A huge opportunity awaits the Vodacom Bulls in Edinburgh on Saturday, as Jake White’s charges stake a claim for a maiden semi-final spot in the EPCR Challenge Cup. As the last South African team in the European showpiece, all eyes will be on the Pretoria outfit to continue flying the SA flag and keep the […]
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Waratahs head coach Dan McKellar has ruled himself out of the running to take over from Australia chief Joe Schmidt. New Zealand’s Schmidt announced in February that he will stand down after Australia’s Bledisloe Cup clash with the All Blacks on 4 October in Perth to spend more time with his family. McKellar has been
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The Griffons, Cheetahs, Boland Kavaliers and Valke will be hot on the heels of SA Cup front-runners Griquas and the Pumas in round 6 of the competition this week. The chasing pack must step up their efforts to ensure a place among top four spots on the league table to secure qualification for the Currie
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Inaugural champions, the Stormers have scored some epic tries in the Vodacom URC and key to their creativity and attacking prowess has been fullback Warrick Gelant. Photo: Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images The post Watch: Gelant, the URC’s ‘Mr. Show & Go’ appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Inaugural champions, the Stormers have scored some epic tries
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No 8 Magnus Bradbury says Edinburgh plan to match the Vodacom Bulls at their own game in Saturday’s EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-final at Hive Stadium. Edinburgh booked their place in the last-eight with a 24-12 home win against the Lions last weekend, while the Bulls beat Bayonne 32-22 in France. When asked by the media
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Munster face a star-studded Bordeaux-Begles backline in the Investec Champions Cup quarter-final at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Saturday.Last weekend, Jack Crowley kicked a late drop goal in a dramatic 25-24 win at La Rochelle, coached by Munster icon Ronan O’Gara, in front of thousands of vocal red-clad travelling fans to reach the quarters. This weekend the
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Some much-needed game time has got Vodacom Bulls flyer Stravino Jacobs back in form and hungry to score tries. Nicknamed ‘Rocket Man’, Jacobs was sidelined for eight weeks after a high ankle sprain in the 2024 Currie Cup semi-final against the Sharks at Loftus last September, and had to wait until March – and an
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It will be a full-circle moment when Jake White and Sean Everitt duel in the EPCR Challenge Cup quarter-final in Edinburgh on Saturday. White’s Vodacom Bulls face off against Everitt’s Edinburgh in the Scottish capital, reuniting two South African coaching minds in a career path of mentorship, divergence and symmetry. What started as a mentor-protégé
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A Sharks forward with international experience is set to reunite with Edinburgh coach Sean Everitt next season. Dylan Richardson, who can play both hooker and flank, has signed a two-year deal with the Scottish club. The 26-year-old has earned six Scotland Test caps, featuring against Fiji, the Springboks and the Wallabies last November. “I’m incredibly
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Former Lions wing Luke Fitzgerald says he’s glad Springbok legend Schalk Burger wasn’t red-carded for eye-gouging him at the start of the second Test at Loftus in 2009. The flanker was yellow-carded for the ruck incident and later banned for eight weeks after being found guilty of “making contact with his opponent’s eye area”. The
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