Bulls beat Connacht for third straight win
The 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.

Fire-breathing Lions crush Cardiff
The Emirates Lions completed a magnificent Welsh double with bonus point victory 31-18 (halftime 10-13) over Cardiff Rugby in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship match at the Cardiff Arms Park on Friday night.

Dweba on Stormers debut against Edinburgh
Springbok hooker Joseph Dweba will make his DHL Stormers debut in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against Edinburgh at DHL Stadium on Saturday.

Webb: “We have a shared vision at RWC”
The naming of the Springbok Women squad for the 2022 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand resulted in 32 different stories of journeys travelled, but Eloise Webb says all of them have a united vision – to go onto the field, represent their country to the best of their abilities and make South Africa proud of their women’s rugby team.

More of the same for the four SA teams
The four South African sides will be looking to build on their winning momentum from last weekend when they line up this coming weekend during the third round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, which kicks off on Friday evening when the Vodacom Bulls host Connacht from 18h30 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.

Bok speedsters bolster Bulls for Connacht visit
Springbok backs Kurt-Lee Arendse, Canan Moodie and Sbu Nkosi were all drafted straight into the Vodacom Bulls’ starting team for their third round Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash with Irish side Connacht in Pretoria on Friday evening.

Sharks make injury-enforced changes for Dragons
The Cell C Sharks have made two injury-enforced changes to the team that defeated Zebre Parma last weekend for their second tour match of this year’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship against the Dragons in Newport on Saturday.

Johannes-Haupt: We are not at the RWC only to compete
The impact of the Rugby World Cup being postponed by a year was felt more in some of the 12 participating countries than others, and for the Springbok Women, the extra year was a blessing in disguise as it allowed them to pack another eight Tests and two friendly internationals into the calendar, hence they arrived in Auckland this week settled and ready for their Pool C matches against France, Fiji and England.

Irish derby will identify rivals to SA teams' hopes
It is still early days but Munster’s two defeats have served to set up Friday night’s Irish derby at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast as a game that will identify the main rival to the South African hopes of repeating last year’s trophy success in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.

Lions make two changes for visit to Cardiff
The Emirates Lions’ starting team for their third round Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against Cardiff in Wales on Friday night shows two changes from the side that beat the Ospreys last weekend.