the last-16 match, a gust of wind knocked the parachutist off course, sending him towards the roof where his parachute caught on the stadium’s structure.

Bordeaux-Begles joined fellow French sides Toulon and Castres in the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup with a frenetic win over Ulster on Sunday. They face a home tie against another Irish province Munster next week while Toulouse can make it four French teams if they can turn over Sale later on Sunday. A sunny afternoon

Philip Snyman rues the inconsistency of the Blitzboks after Sunday’s ninth-place finish in Singapore saw South Africa finish the SVNS season in fourth. Argentina won the league despite defeat against Snyman’s men in their pool match on Saturday, with the top eight teams now setting their sights on the SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles

The Cheetahs beat Free State rivals Griffons on Saturday, as SA Cup pace-setters Griquas and Pumas continued their winning runs in round 5 of the competition. Frans Steyn’s charges converted their 19-10 half-time lead into a morale-boosting 38-31 win in Bloemfontein for their third victory of the campaign. The weekend’s action kicked off in George

Tristan Leyds starred with a brace of tries as the Blitzboks ended their Singapore Sevens campaign on a high, overpowering Australia in Sunday’s ninth-place final. Leyds’ first-half heroics to help steer Philip Snyman’s charges to a 26-7 victory at the National Stadium. The South Africans controlled the tempo in the first half, dominating possession and

Ruan Ackermann’s try sealed Gloucester’s recovery from a 14-point deficit to overhaul Montpellier on Saturday and book their place in the EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-finals. The South African loose forward delivered when it mattered most, scoring the decisive touchdown as Gloucester triumphed 24-17 in the round-of-16 clash at GGL Stadium. Ackermann, who has amassed over

RG Snyman says former Bok boss Jacques Nienaber brings a “different mindset” to Leinster, helping to transform the club into an even more formidable European force. Speaking in a wide-ranging interview with Rapport, the Springbok lock highlighted the impact fellow two-time World Cup winner Nienaber has made since joining the four-time Investec Champions Cup winners