Hacjivah Dayimani played a starring role to help Western Province beat his former team, the Lions, in Cape Town on Saturday.
SA Rugby has confirmed the 2022 Currie Cup schedule, including five rounds of midweek matches, that culminates in the Premier Division semi-finals and final on the last two weekends of June.
As the Vodacom United Rugby Championship sides prepare for the festive schedule, the URC StatMaster has forecasted which eight teams could contest the playoffs later this season.
Scheduling for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship up to Round 17 has been completed with adjustments made to cater for postponed and rescheduled fixtures, organisers announced on Monday.
The Sharks, Stormers, Lions and Vodacom Bulls have reportedly each been granted a R3.6 million salary cap increase.
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship announced on Friday that this weekend’s round six matches in South Africa and next weekend’s round seven matches have been postponed due to a new Covid-19 variant.
A double round of home matches is next on the menu for the South African teams participating in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship and it is going to be interesting to see how they apply the lessons learned from the initial four-match tours that went off with mixed success.
The latest Government Gazette includes adjusted lockdown regulations that allow a limited number of fans to return to stadiums in South Africa.
The Vodacom Bulls came from a 13-point half-time deficit to claim their first victory in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship against Cardiff on Saturday.
The Springboks produced an outstanding second-half performance to come back from a first-half deficit and make a statement with a 27-9 victory over the British & Irish Lions in the second Test of the series. (more…)