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The Vodacom Bulls will host Leinster in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-final at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria next Saturday after holding their nerve in a tense quarter-final against Benetton, but the DHL Stormers’ hopes of progressing to the top four for a third consecutive season were dashed by Glasgow Warriors in Scotland. The team …

The path to the 2024 Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final will go through Limerick and Pretoria now that the Semi-Finals have been confirmed. Both games will take place on Saturday, June 15 in back-to-back slots across Ireland and South Africa to decide which teams will progress to the Vodacom URC Grand Final on June …

The Disciplinary process related to Seb Davies Red Card in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 18 game against Ospreys on Saturday, June 1 has resulted in a three game suspension. After an act of foul play by Cardiff Rugby player No 19 (Seb Davies), referee Adam jones showed the Player a Red Card in …

Fullback Warrick Gelant makes his return for the DHL Stormers in their Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarterfinal against Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium on Saturday. The DHL Stormers will be aiming to secure a semifinal place when they face the Scottish outfit in the knock-out clash, which kicks off at 20h35 (SAST) on Saturday. Gelant …

The Disciplinary process related to Angelo Davids Red Card in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 18 game against Emirates Lions on Saturday, June 1 has resulted in a three game suspension. After an act of foul play by DHL Stormers player No 11 (Angelo Davids), referee Marius van der Westhuizen showed the Player a …

The eighth round of SA Rugby’s Women’s Premier Division will take place in Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein and Nelson Mandela Bay on Saturday in what will be a frantic scramble by most teams to secure semi-final positions by August when the play-offs will be contested. Six of the eight teams are still in a realistic position …

Having worked over the Hollywoodbets Sharks last week to clinch their first SA Shield, the Vodacom Bulls must now prove they can knock out play-off-calibre opponents with a late flurry when they square up against Benetton on the Highveld. It’s fight week in Pretoria and success for the hosts of Saturday’s Vodacom URC quarter-final will …

Former Scotland captain and current Premier Sports pundit John Barclay has hailed the Vodacom URC play-off showdown between Glasgow Warriors and the DHL Stormers as the tie of the round. It will be fourth meets fifth at Scotstoun on Saturday night in the last of the weekend’s four Quarter-Finals. Having been league leaders just a …

The Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers will fly the South African flag in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-finals against Benetton and the Glasgow Warriors respectively on Saturday, with semi-final berths be at stake as the competition reaches the knock-out stages. The Vodacom Bulls, who finished second on the log, will have the luxury of …

The DHL Stormers can look to Munster’s incredible journey to the 2022-23 Vodacom URC title for inspiration as they embark on a trip to Glasgow looking to win a first play-off on the road. It’s fight week as the contenders for 2023-24 Vodacom URC title weigh in for the first round of the play-offs where …

Edinburgh Academical host Hawick RFC in the 2024-2025 Men’s Premiership opening weekend, repeating this season’s Scottish Cup final classic. Meanwhile, 2023-2024 men’s champions Currie Chieftains begin their title defence with a trip to Ayr RFC.  And Watsonian FC begin their own title defence in the Women’s Premiership against Cartha Queens Park RFC.  Scottish Rugby has …

The Stade Toulousain replacement second row, Richie Arnold, has been suspended for three weeks following an independent Disciplinary Hearing arising from the Investec Champions Cup final at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday, 25 May 2024. Arnold was issued with a red card by match referee, Matthew Carley (England), in the 10th minute of extra time …

Edinburgh Rugby wing Jake Henry today penned a new two-year extension in the capital – a deal which will see the 23-year-old speedster join Championship side Coventry Rugby on a season-long loan for 2024/25. Henry made his long-awaited first appearance for Edinburgh in a try scoring debut against DHL Stormers at Cape Town Stadium earlier …

SA Rugby has noted the outcome of the proceedings of an arbitration hearing in respect of the rest periods for contracted provincial rugby players, announced on Monday. The Arbitrator had been asked to rule in a dispute between SARPA (the South African Rugby Players’ Organisation) and SAREO (the South African Rugby Employers’ Organisation). SA Rugby …

Senior men’s head coach Waren Gatland has named a 36-player training squad for Wales’ 2024 summer fixtures. Wales face South Africa in an away fixture at Twickenham Stadium on 22 June before heading for Australia on 26 June to play two Test matches against the Wallabies and a fixture against the Queensland Reds. An updated …

At the end of the most drama-filled, high stakes rugby sevens event in history, France men and Australia women were crowned HSBC SVNS 2024 Champions at the inaugural Grand Final in Madrid. France will enter their home Olympic Games full of confidence after a stunning 19-5 victory over Argentina in the men’s final, denying the …

[Listen to coach Philip Snyman speak.] It was not the result they had hoped for, but the Springbok Sevens will take away valuable lessons from Madrid this weekend after they finished sixth in the HSBC SVNS Grand Finale in Spain. The Blitzboks outplayed Australia in their first match on Sunday, but were pipped by Ireland …

So, that’s the regular season over and we now know the make-up of the play-offs, with Benetton Rugby and the Ospreys having secured the last two spots in the top eight. As a result, the quarter-final draw for next weekend looks like this: Munster Rugby (1st) v Ospreys (8th): Thomond Park, Limerick – Friday, June …

DHL Western Province flexed their muscles in round seven of the Women’s Premier Division with a runaway win over the EP Queens and moved into second place on the log at the halfway stage of the tournament. The Bulls Daisies remain on top after a big victory over the Golden Lions Women in a Gauteng …