Skipper Gregory Alldritt led La Rochelle into a second successive European Champions Cup final against Leinster after edging Racing 92 20-13 in an error-ridden match on Sunday.
Holders Toulouse beat Munster on Saturday to reach the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup, and will face four-time European champions Leinster for a place in the competition’s finale.
Handre Pollard is thrilled to be on duty in the Champions Cup playoffs, partly because the high stakes will prime the Springbok flyhalf for the pressures of the pending international season.
Springbok hard man Rynhardt Elstadt’s recent spell on the Toulouse sidelines has made him hungrier than ever to play Test rugby as he prepares to showcase his physicality in a rerun of last season’s Top 14 and European Champions Cup finals at home against La Rochelle on Saturday.
Dive into this wrap of all the action involving South African players in England, France and Japan, including Cheslin Kolbe’s first tries for Toulon.
A strange incident took place in the closing stages of the French Top 14 match between Biarritz and La Rochelle, where there were two balls on the field and both teams thought they had won.
Cheslin Kolbe kicked a 50-metre drop goal as Toulouse beat La Rochelle 18-8 in the final to be crowned French Top 14 champions on Friday.
Four Springboks and a former Junior Springbok captain will feature in tonight’s Top 14 final between Toulouse and La Rochelle at the Stade de France. (more…)
The much-anticipated Champions Cup final was the latest in a growing number of rugby matches ruined by a referee overreacting to a high tackle, writes ZELIM NEL.
Cheslin Kolbe was denied what what would have been a stunning try in Saturday’s Champions Cup final against La Rochelle, after a typically excellent break and assist from Toulouse teammate and European Player of the Year, Antoine Dupont.
