Vodacom United Rugby Championship

The Cell C Sharks and DHL Stormers will take centre stage in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship this weekend as they battle it out in the only match on Saturday in a postponed fixture from the opening round of the competition.

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The Springboks will kick off a bumper 2023 season against Australia in Pretoria in July in the opening round of the shortened Castle Lager Rugby Championship and will face Argentina in Johannesburg in their final match on home soil before the build-up to their Rugby World Cup defence starts.

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Eben Etzebeth walked around with a broad smile at SA Rugby headquarters on Tuesday after he capped off a significant year on and off the field by being crowned the SA Rugby Player of the Year, among a host of winners in various categories in South African rugby.

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Four Springboks, Eben Etzebeth, Jaden Hendrikse, Siya Kolisi and Makazole Mapimpi were named among 15 nominees for the EPCR Player of the Year following their sterling performances in the Heineken Champions Cup this season.

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Springbok centurion Eben Etzebeth has been voted SA Rugby’s Player of the Year for 2022 following a string of excellent performances by the experienced lock last year, while Canan Moodie won the Young Player of the Year award and Nadine Roos was named Springbok Women’s Player of the Year.