We live streamed the SSG Gold Cup quarter-final between Blue Bulls representatives, ABE Midas Naka Bulls, and Border champions Hollywoodbets Swallows, from the Adelaars Sports Ground in Pretoria.
Swallows won an enthralling encounter by 13-10 to progress to the semi-finals.
In the other quarter-finals, College Rovers lost by 24-36 to Durbell in Durban, the Northam Platinum Rhinos beat Multisure Gardens by 35-29 and Newrak Rustenburg Impala were too strong for Welkom, winning 48-19.
The semi-finals will be contested on Saturday, 6 April (venues TBC) - it will be Durbell up against Swallows, and Impala taking on Rhinos.
The three teams at the top of the SA Cup log – Suzuki Griquas, the Airlink Pumas and Toyota Cheetahs – will have their c...
Regional bragging rights and valuable log points will be on offer this weekend, with Eastern and Western Cape derbies hi...
Each round that passes in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship can be described as the sands of time running out for th...
Securing the best possible positions on the log will be the main driving force when the Vodacom United Rugby Championshi...
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Three capped World Rugby U20 Championship players, Rikus Pretorius, David Coetzer and Phendulani Buthelezi, are among 34 players named in a Junior Springbok training squad that will assemble in Stellenbosch next week.
The business end of the SSG Gold Cup, presented by Blu Approved & M4Jam, begins on Saturday when the eight remaining teams clash in four intriguing quarter-finals in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, North West and Limpopo respectively.
The feature match on Saturday is the Vodacom Super Rugby derby in Durban between the Cell C Sharks and the Vodacom Bulls, the only local encounter on offer in this weekends’ seventh round action.
In a historic first, the U16 SA Rugby Grant Khomo Under-16 Week will welcome a new team this year, the Iqhawe Impi, following the addition of the side comprising of players selected from the Carfind.co.za Iqhawe Week from non-traditional rugby schools.
Cell C Sharks head coach Robert du Preez has made two changes to the starting line-up for this week’s home derby against the Vodacom Bulls. Luke Stringer replaces Phepsi Buthelezi at flank and Lwazi Mvovo rotates on the wing with Sbu Nkosi.
He has been around the block – and the globe – with the Blitzboks, and he arrived in Hong Kong for his eighth visit this weekend, so when Chris Dry said that Springbok Sevens team will aim “to keep things simple this week”, his advice will be taken to heart.
In April 2016, Alyssa Conley won the 100 meters women’s final at the ASA Senior Champs in Stellenbosch. Last week she returned to the Winelands, facing another massive challenge.
He was due to make his Springbok Sevens debut at the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens a year ago, but an untimely ankle injury dashed Angelo Davids’ dream.
The Springboks have strengthened their management resources for Rugby World Cup year by creating a new role to look after player affairs and welfare, which will be filled by MyPlayers CEO Eugene Henning.
The Blues scored three tries to zero as they beat the DHL Stormers by 24-9 in a Vodacom Super Rugby clash at Eden Park in Auckland.
Three capped World Rugby U20 Championship players, Rikus Pretorius, David Coetzer and Phendulani Buthelezi, are among 34 players named in a Junior Springbok training squad that will assemble in Stellenbosch next week.
He has been around the block – and the globe – with the Blitzboks, and he arrived in Hong Kong for his eighth visit this weekend, so when Chris Dry said that Springbok Sevens team will aim “to keep things simple this week”, his advice will be taken to heart.
SA Cup
Test of character for SA Cup frontrunnersThe three teams at the top of the SA Cup log – Suzuki Griquas, the Airlink Pumas and Toyota Cheetahs – will have their credentials as frontrunners tested when they hit the road for tricky away fixtures this weekend in round five of the competition.
Women's Premier Division
Derbies highlight Premier Division second roundRegional bragging rights and valuable log points will be on offer this weekend, with Eastern and Western Cape derbies highlighting the action in the second round of the Women’s Premier Division.
Vodacom United Rugby Championship
Bun fight for top eight as sands run outEach round that passes in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship can be described as the sands of time running out for the teams involved in the bun fight for the all important top eight positions that secure playoff places as well as Investec Champions Cup qualification.
Vodacom United Rugby Championship
Log positions key as Vodacom URC returns to actionSecuring the best possible positions on the log will be the main driving force when the Vodacom United Rugby Championship returns to action this weekend as the pressure mounts with only five rounds remaining before the quarter-finals.
European Professional Club Rugby
New French threat to Leinster’s European ambitionsLeinster’s imperious performance in their quarter-final ensured that this year it won’t be Stade Rochelais pipping them to the post in the Investec Champions Cup, but they do face a French obstacle that is as formidable.
