Scarlets forfeit Champions Cup match due to Covid protocols
Scarlets have forfeited their European Champions Cup pool game against Bristol this weekend after the coronavirus crisis forced their players into quarantine.
Scarlets have forfeited their European Champions Cup pool game against Bristol this weekend after the coronavirus crisis forced their players into quarantine.
After announcing that Gert Smal will be taking charge of their Currie Cup team, the Vodacom Bulls have posted a message welcoming the ‘new sheriff’ to Pretoria.
Munster’s South African coach Johann van Graan has been linked with a move to English club Bath.
South African second rower JP du Preez has agreed to join Glasgow Warriors from the Sale Sharks next season, subject to a visa being granted.
Jannie du Plessis was applauded by the 2000 supporters at Cape Town stadium when he made his way onto the field as a replacement for the Lions against the Stormers.
Fans returned to Kings Park and Cape Town Stadium as the Sharks and Lions claimed comfortable victories in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
Sharks head coach Sean Everitt says that flyhalf Boeta Chamberlain’s continual improvement and growth has added to the team’s depth in the position.
Vodacom Bulls coach Jake White says his team’s scrum issues are fixable after they were dominated at the set-piece during the loss to the Sharks in Durban on Friday.
Stormers head coach John Dobson was left frustrated after his team did not stick to their second-half gameplan to attack more directly in the heavy loss to the Lions in Cape Town on Saturday.
Fred Zeilinga kicked 17 points as the Lions clinched a 37-19 upset win against the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday.