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Zas brings up Stormers 50

Leolin Zas will play his 50th match for the DHL Stormers in the @Vodacom #URC encounter with Munster on Saturday.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 14: Lukhanyo Am (captain) of the Hollywoodbets Sharks with Curwin Bosch of the Hollywoodbets Sharks during the Hollywoodbets Sharks training session at Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium on November 14, 2023 in Durban, South Africa.

‘Hungry’ Bok to fuel Sharks frenzy

Sharks assistant coach Joey Mongalo says returning Springbok centre Lukhanyo Am is “hungry to play” against a “confrontational” Connacht side on Saturday.

Zebre Parma vs Hollywoodbets Sharks. Sharks' Emile Van Heerden before the game BKT United Rugby Championship, Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Italy - 10 Nov 2023

Sharks hit with double-whammy ban

Sharks forwards Hyron Andrews and George Cronje have both been slapped with Vodacom URC bans for the same incident in the loss to Zebre in Parma.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 14: Lukhanyo Am (captain) of the Hollywoodbets Sharks during the Hollywoodbets Sharks training session at Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium on November 14, 2023 in Durban, South Africa.

Sharks get Lucky break for homecoming

The Sharks have been boosted by the return of Springbok centre Lukhanyo Am for their first home game of the season against Connacht on Saturday.

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 22: Ernst van Rhyn of Sale Sharks reacts during the Premiership Rugby Cup match between Newcastle Falcons and Sale Sharks at Kingston Park on September 22, 2023 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Ernst reigns as Premiership ‘tackle-king’

The unheralded former Stormers forward Ernst van Rhyn has been lauded as an “exceptional player” after making a sensational start to life in the Premiership with Sale Sharks.

Racing Metro 92 newly recruited player South-Africa' Siya Kolisi poses with his jersey after his official presentation at the headquarters of the French top14 rugby union club, in Le Plessis-Robinson, outside Paris, on November 9, 2023.

Racing eagerly await ‘superb’ Kolisi’s debut

Siya Kolisi will miss Saturday’s Parisian derby between leaders Stade Francais and Racing 92, but is expected to make his Top 14 debut next week.

France's scrum-half Antoine Dupont, using a head guard, attends a training session at the Stade du Parc in Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris, on October 11, 2023, during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup. - Influential scrum-half Dupont, 2021's World Rugby player of the year, was given the green light by his surgeon to return to full training after having an operation on a broken cheekbone.

Dupont to miss Six Nations for Olympics

France captain Antoine Dupont will sit out this season’s Six Nations to prepare for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris less than a year after the disappointment of an early World Cup exit.

Sharks suffer Bongi blow

Sharks coach John Plumtree has admitted his fears that the injury that forced Bongi Mbonambi off in the World Cup final could rule the hooker out for the rest of the season.

Ernst van Rhyn of the Stormers (centre) during the 2019 Super Rugby game between the Stormers and the Sunwolves at Newlands Rugby Stadium, Cape Town on 8 June 2019

Former Stormer surfing with Sharks

A former Stormers forward has made a sensational start to the season, currently sitting as the top tackler across the major European leagues.

(14121639n) South Africa vs Ireland. South Africa's Jacques Nienaber during the warm up 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B, Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - 23 Sep 2023

Nienaber cleared for Leinster take-off

Jacques Nienaber is set to arrive in Dublin next week to join Leinster’s coaching staff in time for the Vodacom URC derby against his former team Munster.