
Bok Women to open World Cup in front of record crowd
The Springbok Women will play the Rugby World Cup opening match against France in front of a record 40,000 sell-out crowd at Eden Park on Saturday.
The Springbok Women will play the Rugby World Cup opening match against France in front of a record 40,000 sell-out crowd at Eden Park on Saturday.
Cheslin Kolbe is set to play his first match since July after Toulon confirmed the Springbok wing has fully recovered from injury and will start this weekend.
Edinburgh have named returning Los Pumas sharpshooter Emiliano Boffelli in their starting lineup to face the Lions in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash on Friday.
The Vodacom Bulls are aiming to turn Loftus Versfeld pink for their Vodacom United Rugby Championship derby against the Sharks on 30 October.
South African derbies are notorious for their needle and physicality, but things boiled over when the Stormers hosted the Cheetahs in 2012.
Back in the World Cup for the first time since 2014, the Springbok Women are hungry for a tournament-opening upset win over France on Saturday.
The DHL Stormers have explained why Damian Willemse was taken on the three-game Vodacom United Rugby Championship tour, while their other Boks stayed in Cape Town.
Duhan van der Merwe could be in line to face the Emirates Lions in a @Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash on Friday after completing a return to Edinburgh. #URC
The DHL Stormers beat Zebre by almost 50 points last season, but the defending champs anticipate a stiffer challenge when the Vodacom United Rugby Championship teams meet in Parma on Saturday.
Prop Simphiwe Matanzima has starred as a super-sub for the Vodacom Bulls but the 25-year-old’s left shoulder is primed to carry the hit as a starter in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.