Summer of rugby awaits SA fans
December is in full swing and for the first time, summer holiday plans include a surfeit of top-flight rugby for fans of the Vodacom Bulls, Lions, Sharks and DHL Stormers.
December is in full swing and for the first time, summer holiday plans include a surfeit of top-flight rugby for fans of the Vodacom Bulls, Lions, Sharks and DHL Stormers.
Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter says there has to be an economic benefit to keep the South African teams in the Champions Cup, ahead of the clash with the Vodacom Bulls.
Neil Powell hopes to get “20 minutes or so” out of a fit-again Lukhanyo Am when the Sharks and Bordeaux clash in the Champions Cup at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Friday.
London Irish have been given no chance of upsetting the Stormers in the Champions Cup match in Cape Town on Saturday, according to the SARugbymag.co.za team.
Speedster Madosh Tambwe will start for Bordeaux alongside captain and fellow former Shark Jandre Marais when the teams clash in the Champions Cup at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Friday.
Follow the live action as the Stormers host London Irish in a Champions Cup clash in Cape Town.
Follow the live action as Bordeaux Bègles host the Sharks in a Champions Cup clash at Stade Chaban-Delmas.
The Money Man, Keo and Zels have got the Stormers to blow away London Irish but Exeter Chiefs to scalp the Bulls B-team.
Coach John Dobson is eager to see how the “hurting” DHL Stormers respond to the challenge of hosting London Irish in their Champions Cup home debut on Saturday.
Lukhanyo Am and Thomas du Toit will make their Champions Cup debuts when the Sharks face Bordeaux at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Friday night.