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Jake White says being the only South African team to have faced Leinster at full strength gives the Vodacom Bulls confidence for their semi-final clash. DYLAN JACK reports. The Vodacom Bulls will host Leinster in the Pretoria semi-final on Saturday, having battled past Italian side Benetton in a hard-fought quarter-final at Loftus Versfeld. It will be […]

Blues lock and captain Patrick Tuipulotu will miss the rest of the Super Rugby Pacific season and the start of the All Blacks’ campaign due to a knee injury. Tuipulotu tore a medial ligament in his right knee during the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Fijian Drua on Saturday, forcing him off the field after

Johan Ackermann has confirmed that he has one year on his contract in Japan, but has bid farewell to his South African assistant coaches. Ackermann’s Japanese team, Urayasu D-Rocks, recently won promotion to Japan’s League One, earning him the second division’s Coach of the Year award. The former Lions coach has expressed his desire to

SA Rugby is confident that the Currie Cup will go ahead as scheduled after holding “positive” talks with player representatives. The provincial rugby unions are waiting for confirmation that the Currie Cup will go ahead as scheduled, after a dispute between players’ representative group MyPlayers and SA Rugby over player welfare. An arbitration verdict announced

South Africa’s impact on European rugby interest has been applauded, but the sport across the southern hemisphere has shown renewed growth, writes MARK KEOHANE. Writing for TimesLIVE, Keohane discusses the boost South Africa’s participation in the Vodacom URC has had on broadcast audiences, while New Zealand’s Super Rugby Pacific has also seen a resurgence in

John Dobson says he is optimistic about what lies ahead for the DHL Stormers despite the disappointment of a quarter-final exit in Glasgow on Saturday. DYLAN JACK reports. The Stormers’ campaign came to an end in a 27-10 defeat to Glasgow Warriors on a windy Saturday night at the Scotstoun Stadium. While disappointed with how his

Heyneke Meyer has confirmed his desire to take up a coaching role in South Africa when he returns from a stint in the USA at the end of this year. Meyer currently serves as the director of rugby of the USA’s Major League Rugby side Houston Sabercats, having taken the team’s coaching reins in 2022.

Rassie Erasmus named 11 uncapped players in an exciting 35-man squad for the Springboks’ first official training camp of the season to prepare for the Test against Wales at Twickenham. The camp starts in Pretoria on Monday where the focus will be on the opening Test of the season against Wales on 22 June. The

Glasgow Warriors scored two tries in the final five minutes to claim a hard-fought Vodacom URC quarter-final victory over the DHL Stormers on Saturday. A try from South African No 8 Henco Venter decided a 27-10 victory for Glasgow Warriors, who led by just six points at the break in a match that was tightly

The Hurricanes and Blues booked home semi-finals against the Chiefs and Brumbies, respectively, on Saturday as the Rebels bade farewell to Super Rugby. The top-qualifying Hurricanes overcame a slow start to beat the Rebels 47-20 in their quarter-final in Wellington, with the debt-laden Australian team playing the last match in their 14th and final season.