URC playoffs: Bulls vs Sharks gets early kick-off
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship playoffs will kick off on Friday, June 3 after the schedule for the ‘Final Eight’ was confirmed this morning.
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship playoffs will kick off on Friday, June 3 after the schedule for the ‘Final Eight’ was confirmed this morning.
The Stormers are delighted to have won the SA Shield and secured a home quarter-final, but Steven Kitshoff knows there is still hard work ahead when the URC playoffs get under way in June. DYLAN JACK reports.
The Stormers ended the league stage of the URC with a last-gasp victory over Scarlets on Saturday to secure a home quarter-final, as well as the SA Shield title.
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.
Ruhan Nel scored a brace of tries to help the Stormers claim a late bonus-point win over the Scarlets in Llanelli on Saturday and secure a home Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-final.
Follow the live action as the Scarlets host the Stormers in a Vodacom URC clash in Llanelli.
Veteran Wales centre Jonathan Davies will captain the Scarlets in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against the Stormers in Llanelli on Saturday.
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship has catapulted Seabelo Senatla forward in his quest for Springbok glory.
John Dobson has revealed that Warrick Gelant is in ‘advanced talks’ with a French club, but says the Springbok fullback remains highly motivated to get the Stormers through the Vodacom United Rugby Championship playoffs. DYLAN JACK reports.
DHL Stormers goalkicking ace Manie Libbok is the favourite to finish the league stages of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship as the top points scorer.