Jake keeps Bulls ‘fresh’ to stay first
Jake White is making the most of a large Vodacom Bulls tour squad, rotating the URC front-runners’ lineup to face Edinburgh on Friday.
Jake White is making the most of a large Vodacom Bulls tour squad, rotating the URC front-runners’ lineup to face Edinburgh on Friday.
After a rough start to the season, the unheralded Emirates Lions have rediscovered their roar and are licking their lips at the prospect of returning to SA with the prize scalp of Ulster in Belfast.
The Blitzboks will reportedly kick off the 2023-24 sevens campaign in December without the services of a key member of their management team.
Three SA-born Scotland internationals have been included in the Edinburgh starting XV, with fit-again captain Jamie Ritchie, for Friday’s game against the Vodacom Bulls.
Marcell Coetzee starts with fellow co-captain Ruan Nortje in a re-jigged Vodacom Bulls lineup to face Edinburgh at the Hive Stadium on Friday night.
Utility forward Ben-Jason Dixon said the DHL Stormers have a “point to prove” against Munster when the teams clash in the Vodacom URC on Saturday.
La Rochelle have made swift work locking down a versatile Springbok speedster in the Top 14 club’s backline corps for the foreseeable future.
The Lions have called upon veteran powerhouse Willem Alberts in one of three changes to the starting lineup for the clash against Ulster at the Kingspan Stadium on Friday night.
Jean de Villiers says it will be “really difficult” to see a victory for the struggling DHL Stormers against Munster in Limerick on Saturday night.
A World Cup-winning Springbok quintet have been recognised among the standout performers at France 2023.