United Rugby Championship

Magical Manie URC’s top marksman

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.

Limerick , Ireland - 2 October 2021; Leolin Zas of DHL Stormers, left, celebrates with team-mates, including Stefan Ungerer, centre, after scoring his side's second try during the United Rugby Championship match between Munster and DHL Stormers at Thomond Park in Limerick.

Ungerer makes Stormers return in key URC clash

There are two changes to the Stormers’ starting line-up for their Vodacom United Rugby Championship encounter with Scarlets in Llanelli on Saturday.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 29: Phepsi Buthelezi of the Cell C Sharks during the United Rugby Championship match between Cell C Sharks and DHL Stormers at Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium on January 29, 2022 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)

Phepsi adds fizz to Ulster’s big Belfast bash

Duane Vermeulen’s match-up with Phendulani ‘Phepsi’ Buthelezi is worth the ticket price alone when Ulster and the Cell C Sharks clash for the first time in their history in the final round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.

Fired-up Welsh out to burn SA play-off party

SA’s Vodacom URC play-off challenge is on red alert with the Welsh opposition loaded with internationals who will play the Springboks in three Test matches in July.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 22: Rikus Pretorius of DHL Stormers celebrates scoring a try with team mates during the United Rugby Championship match between DHL Stormers and Glasgow Warriors at DHL Stadium on April 22, 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Watch: Why we back the Stormers for playoff glory

Mark Keohane and Zelim Nel break down the South African playoff hopes in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 04: Ruan Nortje of the Vodacom Bulls during the United Rugby Championship match between Cell C Sharks and Vodacom Bulls at Jonsson Kings Park on December 04, 2021 in Durban, South Africa.

White: Bulls must give everything to get bonus point against Ospreys

Jake White says Friday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against a Welsh-international laden Ospreys outfit will be a good measure of how far the Vodacom Bulls have developed under his stewardship. DYLAN JACK reports.

Duane to spoil Sharks party in Belfast?

Duane Vermeulen will pack down for Ulster against a Sharks outfit looking to secure a home playoff in Friday’s crucial Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 06: Try time for David Kriel of the Vodacom Blue Bulls with Angelo Davids of the DHL Stormers close by during the Carling Currie Cup match between Vodacom Bulls and DHL Western Province at Loftus Versfeld on April 06, 2022 in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo by Gordon Arons/Gallo Images)

Kriel to wing it for Bulls against Ospreys

David Kriel has seen his Currie Cup form rewarded with a place in the @Vodacom Bulls team to face the Ospreys in a crucial Vodacom United Rugby Championship match on Friday night. #URC

Ospreys' Alun Wyn Jones and George North (right) appears dejected after the final whistle during the Heineken Challenge Cup match at Liberty Stadium, Swansea. Picture date: Saturday April 3, 2021.

Experienced Wales duo to battle Bulls

Wales centurions George North and Alun Wyn Jones have both been named in the Ospreys starting lineup for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against the Vodacom Bulls in Swansea on Friday.

Lukhanyo Am,Captain of the Cell C Sharks during the 2021 Rainbow Cup SA game between the Sharks and the Stormers at Kings Park Stadium on 22 May 2021

Sharks hoping Lukhanyo makes the difference against Ulster

Sean Everitt says the Sharks are delighted to welcome Lukhanyo Am back into a team motivated by the prospect of securing a home playoff in the crucial Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against Ulster in Belfast on Friday night. DYLAN JACK reports.