Bulls to duel defending champs in Dublin
The Vodacom Bulls will travel to Ireland to take on Leinster in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-finals after the league leaders thrashed Glasgow Warriors in the quarter-finals.
The Vodacom Bulls will travel to Ireland to take on Leinster in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-finals after the league leaders thrashed Glasgow Warriors in the quarter-finals.
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship playoffs begin for Leinster and Glasgow Warriors when the two teams meet at the RDS Arena in the quarter-finals on Saturday.
Nick Mallett says the Vodacom Bulls are the best-equipped of the South African teams to claim the Vodacom United Rugby Championship title this season.
Leinster beat Munster to keep the Stormers in second place and set up a Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-final between the Vodacom Bulls and Sharks at Loftus Versfeld.
Springbok centre Damian de Allende will miss the final round @Vodacom United Rugby Championship derby between Munster and Leinster in Dublin on Saturday. #URC
The three South African teams hoping to secure a home playoff in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship were handed an early blow this week as Leinster are set to cotton wool their best players for the key Irish derby against Munster on Saturday.
Ireland wing James Lowe scored two tries as Leinster knocked title-holders Toulouse out of this season’s European Champions Cup with a commanding semi-final win in Dublin on Saturday.
Holders Toulouse beat Munster on Saturday to reach the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup, and will face four-time European champions Leinster for a place in the competition’s finale.
Coach John Dobson says a disjointed performance in the win against log-leaders Leinster took some of the joy out of the Stormers clinching a Vodacom URC playoff berth. DYLAN JACK reports.
The “amazing” South African teams have got Leinster head coach Leo Cullen excited about the future of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. DYLAN JACK reports.