After back-to-back home victories at Hollywoodbets Kings Park in the opening fortnight of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, the Hollywoodbets Sharks face off against the DHL Stormers at Cape Town Stadium in their first away game of the tournament.
Vodacom United Rugby Championship log leaders, the Hollywoodbets Sharks, and third-placed 10bet Lions, will have their sights set on continuing their unbeaten start in the competition this weekend and remain in the top four on the standings when they hit the road to face the DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls in a thrilling round of South African derbies.
The Springboks chase another piece of silverware with the second phase of the Nations Championship this month, writes Jon Cardinelli.
The Hollywoodbets Sharks and 10bet Lions were victorious in their second-round home clashes in the 2026/27 Vodacom United Rugby Championship, but unfortunately the travelling DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls both came up short in the Northern Hemisphere.
Babalwa Latsha is back as captain and tighthead prop for the Springbok Women’s Test against Spain in Seville on Sunday, while Xoliswa Khuzwayo and Patience Mokone have also been included in the starting team for the final match of the team’s 2026 WXV Global Series tour to Europe.
Andre Esterhuizen returns from international duty to lead a strong Hollywoodbets Sharks side into their second-round Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash with reigning champions Leinster at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on Saturday.
The four South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship sides will have their sights set on building on their strong start to the competition last weekend in which they registered a clean sweep of victories with another challenging round awaiting them this weekend.
A newly-formed global youth sports series kicked off in style in Nyanga, Cape Town, this week with a successful football clinic that included special guest appearances from rising star Emile Witbooi and Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus.
Haashim Pead has described his move from the Lions to the Stormers as a special homecoming, with the Bo-Kaap-born player eager to build on his development and make his mark with his hometown side.
It was only two seasons ago that Xoliswa Khuzwayo made her Test debut against Spain in Valladolid, but since then, the Springbok Women prop has added two Rugby Africa Women’s Cup titles and a Women’s Rugby World Cup to her CV, as well as a recent tour to Fiji, where she started in both of South Africa’s Test victories.