Double blow to SA front-row stocks
Ex-Cheetahs props Boan Venter and Luan de Bruin will be sidelined for the rest of the season, Edinburgh have confirmed.
Ex-Cheetahs props Boan Venter and Luan de Bruin will be sidelined for the rest of the season, Edinburgh have confirmed.
Lions flank Vincent Tshituka picked up his third man of the match award in four weeks as the Lions continued their resurgence in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship with a win over Edinburgh on Saturday.
The Lions fought back from a halftime deficit to secure a hard-earned victory over Edinburgh at Ellis Park on Saturday evening in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
South African-born props Pierre Schoeman and WP Nel are two of five Scottish internationals who have returned to the Edinburgh starting XV for Saturday’s clash against the Lions at Ellis Park.
Edinburgh are hoping to nullify the Lions’ expansive game plan at Ellis Park on Saturday in a bid to add another notch to their belts in South Africa, reports DEVIN HERMANUS.
Ex-Cheetahs prop WP Nel is back to boost Edinburgh’s front-row stocks for Saturday’s clash against the Lions at Ellis Park.
Edinburgh are determined to make this an unbeaten tour of South Africa by following up Saturday’s win against the Sharks with a victory against the Lions.
Edinburgh became the first northern hemisphere team to win a Vodacom United Rugby Championship match in South Africa when they beat the Sharks at a wet Kings Park on Saturday.
Flyhalf Blair Kinghorn crossed for two tries as Edinburgh punished a sloppy Sharks performance in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship match in Durban on Saturday.
Coach Mike Bennett has named three SA-born players in the Edinburgh matchday squad for Saturday’s clash against the Sharks at Kings Park.