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The versatile Suleiman Hartzenberg has been added to the list of DHL Stormers who have put pen to paper on a new long-term deal with the Capetonians. Hartzenberg, who is equally at home in midfield or on the wing, joins teammates Sacha-Feinberg Mngomezulu, Dan du Plessis, Ruben van Heerden, Evan Roos and Manie Libbok in […]

The DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls will lock horns at Cape Town Stadium, while the Sharks tackle the Lions in Durban in round 1 of the 2024-25 Vodacom URC. As the current campaign comes down to the most competitive final round in the league’s history, supporters can now benefit from the earliest-ever release of fixtures

Philip Snyman says the Blitzboks must kick-start their old habit of winning all six matches of a sevens tournament in Spain this weekend. The South Africans have completed their preparations for the final tournament of the 2024 series, the Grand Finale, to be played in Civitas Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid from 31 May to 2

Eddie Jones told England “you never know what can happen on a hot day” as he plots to beat his former team at the start of his second stint as Japan head coach. The feisty Australian named his squad for Japan’s summer Test matches, which start with a showdown against Steve Borthwick’s England at Tokyo’s

WIN double tickets to watch the Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash between the DHL Stormers and the Lions at DHL Stadium on Saturday! Correctly answer the question below and you will be entered into the draw for tickets to the match. Question: Which former Stormers winger has scored five tries for the Lions in the

Deon Fourie and Hacjivah Dayimani were at the heart of the DHL Stormers’ bonus-point win against the Lions at Ellis Park in the 2021-22 Vodacom URC. The back-rowers, with Evan Roos, formed an explosive loose trio during a title-winning campaign for the Stormers, as the Capetonians’ powerful pack of forwards laid the platform for their

A bid for wholesale reform of New Zealand rugby’s governing body was rejected by heartland unions, threatening to throw the game into disarray in the rugby-mad nation. Months of bubbling discord reached a head at a special general meeting in the capital Wellington, where the 26 provincial unions voted for their watered-down proposal that retains

Jacques Nienaber has hit back at accusations that Leinster flouted World Rugby’s rules banning coaches from waterboy duties. The former Springbok coach showcased his tactical savvy by acting as a waterboy for Leinster in the Champions Cup final against Toulouse last week. Fresh off winning consecutive Rugby World Cups with South Africa, Nienaber joined the

Rugby Australia has rejected a consortium’s bid to take over the debt-laden Rebels and shut down the side after 14 seasons in Super Rugby. The team went into voluntary administration in January owing almost Aus$23 million (US$15 million) – a large portion of it tax debt. Rugby Australia stepped in to reclaim the club’s playing

If the 2023-24 Vodacom United Rugby Championship season is a game of Survivor, then the Hollywoodbets Sharks, South Africa’s lowest-placed team this season, suddenly are at the well and they have the swing vote. It is one of the great ironies of this season that, in the final round of the league phase, the Hollywoodbets Sharks