Sharks tweak lineup for Toulouse tussle
Director of rugby Neil Powell has made three enforced changes to the Sharks 23 to lock horns with Toulouse in the Champions Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.
Director of rugby Neil Powell has made three enforced changes to the Sharks 23 to lock horns with Toulouse in the Champions Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.
Deon Fourie has been ruled out, while Ruhan Nel will play his 50th match for the DHL Stormers in the Champions Cup quarter-final against Exeter Chiefs on Saturday.
It’s knockout time in the Challenge and Champions cups, and the Stormers will be the only South African team standing after the quarter-finals according to the SARugbymag.co.za team.
Jake White defended the decision to take the reins as the Vodacom Bulls’ Currie Cup head coach and effectively demote Edgar Marutlulle, saying it was done in everyone’s best interests.
The EPCR has confirmed the European venues that the DHL Stormers and Sharks will play at should they progress to the Champions Cup semi-finals.
The Emirates Lions showed the ever-growing strength of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship by roaring to a EPCR Challenge Cup last-16 victory over Top 14 giants Racing 92 in Johannesburg.
Ruhan Nel is loving the intensity in the knock-out phase of the Champions Cup, which will be taken up a notch when the DHL Stormers face Exeter Chiefs in the quarter-finals this weekend.
Deon Fourie has set the record straight on the incident between himself and Joe Marler during the Champions Cup last-16 clash in Cape Town.
The DHL Stormers will have two training sessions to prepare for the Champions Cup quarter-final away to Exeter Chiefs after arriving in the southwest of England on Wednesday.
As a former Exeter Chief, Ruben van Heerden knows exactly what lies in wait for his DHL Stormers teammates at Sandy Park this weekend.