Mallett backs Bulls for URC title charge
Nick Mallett says the Vodacom Bulls are the best-equipped of the South African teams to claim the Vodacom United Rugby Championship title this season.
Two SA teams in URC semis!
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship launches into the playoffs and you’d better buckle up for two of your favourite contenders to advance to the semi-finals.
Thomas the Tank is steaming towards playoffs
Thomas du Toit is relishing the challenge of driving the Cell C Sharks back to winning ways in a high-stakes, high-altitude, Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-final clash at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
Cultish Coetzee on the charge
The Vodacom Bulls captain Marcell Coetzee accentuates the positive in cultish. It doesn’t matter where he plays, he is popular and the way he plays is fashionable.
Kitshoff: Stormers to break playoff hoodoo
Captain Steven Kitshoff believes a winning mentality will be key to pushing the Stormers further into the playoffs than great teams of the past.
There’s nothing false about Ulster’s Rob Herring
Wikipedia describes a red herring as something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion.
Stormers brace for ‘evolved’ Edinburgh
John Dobson is wary of an Edinburgh team the Stormers coach believes are much better than suggested by their seventh-place finish in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
De Allende the dynamite for mighty Munster
Munster’s prospects in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship play-offs are hitched to powerhouse Springbok centre Damian de Allende.
Schoeman braces for brutal battle of the big boys
Edinburgh Rugby’s Pierre Schoeman is as popular in South Africa as he was when playing for the Vodacom Bulls. He is also respected in South African rugby circles, despite making Scotland his home.
Bulls CEO: URC performances show salary cap is working
Vodacom Bulls CEO Edgar Rathbone says he doesn’t expect any big changes around the current salary cap, despite South Africa’s entry into the European Champions Cup next season. DYLAN JACK reports.
