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Ruhan Nel scored a brace of tries to help the Stormers claim a late bonus-point win over the Scarlets in Llanelli on Saturday and secure a home Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-final.
The Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers are overseas in Round 18 of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship and two of them got a unanimous vote of confidence from the SA Rugby magazine team.
Eben Etzebeth’s barnstorming performances for Toulon have won over club president Bernard Lemaître, who has walked back his criticism of the Springbok enforcer earlier this year.
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Beauden Barrett slotted a drop goal after the full-time hooter to seal a dramatic Super Rugby Pacific victory for the Blues over the Brumbies in Canberra.
A 14-man Paarl Boys’ High side held out against a second-half comeback from hosts Paul Roos to claim a 20-point victory in a Premier Interschools clash in Stellenbosch on Saturday.