Nche fired up for rematch with Quins’ Bok
The Sharks will make their Champions Cup bow at home to a Harlequins outfit featuring a couple of familiar faces, which has Ox Nche pumped for the scrum battle on Saturday.
Stormers working to solve second-half slump
The DHL Stormers are expecting to make their Champions Cup debut in minus temperatures in France, but are more concerned over a worrying pattern that has emerged in their last two games.
Fourie: Stormers to stamp authority in France
One of five DHL Stormers players with Champions Cup experience, Deon Fourie says the Vodacom United Rugby Championship title-holders are looking to make a statement against Clermont on Saturday.
Jake delivers crash course on Euro rugby
Vodacom Bulls boss Jake White has been giving his players a crash course in the Heineken Champions Cup as his Vodacom United Rugby Championship high-flyers prepare for their European debut.
Pollard: SA will take European rugby to new level
Springbok star Handre Pollard believes the South African teams will take the Heineken Champions Cup to “a completely different level”, just as they have done with the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
Marler bemused by SA trip
With South African teams set to debut in the Champions and Challenge cups this week, England prop Joe Marler has raised an eyebrow at playing a European competition in the Republic.
Malherbe, Orie to miss Stormers’ Champions Cup bow
Frans Malherbe and Marvin Orie have been omitted from a 26-man DHL Stormers squad that will travel to France for the Champions Cup match against Clermont on Saturday.
Watch: Euro ain’t seen the best of SA
Lionel Mapoe dazzles in this compilation of big plays in the Vodacom URC, and Europe’s top clubs can expect more of the same when South African teams debut in the Champions and Challenge cups.
Stormers to deploy big guns in Cup debut
John Dobson will pick the strongest possible squad to battle three-time silver medalists Clermont on Saturday in the DHL Stormers’ Champions Cup debut.
Rugby bosses ‘working’ on creation of Club World Cup
European rugby chiefs refused to put a deadline on agreement for the creation of a Club World Cup, but remain hopeful the groundbreaking plan will get off the ground.
