They may have packed away their rugby boots for good, but some of South Africa’s rugby legends have never forgotten their origins in the game and can still remember it like it was yesterday. As the Vodacom United Rugby Championship celebrates its Origin Round under the theme of “From Grassroots to Greatness”, legendary Springboks John […]
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Front-row powerhouse Asenathi Ntlabakanye says the Lions are fired up for a set-piece battle against Jukskei rivals, the Vodacom Bulls, in Pretoria on Saturday. The Bulls have the most dominant scrum in the 2024-25 Vodacom URC, and their powerful maul is a massive challenge for visitors to Loftus Versfeld, yet Ntlabakanye can’t wait to go
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Winger Sebastian de Klerk says the Vodacom Bulls want to go into every match as favourites. On several occasions over the past two seasons, the Bulls have lost matches they were expected to win, most notably last season’s Vodacom URC final against the Glasgow Warriors at a sold-out Loftus and both of their games against
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Former Wallabies star Rocky Elsom’s five-year sentence for alleged financial misconduct as president of Narbonne Rugby Club could be reduced – or overturned altogether. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, a French prosecutor has requested the sentence be cut to three years, with a final ruling expected on 14 March. Elsom, capped 75 times for
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Fabien Galthie is reportedly set to take a leaf out of Rassie Erasmus’ playbook and deploy a 7-1 bench split for France’s Six Nations Test against Italy on Sunday. According to French news outlet L’Equipe, head coach Galthie will select seven forwards among the Les Bleus replacements for the Stadio Olimpico clash, with Julien Marchand,
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Displaying stunning speed and skill, Jordan Hendrikse, Tino Mavesere and Yaw Penxe carved the Vodacom Bulls apart in the Sharks’ bonus-point URC win in Pretoria. ICYMI – Sharks showed ‘fight’ to upset Bulls @rugby_higlights02 #viral #fyp #dontletthisflop #sharks #bulls #tries #amazing #cooking #unitedrugbychampionship ♬ som original – Baila Football Photo: Gordon Arons/Gallo Images The post
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Maties marked their 150th anniversary by kicking off the 2025 Varsity Cup with a dramatic 41-37 victory over defending champions Shimlas at a packed Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch on Monday. Maties led 22-16 at half time and finished with five tries, clinching the game with a penalty with two minutes to go, an impressive
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Former Wales wing Louis Rees-Zammit’s NFL dream is still alive. In January last year, Rees-Zammit made the shock announcement that he would be leaving rugby to join the NFL’s International Player Pathway. Two months later, he signed a three-year contract with the Kansas City Chiefs but failed to make their 53-man NFL roster for the
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Leon MacDonald is reportedly set to land a top Super Rugby role in Australia, marking his first coaching job since his sudden All Blacks exit last year. According to the New Zealand Herald, MacDonald’s move could also position him as a future Wallabies candidate once Joe Schmidt steps down after the 2025 Rugby Championship. MacDonald
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The opening round of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season was electric, but how does the competition compare to URC? The Chiefs started by avenging their 41-10 humiliation in 2024’s final to the Blues. There has been a lot of talk about a global season that may one day see teams from the URC face
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