The Hollywoodbets Sharks will once again take continuity into their Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash with Benetton at Stadio Monigo on Saturday afternoon.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus released three players, Ben-Jason Dixon, Johan Grobbelaar, and Canan Moodie, to their local franchises after the Boks wrapped up their main training block for the week on Wednesday, before the Castle Lager Rugby Championship decider between South Africa and Argentina at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday.
As he looks towards the 20 September kick-off of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, Vodacom Bulls coach Jake White says he’s excited about the growing experience in his squad and singled out Ruan Nortjé as an example of it hopefully benefitting his team this season.
The incredible depth in South African rugby at Test level is the envy of the rugby world, and Emirates Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen believes the Vodacom United Rugby Championship is helping to develop this.
Due to a request from SA Rugby, the opening round Vodacom United Rugby Championship fixtures involving the South African teams will now be moved to avoid a clash with the Carling Currie Cup Final.
There is a definite sense of unfinished business in the Vodacom Bulls camp as they prepare for Season 4 of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, which kicks off in September.
It is midnight in the home of Phiwe Nomlomo. One of the head coaches at Loftus Versfeld is doing what he often does at this quiet hour. He is sitting with a notebook and writing down ideas. Specific ideas for his players, and more general ideas on how to implement hockey players’ ability to move a ball so quickly across the field into rugby.
The Glasgow Warriors delivered an impressive, polished second-half performance to clinch the Vodacom United Rugby Championship with a pulsating 21-16 triumph over the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
The Vodacom Bulls will not give an inch on Saturday when they host the Glasgow Warriors in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship grand final at Loftus Versfeld, where they will have their sights set on becoming the second South African franchise to win the title.
Emirates Lions utility back Sanele Nohamba was rewarded for his great form of the past eight months when he was named the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Player of the Season for his stellar performances at scrumhalf and flyhalf for the team from Johannesburg.