Luckless Lions lose out to log-leaders Leinster
The Lions’ woeful run in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship continued with a fifth successive defeat in as many matches, the latest loss to Leinster in Dublin.
The Lions’ woeful run in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship continued with a fifth successive defeat in as many matches, the latest loss to Leinster in Dublin.
There are three changes and a positional switch in the Stormers starting line-up for their Vodacom United Rugby Championship encounter with Connacht in Galway on Saturday.
Tributes are pouring in for All Blacks great Va’aiga Tuigamala, who died on Thursday. He was 52.
Head coach Ivan Rooyen has selected Junior Springbok duo of Ruan Venter and Quan Horn in the Lions’ starting lineup for Friday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against Leinster at the RDS Arena.
Former Bulls lock Jason Jenkins will part ways with Munster and join Leinster at the end of the season.
There is just one personnel change to the France’s starting lineup for Saturday’s Six Nations clash against Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh.
Wallabies stalwart Quade Cooper can finally call himself a full-blooded Aussie in the eyes of the law.
Mike Brown believes England will be too powerful for Wales on Saturday, describing the prospect of losing to them at Twickenham as “unthinkable”.
Lions backline coach Ricardo Laubscher believes “classy” Jordan Hendrikse can uplift the struggling side against the table-topping Leinster on Friday.
Aside from reinforcing the Sharks pack, Eben Etzebeth will fast-track the development of Durban’s best junior talent, according to Sharks coach Etienne Fynn.