Stormers assistant coach Dawie Snyman has confirmed that Springbok prop Steven Kitshoff and scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies will be rested for Saturday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against the Lions in Cape Town.
Cardiff and the majority of the Munster squad are expected to return to the UK and Ireland in the next couple of days following the postponement of their Vodacom United Rugby Championship matches in South Africa.
Munster will have to remain in South Africa after it was confirmed that nine more squad members tested positive for Covid-19.
Two Vodacom United Rugby Championship derbies originally scheduled for February 2022 have been brought forward and will be played in Durban and Cape Town this weekend.
Munster and Cardiff will not be departing from South Africa on Sunday after squad members tested positive for Covid-19.
SA Rugby could reportedly activate an emergency backup plan that will see the four South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship teams face each other after fixtures against overseas teams were postponed.
Former Sharks and Cheetahs fullback Rhyno Smith took just 35 seconds to score a brilliant try for Benetton in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against the Glasgow Warriors.
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship announced on Friday that this weekend’s round six matches and next weekend’s round seven matches in South Africa have been postponed due to a new Covid-19 variant.
The entire South African leg of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship is under threat as European sides scramble to fly out of the country.
Elrigh Louw says playing Munster in front of a home crowd at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday has raised the excitement levels in the Vodacom Bulls squad.
