The Vodacom Bulls can confirm that scrum-half Bernard van der Linde has signed with British outfit Bath Rugby. The 24-year-old TUKS alumni will leave the capital for The Rec in July after signing a deal with the Premiership outfit until the summer of 2027. Van der Linde has been a constant feature for the franchise,
The Vodacom Bulls can now give an update on the injuries of club captains Ruan Nortje and Elrigh Louw, and flyhalf Johan Goosen. Springbok lock, Nortje sustained a knee ligament injury in the first half of the Jukskei Derby in Johannesburg on the weekend of the 25th of January. The skipper has already begun his
Bok Women performance coach Swys de Bruin and assistant coaches Laurian Johannes-Haupt, Franzel September and Bafana Nhleko, will take the squad through their paces at Loftus Versfeld, with all the players returning to their home unions on Wednesday for the third round of the Women’s Premier Division. De Bruin was pleased with the first camp
Two early tries by Border gave them a perfect start, but when Thobile Msizazwe got the ball in space, the speedster finished a well-worked try in the right hand corner. A good conversion by Klarissa van der Linden cut Border’s lead to three. The Ladies delivered a strong second half though, with usual suspects, Aphiwe
The three other matches – in Durban, Wellington and East London – also promise to deliver a feast of rugby as the teams hit their stride in the new season. The Sharks Women welcome Free State Women to Durban for their first home game of 2025, while Sanlam Boland Dames and Border Ladies, who both
An exciting new cross-border provincial competition was launched at Loftus Versfeld on Thursday, 30 January. 12 teams representing 5 Provincial Unions will take part in the inaugural Castle Super League. They are Vereeniging, Springs, Brakpan, NWU Vaal [Valke]; Naka Bulle, Harlequins, Tuine Grizzlies [Blue Bulls]; Northam Rhinos, Louis Trichardt [Limpopo]; Northam Wolves, Louis Trichardt [Leopards]
The Bulls Daisies have made three changes to their starting XV and a further two in their impact squad as they prepare to host South rivals, the DHL Western Province, in the North-South derby in the 2025 SA Rugby Women’s Premier Division league. The two teams meet on Saturday, 01 February, at 12h30 on the
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
The Daisies scored 14 tries in a 90-5 win over the EP Queens at the Wolfson Stadium in Nelson Mandela Bay; WP beat the Free State Women by 53-13 at False Bay Rugby Football Club in Cape Town; the Dames romped to a 57-20 win over the Golden Lions Women at Boland Stadium in Wellington;
Harold Vorster will make his fiftieth Vodacom United Rugby Championship appearance when the Vodacom Bulls battle it out against his former club, the Emirates Lions, for whom he made 76 appearances across two competitions. The hard-hitting centre will reach this tournament milestone during round 10 of the 2024/25 campaign. Vorster notches up 50 VURC caps
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
The 2023 and 2024 SA Rugby Women’s Premier Division champions, the Bulls Daisies travel to the Eastern Cape to begin their 2025 campaign against the EP Queens. The Daisies and the Queens meet at the Wolfson Stadium in Gqeberha on Saturday, 25 January; with kick-off set for 13h00. Hayden Groepes (head coach) and Lusanda Dumke
