Sharks back Griquas hero

Currie Cup-winning Griquas flyhalf George Whitehead will start for the Sharks against Connacht in Galway on Saturday. The Vodacom URC resumes this weekend, and the Sharks have turned to one of the Currie Cup’s most experienced campaigners to steer them through tricky...
Blitzboks ready to deliver in Dubai

Blitzboks ready to deliver in Dubai

Philip Snyman says the Blitzboks could not have asked for a tougher start to the new-look SVNS season. The Blitzboks are talking the same talk in Dubai this week – and it’s all positive. Head coach Philip Snyman and senior players Impi Visser and Ryan Oosthuizen...

Griquas flyer set for Stormers debut

Dylan Maart will make his Stormers debut in the table-topping Vodacom URC clash against Munster in Limerick on Saturday. The winger has joined the squad on loan from Griquas and will have the experienced duo of Warrick Gelant and Leolin Zas at the back with him, while...

Lions forced into key changes for Bulls clash

Coach Ivan van Rooyen has made several enforced adjustments to the Lions side for Saturday’s Vodacom URC Juskei derby against the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld. In the pack, RF Schoeman starts at tighthead prop in place of Asenathi Ntlabakanye, who is unavailable due to...

Munster call in Ireland cavalry, start Saffa

Thaakir Abrahams will wing it for Munster in Saturday’s top-of-the-table Vodacom URC match against the Stormers in Limerick. The former Sharks flyer, who has made 16 appearances and scored four tries for the Irish giants, starts in a back three featuring Shane Daly...