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It was a rewarding final Vodacom United Rugby Championship pool round for the Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers as they cemented their places in the quarter-final, with the Pretoria side sealing home ground advantage in a thrilling weekend of local derbies. The Vodacom Bulls – who also secured the SA Shield for the first time …
Speedster Suleiman Hartzenberg has been added to the list of DHL Stormers who have signed-on to stay in Cape Town until 2027. The 21-year-old who is equally at home in midfield or on the wing, joins teammates Sacha-Feinberg Mngomezulu, Dan du Plessis, Ruben van Heerden, Evan Roos and Manie Libbok in signing a three-year contract …
[Listen to an interview with Renfred Dazel]. The Springbok Women’s Sevens team will hope that the intensity of play during the 2024 HSBC SVNS will benefit them in Madrid this weekend when they face Argentina, Belgium and Brazil in the play-off finals of the season-ending tournament, to be played at Civitas Metropolitano Stadium from Friday …
Flank Ben-Jason Dixon will make his 50th appearance for the DHL Stormers in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash with the Emirates Lions at DHL Stadium on Saturday. The DHL Stormers end the regular season with a South African derby in front of their home crowd, which kicks off at 13h45 on Saturday. The hard-working …
The Women’s Premier Division rugby tournament has struck the halfway mark. The DHL Western Province side will travel to Nelson Mandela Bay as huge favourites. They toppled the Daisies last weekend, and with the EP Queens clearly struggling and without a win so far this year, the Cape side will be confident of another win. …
Rey Lee-Lo has been hailed as one of Welsh rugby’s greatest ever overseas imports as he heads into Judgement Day continuing to defy Old Father Time. The Samoan international is coming to the end of his ninth season with Cardiff Rugby, having joined from the Hurricanes of New Zealand in 2015. He’s now 38, but …
The full Vodacom United Rugby Championship schedule for the 2024/25 campaign is now available thanks to the first-ever in-season launch of the following seasons’ fixtures. As the current campaign comes down to the most competitive final round in the league’s history, supporters can now benefit from the earliest-ever release of fixtures which comes 114 days …
[Listen to an interview with Philip Snyman here.] The Springbok Sevens team need to return to their proven ability of winning all six matches of a HSBC SVNS tournament and kick-starting that habit again is pretty high on their agenda in Spain this weekend. That is according to Philip Snyman as the Blitzboks completed their …
Two-time champions West Indies have moved up to fourth position in the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings, their players showing some great form ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which they co-host from 1-29 June. The winners of the 2012 and 2016 editions of the tournament are ahead of New Zealand and …
If the 2023/24 BKT United Rugby Championship season is a game of Survivor, then the Hollywoodbets Sharks, South Africa’s lowest-placed team this season, suddenly are at the well and they have the swing vote. It is one of the great ironies of this season that, in the final round of the league phase, the Hollywoodbets …
[Listen to Selvyn Davids and Siviwe Soyizwapi] The belief in their turnaround of fortunes is real and come the HSBC SVNS Grand Finale in Madrid this weekend, the Springbok Sevens team will be ready to deliver. That is the view of Blitzbok captain Selvyn Davids as the squad fine-tuned their preparations for the final showpiece …
Former Springboks skipper Bob Skinstad says the “magnificent” Challenge Cup triumph by the Hollywoodbets Sharks has fully vindicated the involvement of South African sides in northern hemisphere tournaments. Skinstand feels his former team delivered a near flawless display in beating Gloucester 36-22 in last weekend’s final at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. They became the first …
The International Cricket Council has announced the details of its broadcast arrangements for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the biggest ICC World Cup ever with 20 teams playing across nine host locations, that will bring fans closer to the game than ever before. The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup fever kicks off on …
The Vodacom Bulls, DHL Stormers and Emirates Lions will have everything to play for in the final pool round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Saturday – when the SA Shield winner will also be determined – as they attempt to book the best possible log positions heading into the quarter-finals and attempt to …
[Listen to audio of Eloise Webb and Libbie Janse van Rensburg.] The Springbok Women’s Sevens squad understand very well what is at stake in Madrid this weekend and are adamant it will be a matter of fight, not flight in their quest for survival in their approach to this weekend’s HSBC SVNS play-off tournament. South …
[Listen to audio of Justin Geduld here.] The record books will reflect that South Africa won the last two HSBC SVNS tournaments in Spain – Malaga and Seville in 2022 – and for Justin Geduld, playing in his 60th world series tournament for the Blitzboks this weekend, those achievements can be repeated. The experienced flyhalf …
The match officials appointments of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 18 fixtures have been confirmed and are available alongside TV listings below. Ben Whitehouse will take up the whistle for the 100th time as Benetton take on Edinburgh Rugby this Saturday, June 1. The Welshman made his PRO12 debut in November 2014 and is …
The “phenomenal” Gareth Davies has been likened to a top striker in football having just reached a major career landmark. Wales scrum-half Davies took his tally of league tries up to 50 with a double in the Scarlets’ victory over Zebre Parma in the last round of Vodacom URC matches. He’s only the second Welshman …
Get ready for a historic showdown as Sportsmans Warehouse Premier Interschools presents one of the oldest and most eagerly awaited schoolboy derbies in the country: Bishops vs. Rondebosch. This historic match up, set to take place just before the midyear break, marks the 203rd meeting between these two prestigious Western Cape schools, a rivalry that …
Debutants Canada delivered a stirring performance on the first day of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up matches. Canada defeated Nepal in Dallas, winning by 63 runs with Namibia triumphing in an all-African battle against Uganda by five wickets. Oman left it late to beat Papua New Guinea by three wickets requiring some quick …
The World Rugby U20 Championship returns to South Africa in June and July when the 12 best Under-20 teams will battle it out for global supremacy, with France defending the title they won in Cape Town last year, while the Junior Springboks will look to improve on their bronze medal from 2023. The tournament kicks …
Pretoria, South Africa, 27 May 2024: The flagship new Range Rover Sport SV has sparked demand amongst clients in South Africa, with all 35 limited-edition Range Rover Sport SV EDITION ONE units fully reserved when orders opened. Janico Dannhauser, Product and Pricing Manager, JLR South Africa, said: “Close to 200 clients expressed interest in the …
DHL Western Province handed the Bulls Daisies (22-10) their first defeat in two years on Saturday, while the Border Ladies (38-24 over Golden Lions Women) and Sharks Women (34-17 over Free State Women) secured significant wins on the road in round six of the Women’s Premier Division. Despite their defeat at City Park, the Daisies …
Olive Foley presents the Anthony Foley Memorial trophy to the 2024 Investec Player of the Year, Antoine Dupont, with her sons, Dan and Tony, following the Investec Champions Cup final at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium The Stade Toulousain captain, Antoine Dupont, has added to his long list of achievements by winning the prestigious Investec Player of …