No joy for SA teams over postponed URC clashes
SA Rugby has reportedly failed to sway the Vodacom United Rugby Championship decision-makers over securing the match points for two postponed matches in November.
SA Rugby has reportedly failed to sway the Vodacom United Rugby Championship decision-makers over securing the match points for two postponed matches in November.
The Vodacom Bulls were outmuscled by the Sharks in Durban on Saturday and Jake White says the current slump provides last year’s URC runners up with a “massive character test”.
John Dobson and Steven Kitshoff have hailed the DHL Stormers’ win over the Lions on New Year’s Eve, yet a “tough January” schedule has tempered their celebrations.
The DHL Stormers capped the first New Year’s Eve Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash in Cape Town with a bonus-point win against the Lions on Saturday.
The Sharks feasted on two yellow cards against the Vodacom Bulls in the first half to clinch a comprehensive victory in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship at Kings Park on Saturday.
Neil Powell has prepared the Sharks for a “muggy” Vodacom United Rugby Championship battle with the Vodacom Bulls in humid Durban on Saturday.
England prop Joe Marler has been banned for two weeks with a further four weeks suspended for comments made towards Bristol flanker Jake Heenan.
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Coach John Dobson has his fingers crossed that Frans Malherbe will be among a host of injured DHL Stormers stars fit to play a Champions Cup rematch with Clermont in Cape Town on 21 January.
Jake White has fired back at John Dobson over his comments on the citing of DHL Stormers flanker Willie Engelbrecht from the Vodacom Bulls.