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EPCR has confirmed four potential venues to host this season’s Investec Champions Cup semi-finals. The semis will take place on the weekend of 2-3 May, with the final on Saturday, 23 May at Bilbao San Mamés Stadium. The clubs with the highest rankings from the pool stage of the tournament will earn home country advantage for […]

Shaun Sowerby has singled out the player he believes will be pivotal in Bordeaux Bègles’ Investec Champions Cup playoff campaign. The defending champions head into Sunday’s quarter-final against fellow French giants Toulouse with momentum and belief, after thrashing the understrength Leicester Tigers 64-14. Sowerby – who’s in control of Bordeaux’s lineout tactics – told the

Former Rondebosch Boys’ High centre Harry Soboil has been selected for the Scotland U19 squad. The Scots are set to face Italy U19 in two matches. Soboil starred for the Rondebosch 1st XV last year and was selected for the Western Province U18 Academy Week squad. He qualifies to play for Scotland through a grandmother

The Crusaders will head into a key phase of their Super Rugby campaign without two of their biggest names. Coach Rob Penney confirmed on Wednesday that All Blacks duo Will Jordan and Codie Taylor will miss Saturday’s clash with the Reds through injury. Jordan has been ruled out with a calf problem, while Taylor is

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The scars from the Springboks’ record win over New Zealand last year are still fresh in the All Blacks camp. Flyhalf Beauden Barrett says the memory of the heavy defeat continues to hang over the team months later. South Africa stunned the All Blacks 43-10 in Wellington in the Rugby Championship – the biggest victory

Rondebosch Boys’ High lock Sebastian Vermeulen is a giant specimen. Vermeulen weights 140kg and stands 2.06m tall! He featured at the Pretoria Boys’ High 125th Anniversary Easter Rugby Festival over the weekend, making a big impression in more ways than one.   The post SA rugby’s latest schoolboy behemoth appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Highly rated tighthead prop Massimo De Lutiis has turned his back on Ireland to commit his future to Australian rugby. The 22-year-old scrum machine, who is eligible for Ireland through his mother, had attracted strong interest from Ulster and the Irish Rugby Football Union. But after weighing up his options, De Lutiis has signed on

The Pumas’ reputation as one of South African rugby’s most productive talent factories continues to grow, but it comes at a price. Players developed in the Lowveld are regularly snapped up by bigger unions and overseas clubs, forcing coach Jimmy Stonehouse to constantly rebuild his squad. Openside flank Ruwald van der Merwe has signed with

Sale Sharks hooker Nathan Jibulu has been banned for six weeks after biting an opponent during their Investec Champions Cup last-16 defeat to Harlequins. Jibulu admitted to the offence, which carries a minimum sanction of 12 weeks under World Rugby regulations. The disciplinary panel applied the low-end entry point before reducing the suspension by 50%