They had the absolute high of winning their home tournament in Cape Town last month, but that ship has sailed and for the Springbok Sevens team this weekend’s HSBC SVNS Singapore will represent a fresh challenge. And they will be ready for it.
The DHL Stormers’ unbeaten run and flawless home track record in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship came to a grinding halt, as the Hollywoodbets Sharks stunned them with a fine display of rugby in Cape Town.
A ferocious battle is expected when South Africa’s Durban-based Sharks travel to Salford to face England’s Sale Sharks in a crucial European Champions Cup clash on Saturday.
Bulls coach Johan Ackermann says he will not be resting players for the team’s final two European Champions Cup clashes as they seek to end a six-game losing streak as has gripped the team in a crisis of form. (more…)
The DHL Stormers recorded their eighth consecutive victory following their 13-8 victory over the Vodacom Bulls in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship in Cape Town.
The two South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship derbies to kick off the new year both went down to the wire, with the Lions and DHL Stormers taking the spoils over the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Vodacom Bulls in two nail-biting encounters.
The Toyota Cheetahs return to Europe on Tuesday for Rounds 3 and 4 of the EPCR Challenge Cup against Ulster Rugby and Racing 92.
Vodacom United Rugby Championship rugby resumes after the brief Christmas break with the Hollywoodbets Sharks hosting the Lions at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on Saturday afternoon.
Springbok assistant coaches Felix Jones and Jerry Flannery, SA Rugby Mobi-Unit coach Duane Vermeulen, and Head of Athletic Performance Andy Edwards will provide short-term support to the Vodacom Bulls following a request from the franchise for assistance in specific technical areas.
The DHL Stormers welcome back the return of two-time Rugby World Cup–winning Springbok captain Siya Kolisi at the end of the season.