Fourie bids farewell to ‘My Chippendale’

Fourie bids farewell to ‘My Chippendale’

An emotional Deon Fourie paid a moving tribute to long-serving Stormers team manager Chippie Solomon at his funeral service on Tuesday. More than 1,000 mourners gathered in Kuils River, including Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus, 62 current Stormers players and a host...

Bulls out to break Llanelli duck

Vodacom Bulls captain Marcell Coetzee expects a stern challenge against a “very dangerous” Scarlets side on Saturday. The Bulls have not beaten the Welsh outfit at their Parc y Scarlets Stadium in Llanelli in two previous visits. The hosts won 37-28 in the 2022-23...

Mongalo: Sharks on deathbed but still alive

Defence coach Joey Mongalo says the Sharks still have a “10% chance” of reaching the Vodacom URC playoffs. The Sharks are coming off a 21-17 defeat to the Ospreys in Swansea that all but ended their hopes of finishing in the top eight. They are 11th on the log, 11...

Marcell humbled by Bulls captaincy milestone

Marcell Coetzee has credited the players around him for becoming one of the Vodacom Bulls’ most-capped captains. The 34-year-old is set to move into fifth place on the Bulls’ all-time list of captains when they take on the Scarlets in Llanelli on Saturday night. It...
Watch: Rampaging Roos’ 10 URC tries

Watch: Rampaging Roos’ 10 URC tries

Stormers No 8 Evan Roos is the top try-scorer in this season’s Vodacom URC. 10 tries and counting Evan Roos has been devastating off the Stormers set piece this season #SSRugby | #VURC pic.twitter.com/srTtl8GCNu — SuperSport Rugby (@SSRugby) April 21, 2026 Photo:...

Boks begin Baa-Baas countdown

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus expects Scott Robertson’s Barbarians to “provide us with a proper test” in Gqeberha on 20 June. Tuesday marks exactly 60 days before the back-to-back world champions launch their 2026 season at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. The Boks...

Ackers: Marcell’s the man for Bulls

Vodacom Bulls coach Johan Ackermann has hailed captain Marcell Coetzee as “a tremendous human being” and a great leader both on and off the field. The 31-times capped Springbok loose forward will be 35 next month, but he is still producing the goods as he showed with...

Blitzboks want to build on Hong Kong win

Ronald Brown says finally breaking the Blitzboks’ Hong Kong bogey will not create a false sense of security but rather inspire them to work even harder. South Africa came back from the depths of despair after a chastening defeat to Spain on day one, to finally win the...