Friday’s North-South derby will present a clash in different approaches to the season, but the DHL Stormers are confident that opting for continuity will serve them well against the @Vodacom Bulls in Cape Town.
The Lions await news on star Henco van Wyk ahead of a derby clash against the Sharks in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Friday.
The Stormers’ celebrations of a first Champions Cup victory was dampened with the news that Salmaan Moerat is expected to be out for a long period of time.
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.
The trailer to The Absurd Heroes documentary promises a transparent look into the DHL Stormers’ remarkable journey of winning the inaugural Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
Ox Nche will play no further part of the Sharks’ campaign in 2022 after the loosehead prop was suspended for three weeks.
Jake White will split the Vodacom Bulls squad, with one half flying to Exeter for Saturday’s Champions Cup clash, while the other half stays in SA to prepare for the DHL Stormers.
Steven Kitshoff will go level with his front-row partner Frans Malherbe as the most-capped players in DHL Stormers’ history when he runs out to face Clermont in their Champions Cup clash on Saturday.
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.
Vodacom Bulls wing Sbu Nkosi says he went missing for three weeks because he was struggling to cope mentally with the pressures at the top level of rugby.
