Leinster are hopeful they will get the green light from Irish Rugby to extend Springbok lock RG Snyman’s contract. Snyman signed a one-year deal with the four-time Champions Cup winners after their arch-rivals, Munster, were unable to retain him as they had another non-Irish qualified player – Ireland-turned-Bok lock Jean Kleyn – in the same
However, there was disappointment for the Emirates Lions, who went down to their neighbours from Pretoria in local derby, and DHL Stormers, who came up short against Leinster in Dublin. The Vodacom Bulls earned their sixth victory in the competition as they defeated the Emirates Lions 35-22 in a Jukskei derby in Johannesburg, while the
Dan Sheehan and Andrew Osborne each scored a brace of tries as unbeaten Leinster put the Stormers to the sword in Dublin on Saturday. They both crossed the whitewash either side of the break at the Aviva Stadium as Leinster converted a 15-7 half-time lead into a bonus-point 36-12 victory. The result extended the Irish
Stormers chief John Dobson says a victory over Leinster is crucial to the team’s playoff ambitions, while veteran Deon Fourie anticipates a Test-calibre URC showdown in Dublin on Saturday. The Stormers are bracing for a blockbuster match against the unbeaten league-leaders at the Aviva Stadium in round 10 of the competition. Leo Cullen’s Leinster squad
Two-time World Cup-winning Springbok RG Snyman starts in the second row for Leinster against the Stormers in Saturday’s Vodacom URC clash at the Aviva Stadium. Snyman, who scored twice in Leinster’s European cup win over Bath last week, will pack down in Dublin for what promises to be a huge test of the Irish giants’
Deon Fourie leads a Stormers match-day 23 boasting fellow Springbok World Cup winners Manie Libbok and Warrick Gelant against Vodacom URC front-runners Leinster in Dublin on Saturday. The Stormers will resume their league campaign on the back of a European cup defeat to Racing 92 in Paris. In 10th place on the URC table with
All four local franchises have been participating in the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup competitions in the last two weekends, but their attention will now shift with the halfway mark in the Vodacom URC looming. The Vodacom Bulls and Hollywoodbets Sharks will look to hold onto their places in the top eight, while
Fortuitous timing has opened a window of opportunity for the Stormers when they clash with Irish giants Leinster in a key Vodacom URC showdown in Dublin on Saturday, writes MARK KEOHANE. Writing for TimesLIVE, Keohane details how Leinster’s formidable squad is missing a core of Ireland internationals to 2025 Six Nations preparation, and this opens
Unbeaten Leinster have never lost to the Stormers at home, but Rito Hlungwani and Paul de Villiers say the Cape outfit are “not fearful of the battle” that awaits them on Saturday. The Stormers lost 31-22 to Racing 92 in Paris last Saturday to bow out of the Investec Champions Cup and will be eager
Bath head coach Johann van Graan has hailed the “heart and soul” coaching qualities of Leinster defence guru Jacques Nienaber as the two South African coaches prepare to go head-to-head in the Investec Champions Cup this week. In Dublin on Saturday, Van Graan’s English Premiership log leaders will come up against Jacques Nienaber’s Leinster, four-time
The DHL Stormers defeated the Emirates Lions 29-10 in Cape Town in what marked their third victory in the competition this season, while the Hollywoodbets Sharks surprised the third-placed Vodacom Bulls in Durban in an encounter that kept fans in the packed stadium on the edge of their seats in the closing minutes as they
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship returned this weekend with some cracking festive fixtures Football fan Matthews shines on historic Hampden occasion Reigning champions Glasgow Warriors marked a historic day for Scottish rugby and the Vodacom URC by providing further proof that they are not about to relinquish their league title easily. In the first game
