Nienaber’s Leinster dethrone Euro champs
Jacques Nienaber will experience the Champions Cup semi-finals for the first time with Leinster after helping the Irish giants beat title-holders La Rochelle in Dublin on Saturday.
Jacques Nienaber will experience the Champions Cup semi-finals for the first time with Leinster after helping the Irish giants beat title-holders La Rochelle in Dublin on Saturday.
Jacques Nienaber has drawn on his experiences with the Springboks to help plot a victory for Leinster against La Rochelle in the Champions Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.
Lock Will Skelton selflessly protects a concussed Salmaan Moerat during a bruising Champions Cup contest between the DHL Stormers and La Rochelle on Saturday.
While disappointed with the narrow loss against defending champions Stade Rochelais in their Investec Champions Cup knock-out match at DHL Stadium, DHL Stormers director of rugby John Dobson praised the character his team showed to fight back against the odds.
John Dobson confirmed that the DHL Stormers expect to be without Deon Fourie for the rest of the season after the veteran suffered a knee injury in the Champions Cup loss to La Rochelle.
John Dobson expressed his pride at seeing the DHL Stormers go toe-to-toe with La Rochelle in another one-point thriller against the defending Champions Cup champions in Cape Town.
La Rochelle scored 22 second-half points to come from behind and beat the DHL Stormers in the Champions Cup round of 16 in Cape Town on Saturday.
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John Dobson says the DHL Stormers will be playing without fear against a La Rochelle side stacked with internationals in the Champions Cup playoff in Cape Town on Saturday.
Jonathan Danty returns from suspension to start for a star-studded La Rochelle against the DHL Stormers in the Champions Cup last-16 clash in Cape Town on Saturday.