Gatland snubs Wales
Warren Gatland has given his Wales side a brutal dose of reality by including none of them in a British & Irish Lions team based on performances in the recently-concluded Six Nations.
Warren Gatland has given his Wales side a brutal dose of reality by including none of them in a British & Irish Lions team based on performances in the recently-concluded Six Nations.
Leinster have included former Vodacom Bulls lock Jason Jenkins in their starting lineup to face the DHL Stormers in a top-of-the-table Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash in Dublin on Friday.
The Blitzboks have included two Junior Springboks and three fit-again seniors in the squad for the next two Sevens Series tournaments in Hong Kong and Singapore.
There is just one South African and no players from defending champions the DHL Stormers in the Top 10 performers announced by the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Thursday.
Captain Steven Kitshoff is among the returning players as the DHL Stormers welcome back a host of Springboks for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash with Leinster in Dublin on Friday night.
Should Handré Pollard walk back into the Bok No 10 jersey or is it Damian Willemse’s to lose? DYLAN JACK and OLIVER KEOHANE go head-to-head in SA Rugby magazine.
The first match of the Premier Interschools season kicks off in the last outpost for a very traditional derby between Durban High School and Maritzburg College in Durban.
Eben Etzebeth has shown that he is not just a Test-track bully by powering the Sharks’ resurrection in European competitions.
Benetton veteran Dewaldt Duvenage says the Lions’ first visit to Treviso will be made less daunting by Andries ‘Boeboes’ Coetzee sharing his experience of Stadio Monigo with the tourists.
The Springboks could begin the Test season as early as March after reports that Sanzaar bosses are in talks to restructure the Rugby Championship calendar to better align with the northern hemisphere.