Lions get timely boost as Tshituka, Hendrikse return
Vincent Tshituka will start at openside flank when the Lions take on the Stormers at Ellis Park in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Saturday.
Vincent Tshituka will start at openside flank when the Lions take on the Stormers at Ellis Park in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Saturday.
Former Springbok and Vodacom Bulls fullback Zane Kirchner has opened up on the learning curve that came with his move to Leinster in 2013.
Zelim Nel says the conditions are perfect for the Sharks to spring a surprise at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
Sharks head coach Sean Everitt says altitude should not be a factor when his team travels to Pretoria to face the Bulls in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash.
Sharks coach Sean Everitt has tinkered with his matchday squad, reinforcing the bench with Curwin Bosch and Sikhumbuzo Notshe the Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against the Vodacom Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday.
Stormers head coach John Dobson says Seabelo Senatla’s recent performances have been of an ‘international level’ as the former Blitzboks star is desperate to become a success in the 15-man game.
Coach John Dobson has tempered celebrations of the Stormers’ recent success in the build up to an important showdown against the Lions at Ellis Park on Saturday. DYLAN JACK reports.
South Africa’s four Vodacom United Rugby Championship teams will host Scarlets, Munster, Cardiff and Zebre Parma next month in two rescheduled rounds of the competition, which had to be postponed late last year.
Springbok wing Makazole Mapimpi was rewarded for a number of sterling performances in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship for the Sharks by being named the competition’s Player of the Month for January.
Former Springbok prop Julian Redelinghuys says that rugby should be wary of sacrificing its physical attributes in pursuit of player safety.