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Stormers, Bulls to host URC quarter-final

Leinster beat Munster to keep the Stormers in second place and set up a Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-final between the Vodacom Bulls and Sharks at Loftus Versfeld.

Highlights: Hat-trick Hendricks shines for bonus-point Bulls

Cornal Hendricks dotted down for three second-half tries as the Vodacom Bulls claimed a bonus-point win at the Ospreys on Friday.

RECAP: Ospreys vs Vodacom Bulls

Follow the live action as the Ospreys host the @Vodacom Bulls in a final-round Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash at Swansea Stadium. #URC

Fired-up Welsh out to burn SA play-off party

SA’s Vodacom URC play-off challenge is on red alert with the Welsh opposition loaded with internationals who will play the Springboks in three Test matches in July.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 22: Rikus Pretorius of DHL Stormers celebrates scoring a try with team mates during the United Rugby Championship match between DHL Stormers and Glasgow Warriors at DHL Stadium on April 22, 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Watch: Why we back the Stormers for playoff glory

Mark Keohane and Zelim Nel break down the South African playoff hopes in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 04: Ruan Nortje of the Vodacom Bulls during the United Rugby Championship match between Cell C Sharks and Vodacom Bulls at Jonsson Kings Park on December 04, 2021 in Durban, South Africa.

White: Bulls must give everything to get bonus point against Ospreys

Jake White says Friday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against a Welsh-international laden Ospreys outfit will be a good measure of how far the Vodacom Bulls have developed under his stewardship. DYLAN JACK reports.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 06: Try time for David Kriel of the Vodacom Blue Bulls with Angelo Davids of the DHL Stormers close by during the Carling Currie Cup match between Vodacom Bulls and DHL Western Province at Loftus Versfeld on April 06, 2022 in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo by Gordon Arons/Gallo Images)

Kriel to wing it for Bulls against Ospreys

David Kriel has seen his Currie Cup form rewarded with a place in the @Vodacom Bulls team to face the Ospreys in a crucial Vodacom United Rugby Championship match on Friday night. #URC

Ospreys' Alun Wyn Jones and George North (right) appears dejected after the final whistle during the Heineken Challenge Cup match at Liberty Stadium, Swansea. Picture date: Saturday April 3, 2021.

Experienced Wales duo to battle Bulls

Wales centurions George North and Alun Wyn Jones have both been named in the Ospreys starting lineup for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against the Vodacom Bulls in Swansea on Friday.

Sharks were dominant in the scrums during the United Rugby Championship 2021/22 match between the Sharks and Stormers held at Kings Park in Durban on 29 January 2021 ©Gerhard Duraan/BackpagePix

Sharks, Stormers and Bulls racing for home semi

With the Vodacom Bulls, Sharks and Stormers still fighting for a place in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship top four, here’s what each team is shooting for in the final round of league matches this weekend.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 23: Thomas du Toit, captain of the Cell C Sharks and Rory O’Loughlin of Leinster during the United Rugby Championship match between Cell C Sharks and Leinster at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on April 23, 2022 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

Bad news for SA teams in URC top-four race

The three South African teams hoping to secure a home playoff in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship were handed an early blow this week as Leinster are set to cotton wool their best players for the key Irish derby against Munster on Saturday.