WP brings up double-ton against Stormers
Veteran prop WP Nel will make his 200th appearance for Edinburgh in the Vodacom URC clash with the DHL Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday.
Veteran prop WP Nel will make his 200th appearance for Edinburgh in the Vodacom URC clash with the DHL Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday.
Canan Moodie will start at outside centre for a rotated @Vodacom Bulls side in the #URC clash with Dragons in Newport on Saturday.
John Plumtree expressed his delight at being able to name the “strongest Sharks team” since his return to Durban, featuring seven fit World Cup winners against Ulster on Saturday.
Emmanuel Tshituka will start for the Lions in the injury-enforced absence of Ruan Venter against Connacht in Galway on Saturday.
Springbok prop Vincent Koch will make his long-awaited Sharks debut in the Vodacom URC clash with Ulster in Durban on Saturday.
While the Bulls and DHL Stormers bank big wins this week, the Kings Park clash between Sharks enforcer Eben Etzebeth and Ulster scrum tank Steven Kitshoff is too close to call for the SARugbymag team. @Vodacom #URC
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship has set a new all-time record audience with a global viewership of just under 3 million tuning in across Round 8, which included the North-South derby in Cape Town.
Jake White believes the Vodacom Bulls are on the verge of securing a place in the semi-finals of the URC and Champions Cup ahead of a two-match tour that includes a clash with Leinster.
Steven Kitshoff is set to return to Cape Town Stadium for the first time since leaving the DHL Stormers after being named in Ulster’s 30-man squad for their two-match @Vodacom #URC tour.
Willem Alberts has made a timely return from injury to be including in a 28-player squad for the Lions’ Vodacom URC tour and Challenge Cup playoff.