SA’s love affair with Duane will never wane
Should Saturday be Duane Vermeulen’s last club outing in SA, how fitting that it would be in Cape Town and in front of the biggest crowd to ever watch a rugby match at Cape Town Stadium.
Watch: Best of Stormers, Ulster backs
Ahead of Saturday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-final between the Stormers and Ulster, rewind back to some of the best tries scored by the backline players on show.
Stormers stay in the ‘bubble’
Playing down the pressure of Saturday’s crunch clash against Ulster, the Stormers are daring to dream of a Vodacom United Rugby Championship final.
‘Warburton wrong, SA teams make URC better’
Sam Warburton’s view that SA teams add no value to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship is ill-judged and completely wrong, according to Mark Keohane.
Jake: Leinster are the Barcelona of rugby
Jake White has built up Leinster as heavy favourites for Friday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-final in Dublin, but says the Vodacom Bulls are looking forward to measuring their progress against the “benchmark” of club rugby.
Rampant Roos wins URC award
Stormers back-row behemoth Evan Roos has been named the Vodacom United Rugby Championship’s Next-Gen Star of the Season.
Leinster lineup tweaked for crunch clash
Leo Cullen has opted to make two changes to the Leinster starting XV with a key selection on the bench to face the Vodacom Bulls in the URC semi-final at the RDS Arena on Friday.
Bulls bolster bench for Dublin duel
Jake White has backed his winning Vodacom Bulls starting XV for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-final against Leinster in Dublin on Friday night.
Nothing casual about Smith’s drop-in to Dublin
Former Springbok Percy Montgomery was among the first to applaud fellow SACS old boy Chris Smith for slotting the winning drop goal which put the Vodacom Bulls into the Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-finals.
Ironman Nortje braced to save the day for Bulls
Ruan Nortje, the newly crowned Ironman of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, knows better than anybody that Friday night’s semi-final showdown with Leinster will require an iron will of both himself and his Vodacom Bulls team.
