Ruan Venter starts at blindside flanker as Morne van den Berg returns to face Dragons in a crucial EPCR Challenge Cup clash at Ellis Park on Saturday. It’s a case of sink or swim for the Lions in the competition this week as the pool stages reach a close with the knockout round, which will […]
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Sharks coach John Plumtree has made several changes to his backline for Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup match against Bordeaux Begles at the Stade Chaban-Delmas. Grant Williams and Siya Masuku will start as the halfback pairing in place of the Hendrikse brothers, Jaden and Jordan (who is injured), while Yaw Penxe shifts to fullback. Eduan Keyter
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Jake White is committed to clinching a place in the playoffs, having deployed 12 Springboks to battle Stade Francais at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday afternoon. The match brings the curtain down on the Bulls’ 2024-25 Investec Champions Cup campaign, but White’s team still has a window of opportunity to finish fifth in Pool 3 and
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The enigmatic Hacjivah Dayimani made a name for himself as a secret weapon at the Stormers but on Saturday night he will be a double agent serving Racing 92 in blocking his former team’s path to the Investec Champions Cup knockout stages. The Stormers picked up their first Champions Cup win of the season with
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Springbok icon Frans Steyn will be living vicariously through the Toyota Cheetahs on Saturday night when they attempt to punch their ticket to the EPCR Challenge Cup knock-out stages in a decisive showdown against Lyon. READ: Saffas dominate European dream team The Cheetahs are in Lyon – France’s gastronomic capital situated approximately 150 kilometres west
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Two of the four South Africans selected in the Investec Champions Cup Team of the Week are World Cup-winning Springboks. The Stormers beat Sale Sharks in Cape Town for their first win in the competition this season, but it was a case of bitter disappointment for the Sharks and Bulls, who went down against Toulouse
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Bath head coach Johann van Graan is planning to breach the defensive system of an old friend. In Dublin on Saturday, Van Graan’s Premiership log leaders will come up against Jacques Nienaber’s Leinster, four-time European champions, in a Champions Cup Pool 2 blockbuster. The two South Africans go way back, having first come up against
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Springbok captain Siya Kolisi says he wouldn’t make it to the 2027 World Cup had he kept on playing his club rugby in France. Kolisi joined Racing 92 after the 2023 World Cup having told the French club that he would not play Test rugby again. However, he soon changed his mind and was back
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The Vodacom Bulls power through Stade Francais at Loftus in the Investec Champions Cup while the Lions cruise past the Dragons in the EPCR Challenge Cup, according to the SARugbymag.co.za team. Champions Cup: Bulls vs Stade Francais (Saturday, 3pm, Pretoria) Juandre Joubert: Bulls by 21 Devin Hermanus: Bulls by 12 Simon Borchardt: Bulls by 25 Zelím
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Local teams must bolster their squads with seasoned South African players to win the Investec Champions Cup within the next three to five years, writes MARK KEOHANE. Writing for TimesLIVE, Keohane highlights the need for a balance of youth, experience and proven Test players to compete with European giants such as Toulouse, Leinster and La
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