Only one point separated the Emirates Lions and the Waratahs in Johannesburg, where the home team won their Vodacom Super Rugby match by 29-28 on Saturday.
The South African sides may have made an exceptional start to the opening three rounds of the Vodacom United Rugby Champ...
Four from four yet again, with 19 log points out of a possible 20 tell the story of yet another amazing weekend of rugby...
The DHL Stormers, defending champions in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, survived a strong start by Edinburgh to ...
The Cell C Sharks clinched their second win in as many matches when they defeated the Dragons 20-19 in their Vodacom Uni...
The Vodacom Bulls recorded their third win in as many weeks of the new Vodacom United Rugby Championship season when the...
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The Springbok Women's Sevens team finished their short tour to France in emphatic fashion in Nancy on Sunday, winning the Stanislas Sevens tournament by beating Sweden 22-0 in the final.
SWD Eagles snatched their first win of the campaign when they edged Zimbabwe Academy 31-30 (half-time 19-7) in their SuperSport Rugby Challenge match at a wind-swept D'Almeida Stadium in Mossel Bay on Sunday.
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs XV outplayed the Mutisure EP Elephants 49-12 (half-time 21-12) in their SuperSport Rugby Challenge match played at D’Almeida Stadium in Mossel Bay on Sunday.
The Boland Cavaliers proved that they are a force to be reckoned with in this years SuperSport Rugby Challenge competition by beating Border Bulldogs 52-0 (half-time 14-0) at Police Rugby Club in East London on Saturday afternoon.
The Cell C Sharks gave another impressive performance on the road but they unfortunately went down 29-23 to the Chiefs in Hamilton on Saturday morning (SA time) in their last Vodacom Super Rugby tour match through Australasia.
Branco du Preez will become the most-capped Springbok Sevens player of all time at the HSBC London Sevens next weekend when he runs out for his 70th tournament for the Blitzboks in the penultimate tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at Twickenham.
It is exactly a week since Phendulani Buthelezi was named as the Junior Springboks’ captain for 2019, and the Cell C Sharks looseforward says it is such a surreal feeling, it still hasn’t sunk in yet.
The Spanish Women’s team will visit South Africa later this year in a groundbreaking tour where they will provide stiff opposition to the Springbok Women, a South African Invitational XV and the Eastern Province XV in Port Elizabeth in September.
The Springbok Women will battle it out for a place in the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in August when they face Kenya, Madagascar and Uganda in the Women’s Cup in Gauteng, which serves as the qualifier for the international spectacle.
The Vodacom Bulls welcome back Springbok fullback Warrick Gelant and Hanro Liebenberg (looseforward) for Friday’s clash against the Rebels in Melbourne, where they will be looking for their sixth victory out of seven outings over the team from Victoria.
The Springbok Women's Sevens team finished their short tour to France in emphatic fashion in Nancy on Sunday, winning the Stanislas Sevens tournament by beating Sweden 22-0 in the final.
Branco du Preez will become the most-capped Springbok Sevens player of all time at the HSBC London Sevens next weekend when he runs out for his 70th tournament for the Blitzboks in the penultimate tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at Twickenham.
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Leinster sound clear warning as they signal intentThe South African sides may have made an exceptional start to the opening three rounds of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, but even in these embryonic early stages it is apparent that Irish powerhouse Leinster are determined to reclaim their hegemony in the competition.
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Nineteen out of twentyFour from four yet again, with 19 log points out of a possible 20 tell the story of yet another amazing weekend of rugby for the four South African teams in the third round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
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Stormers earn bonus-point win against EdinburghThe DHL Stormers, defending champions in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, survived a strong start by Edinburgh to secure their second victory in as many matches in the competition with a 34-18 bonus-point win at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday.
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Sharks snatch vital away win against the DragonsThe Cell C Sharks clinched their second win in as many matches when they defeated the Dragons 20-19 in their Vodacom United Rugby Championship match at Rodney Parade in Newport on Saturday night.
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Bulls beat Connacht for third straight winThe Vodacom Bulls recorded their third win in as many weeks of the new Vodacom United Rugby Championship season when they defeated Irish visitors Connacht by 28-14 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Friday evening.
