The Springboks are two-time defending world champions and won the 2024 Rugby Championship, but former All Blacks coach Steve Hansen doesn’t believe South Africa is bulletproof. “They’re very beatable, they’ve been beaten on a regular basis. Ireland beat them, New Zealand should have beaten them and Argentina beat them,” he told Martin Devlin on DSPN. […]
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The Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup kicks off this weekend, with five South African teams in action across both tournaments. Here’s what you need to know. WEEKEND DATES Round 1 – 6/7/8 December 2024 Round 2 – 13/14/15 December 2024 Round 3 – 10/11/12 January 2025 Round 4 – 17/18/19 January 2025 Round
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The Sharks’ preparations for their Investec Champions Cup opener this week were disrupted, with injuries to two key players affecting head coach John Plumtree’s plans. Speaking in a Sharks team announcement conference, Plumtree revealed that Lukhanyo Am and Gerbrandt Grobler were hurt in last week’s win over the DHL Stormers and ruled out for Saturday’s
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Recent results and injuries won’t deter the DHL Stormers as John Dobson’s men gear up to tackle French giants Toulon in the Investec Champions Cup in Gqeberha on Saturday. The Stormers will chase redemption and European glory at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, with Dobson promising an all-out assault despite their challenges. Joseph Dweba and Willie
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The Sharks’ meteoric rise last season from a rocky start to title-winning glory not only reignited their own fortunes but also made a compelling case for the value of the EPCR Challenge Cup. From a team plumbing the depths of mediocrity in the first half of the 2023-24 Vodacom URC, to finding ballast in the
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Victor Sekekete leads a Cheetahs matchday 23 boasting a veteran Springbok and several seasoned campaigners against Perpignan in their EPCR Challenge Cup clash in Amsterdam on Sunday. The Cheetahs kick off their third campaign in the second-tier EPCR tournament at NRCA Stadium in the Netherlands, their homebase for the European competition. Sekekete, who skippered the
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The Blitzboks will have to start fast and stay hot to have any chance of winning the Cape Town Sevens tournament for the first time since 2015, according to Blitzboks co-captain Impi Visser. “Last week in Dubai we were hot and cold and made silly errors, something you will not be able to get away
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The Sharks have named two-time Springbok world champion Eben Etzebeth as captain of the side to face Exeter Chiefs in their Investec Champions Cup opener in Durban on Saturday. A Bok-laden Sharks lineup will take the field in the first-round clash at Kings Park. Lock Etzebeth, who led the Durbanites to 2023-24 EPCR Challenge title
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The Lions have overhauled their starting XV, making 14 changes for Saturday’s EPCR Challenge Cup opener against the Ospreys in Swansea. Nico Steyn is set to lead Ivan van Rooyen’s charges, who will aim to bounce back from last week’s loss to Munster in the Vodacom URC. In their last visit to the Welsh city,
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Joseph Dweba and Willie Engelbrecht will earn their 50th DHL Stormers caps as Seabelo Senatla makes his comeback in Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup clash with Toulon in Gqeberha. Prop Neethling Fouche will captain the Stormers in place of the injured Dan du Plessis – whose place at inside centre is filled by his cousin Jean-Luc
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