Home ground advantage to boost SA teams in URC

The domestic Vodacom United Rugby Championship franchises will be determined to make the most of their home ground advantage once again this weekend and make up some ground on the log when they take the...

EPCR Champions & Challenge Cup – Round 1 & 2 appointments announced

EPCR have announced the match officials for the first two rounds of the Invested Champions Cup and the Challenge Cup. There’s debuts in the top comp for Scotland’s Sam Grove-White and the...

Defence-Splitting Grady Seeking Welsh Derby Revenge

Mason Grady says he has his mojo back and he will be out to prove it as he goes in search of revenge in this weekend’s BKT URC Welsh derby. By his own admission, the 21-year-old Cardiff Rugby threequarter...

Bulls on a high as Louw sets lofty target

crum plough Wilco Louw’s return to South Africa has given horns to a raging Vodacom Bulls set piece and life to his hopes of harvesting a Springboks recall.     Louw was again a driving...

United Rugby Championship Match Officials Announcement Round 7

The match officials appointments of the BKT United Rugby Championship Round 7 fixtures have been confirmed and are available alongside TV listings below.   FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 Munster v Glasgow...

Dejected Dobson Says URC Is Tougher Than Ever

John Dobson is one of the cheeriest, most upbeat figures in the game, so when he cuts a dejected figure you know times are challenging. It was all smiles for much of the DHL Stormers’ first two...

United Rugby Championship Round 6 Wrap-Up

A magic fixture and a bumper crowd Leo Cullen says there was something for everyone in a “magic fixture” as his Leinster team beat champions Munster 21-16 at a packed Aviva Stadium. A crowd...

SA sides excite on local soil in Vodacom URC

A successful conversion by big Willem Alberts summed up the Vodacom United Rugby Championship weekend from a local perspective as the three South African sides playing at home ran amok against their visitors...

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: Cardiff Rugby v Stormers

Match Preview: Cardiff Rugby v DHL Stormers

Cardiff’s South African fly-half Tinus de Beer is well aware of the threat posed by the DHL Stormers and sums it up in one word - chaos. “I played with a few of them, like Warrick Gelant,...