Ruben van Heerden has been crowned the Vodacom URC’s Tackle Machine for 2024-25, highlighting his superb defensive impact for the Stormers this season. The award celebrates the best defender among players who made at least 150 tackles this season, marking Van Heerden as one of South Africa’s top performers heading into the URC semi-finals. The […]
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Relive the vintage performance of veteran Springbok and Sharks wing Makazole Mapimpi against Munster in a thrilling Vodacom URC playoff clash at Kings Park. 34 years 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆 Makazole Mapimpi was at his brilliant best as the Sharks secured their spot in the semi-finals. He carried 183 metres and beat 6 Munster defenders #VURC | @Vodacom
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Cheslin Kolbe, two-time Springbok world champion and 2024 SA Rugby Player of the Year, is tight-lipped on whether there is a better winger on the planet than him. @goodbadrugby Cheslin Kolbe has spoken Wait till the end for his Investec Champions Cup GOAT… #GBR5 #Springboks #Rugby ♬ original sound – The Good, The Bad &
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The 2025 Super Rugby Pacific dream team features just one player from the table-topping Chiefs, none from the Crusaders and more Australians than New Zealanders. Chiefs flyhalf Damian McKenzie is the lone representative from the regular season leaders, while the Crusaders, who finished second with an 11-3 record, were completely overlooked. More strikingly, Australia has
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Jake White praised Keagan Johannes for his impact with ball in hand while urging the Vodacom Bulls flyhalf to back himself as a goal kicker. Johannes, a scrumhalf who last played flyhalf at high school, has worn the Bulls No 10 jersey this season in the absence of the injured Johan Goosen. Last Saturday, he
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A new breakaway global league is chasing the signatures of the world’s top 300 male and female rugby players. ‘R360’ is being driven by England World Cup winner Mike Tindall (pictured), former Bath director of rugby Stuart Hooper and the lawyer behind the creation of the IPL T20 cricket tournament and the rebel LIV Golf.
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Former Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has played down the penalty shootout drama in the URC quarter-final at Kings Park on Saturday. The Sharks were accused of “shameless gamesmanship” when scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse went down with cramp after slotting his second attempt of the shootout and received treatment from the hosts’ medical team As a result,
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Go behind the scenes during the Sharks’ most dramatic week of the season. The post Watch: Tension and elation at Shark Tank appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Go behind the scenes during the Sharks’ most dramatic week of the season. The post Watch: Tension and elation at Shark Tank appeared first on SA Rugby
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Rassie Erasmus weighs in on Springbok and Sharks scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse’s actions in the dramatic Vodacom URC clash against Munster at Kings Park. Erasmus took to social media after Hendrikse came under fire for his antics in the URC quarter-final last week. The playmaker sparked Irish media outrage after a penalty shootout in Durban, where
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Malcolm Marx has reportedly penned a new deal with the Kubota Spears which will see the two-time Springbok world champion continue to power the Japanese club until June 2027. The 30-year-old, who missed out on winning a second title in Japan following Sunday’s League One final defeat by Toshiba Brave Lupus, has made more than
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