Varsity Cup: Players to watch in 2023
The Varsity Cup takes a look at five players to watch this year as the 2023 season gets underway with a Cape derby on Monday.
The Varsity Cup takes a look at five players to watch this year as the 2023 season gets underway with a Cape derby on Monday.
Beast Mtawarira is confident that the Springboks will beat Ireland and Scotland when they face the two Six Nations teams at the World Cup in France later this year.
Springbok playmakers Handre Pollard and Robert du Preez both continued their excellent form in the Premiership, while over in Japan, Willie le Roux capped a solid performance at flyhalf with a try.
The Springboks will begin their preparations for the 2023 campaign, which includes their World Cup title defence, when a 14-player squad assembles for a training camp in Cape Town on Sunday.
Western Province Rugby’s pathway to the sale of Newlands Stadium is set to be cleared after a Western Cape Heritage committee decided not to declare the grounds a heritage site.
Glasgow Warriors snatched a late victory over Ulster on Friday night to give the DHL Stormers some breathing room on the Vodacom United Rugby Championship table.
Vodacom Bulls back Johan Goosen is set for another spell on the sidelines after undergoing surgery to sort out a joint issue in his shoulder.
Which team has the most at stake in Saturday’s Vodacom URC clash at Loftus Versfeld is irrelevant to the Stormers who “won’t go away,” according to coach John Dobson.
Back in the driving seat after his emergency operation, Jake White is hoping the massive crowd at Loftus Versfeld drives the Vodacom Bulls to victory in the north-south derby on Saturday.
Travis Ismaiel will complete a national team trifecta at the LA Sevens next weekend after being named in the Blitzboks squad that will contest the North American leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series later this month.