Take a look at South Africa’s match-day squads chosen to do battle in Round 4 of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship this weekend.
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Bulls tweak pack, Steyn on bench

Jake White has opted for consistency in the Vodacom Bulls backline while making a handful of changes up front for the Round 4 clash against Edinburgh on Saturday.

Van der Walt relishing Steyn duel

Playmaker Jaco van der Walt is looking forward to the flyhalf battle with fellow South African Morne Steyn when Edinburgh take on the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday.

Superbru: Sharks for the win!

The Sharks are a unanimous choice to beat Cardiff in the SA Rugby magazine team’s Superbru picks for Round 4 of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.

Coles: No leggings for front rowers

Hooker Dane Coles is sure that if anybody in the All Blacks squad opts to play in leggings during a Test match, it will be a backline player.

Kriel out as Lions rotate forwards

Jaco Kriel has been replaced by Sibusiso Sangweni in one of three changes to the Lions starting lineup for Friday’s match against Ulster in Belfast.

Zelt ally hits out at SA Rugby

Gary Craul, the co-chairperson of Zelt Marais’ ‘war-room’ established to try to save Western Province, says the union was set to receive a massive cash injection on the day SA Rugby placed it under administration.

Big week for Scotland’s Schoeman

It is all happening at once for Edinburgh prop Pierre Schoeman as he celebrates his first call-up to the Scotland squad in the same week as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship delivers him his first clash with his old team.

Rassie front-runner to replace Jones as England boss

Rassie Erasmus is the odds-on favourite among five contenders to succeed Eddie Jones as England head coach, according to the bookmakers.

Stormers include exciting debutant against Dragons

Stormers head coach John Dobson has named an experienced debutant among the six changes to the starting lineup to face Dragons in Newport on Friday.