The Vodacom URC has moved quickly to dismiss speculation that Andrea Piardi was punished for his role in last week’s drama in the Bulls-Munster clash. In an official statement on Friday, the URC confirmed an officiating error during Munster’s defeat at Thomond Park, when referee Piardi incorrectly reduced the hosts to 14 players. The incident […]
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Deon Fourie has given an update on his injury situation after the veteran Springbok and Stormers forward underwent surgery on a broken tibia. The 38-year-old is ruled out for the remainder of the season after breaking his leg in a Vodacom URC win over Connacht at Cape Town Stadium last week. He gave an update
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Sharks coach John Plumtree says his star-studded team is like a racehorse still finding its stride ahead of the big event. SIMON BORCHARDT reports. Plumtree welcomed back four Springboks – Eben Etzebeth, Grant Williams, Lukhanyo Am and Aphelele Fassi – for last week’s Vodacom URC match against Edinburgh, with Bulls coach Jake White calling it “one of
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Werner Kok returns to the Ulster starting XV for the first time since January to face his former team, the Sharks, in Belfast on Saturday. The winger suffered a concussion in Ulster’s final Champions Cup pool match against Exeter, before having a wrist operation that ruled him out for six weeks. The 32-year-old then returned
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Paarl-born playmaker Rhyno Smith is set to make an impact for a settled Benetton lineup against the Stormers at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. Smith, who also played for the Cheetahs and Sharks, and Zimbabwean lock Eli Snyman have been named on the bench for the Vodacom URC round 16 clash in the Mother City.
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Stormers boss John Dobson confirms Ben-Jason Dixon is out for the remainder of the Vodacom URC season, and looks doubtful to feature for the Springboks’ season-opening clashes. Dobson acknowledged the impact of the blindside flanker’s absence during a Stormers team announcement conference for Saturday’s round 16 clash against Benetton The Capetonians have made one change
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Harry Potter catches the Chiefs napping from the restart to score in the corner, but the Super Rugby front-runners put the Force to the sword 56-22 in Tauranga on Friday. Scored so fast we’ve only got the replay angle Harry Potter scores from the restart! #SuperRugbyPacific #CHIvFOR pic.twitter.com/7RMUAa2cVK — Super Rugby Pacific (@SuperRugby) April 25,
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Head coach John Plumtree resists wholesale team changes as the Sharks look to make it back-to-back Vodacom URC wins on tour against Ulster on Saturday night. The fourth-placed Sharks, who edged Edinburgh in the Scottish capital last week, are eyeing a first win in Belfast as they prepare for round 16 of the competition. Plumtree’s
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The Junior Springboks are grafting hard to plaster the fracture lines revealed by a tough tour of Georgia as Johan Ackermann puts the finishing touches on South Africa’s preparation for the U20 Rugby Championship. “We recently went to Georgia and saw things that we really had to work on,” Ackermann said of the learnings from
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Jaco Visagie leads the Lions against Connacht in place of regular captain Francke Horn at Ellis Park on Saturday in round 16 of the Vodacom URC. The veteran hooker takes over from Horn, who injured his knee in last week’s defeat by Benetton in Johannesburg. Meanwhile, Bronson Mills makes his URC debut for the Pride
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