Vodacom Bulls skipper Marcell Coetzee and Lions veteran Willem Alberts wish each other luck for their respective clashes with the Sharks and DHL Stormers on Saturday. WATCH: Euro champs Sharks ‘feeling Olympic’ Bumped into the @LionsRugbyCo at the airport! All the best for your match this weekend @URCOfficial_RSA pic.twitter.com/ILbbjDFZRZ — Official Blue Bulls (@BlueBullsRugby) May […]
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Francois Venter takes over the armband in an otherwise unchanged Challenge Cup-winning Sharks lineup against the Vodacom Bulls in Durban on Saturday. Head coach John Plumtree has stuck with the team that beat Gloucester in London last week, with skipper Eben Etzebeth and fellow two-time Springbok world champions Makazole Mapimpi the notable absentees. In the
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It is a huge weekend for the Vodacom URC and one that again emphasises South African rugby’s value to the global standing of the competition, writes MARK KEOHANE. The Vodacom Bulls, DHL Stormers and Lions will have everything to play for in the final pool round of the URC on Saturday – when the SA
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Gloucester and former England speedster Jonny May says Premiership teams are at a financial disadvantage in Europe after losing to a Springbok-powered Sharks team in the Challenge Cup final. May was part of the Gloucester team that suffered a 36-22 defeat to the Sharks in the final of the EPCR’s second-tier tournament in London last
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The Stormers deny the Lions a spot in the top eight, while the Bulls hold on to a second-place log finish in the final round of the Vodacom URC regular season, according to the SARugbymag.co.za team. Glasgow vs Zebre (Friday, Glasgow, 8:35pm) Devin Hermanus: Glasgow by 10 Rienk de Beer: Glasgow by 23 Zelím Nel: Glasgow
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The Vodacom Bulls have re-signed one of the country’s most exciting backline talents and Springbok halfback for the foreseeable future. Scrumhalf Embrose Papier has penned a new deal with the franchise which will see him continue to dazzle for the Herd until June 2027. The 27-year-old has made 121 appearances for the Bulls since 2016.
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Eben Etzebeth said it’ll be great to have four SA teams in the Champions Cup next season, yet Sharks boss John Plumtree wants to avoid “throwing all our eggs in one basket” again. The Challenge Cup winners were speaking in a teleconference with local media on Thursday following their historic title victory in London last
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The versatile Suleiman Hartzenberg has been added to the list of DHL Stormers who have put pen to paper on a new long-term deal with the Capetonians. Hartzenberg, who is equally at home in midfield or on the wing, joins teammates Sacha-Feinberg Mngomezulu, Dan du Plessis, Ruben van Heerden, Evan Roos and Manie Libbok in
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The DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls will lock horns at Cape Town Stadium, while the Sharks tackle the Lions in Durban in round 1 of the 2024-25 Vodacom URC. As the current campaign comes down to the most competitive final round in the league’s history, supporters can now benefit from the earliest-ever release of fixtures
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Philip Snyman says the Blitzboks must kick-start their old habit of winning all six matches of a sevens tournament in Spain this weekend. The South Africans have completed their preparations for the final tournament of the 2024 series, the Grand Finale, to be played in Civitas Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid from 31 May to 2
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