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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Luca Sighniolfi/INPHO/Shutterstock/BackpagePix (12824431t) Benetton Rugby vs Cell C Sharks. Sharks' Aphelele Fassi celebrates scoring their second try with teammates United Rugby Championship, Stadio Monigo, Treviso, Italy - 26 Feb 2022

State of the URC: Leinster top, Sharks best of SA

All four South African teams are again geared up and ready for action in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship this weekend.

scrum during the United Rugby Championship match Benetton Rugby vs Cell C Sharks on February 26, 2022 at the Monigo stadium in Treviso, Italy

SA coaches claim URC refs aren’t rewarding scrum dominance

Sharks coach Sean Everitt and Stormers coach John Dobson have both aired their concerns that their respective teams are not getting a fair reward from northern hemisphere referees for their dominance at scrums and mauls.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 05: Morne Steyn of the Vodacom Blue Bulls in action during the United Rugby Championship match between Vodacom Bulls and Emirates Lions at Loftus Versveld Stadium on February 05, 2022 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Steyn set to make early comeback from ban

Morne Steyn will be available for selection for the Vodacom Bulls’ match against Munster following the reduction of his recent suspension by a week.

Bulls braced for bruising battle against Munster

Munster may be without some of their Irish internationals but they remain a world-class outfit, warns Vodacom Bulls pivot Chris Smith, ahead of the two sides’ Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash in Pretoria this weekend.

Munster vs Cell C Sharks. Sharks' Yaw Penxe runs in a try United Rugby Championship, Thomond Park, Limerick - 25 Sep 2021

‘Massive challenge’ for URC sides heading to SA

Munster and three other Vodacom United Rugby Championship title contenders head to South Africa this week for their first forays into the Southern Hemisphere.

Bismarck du Plessis of the Vodacom Bulls during the United Rugby Championship 2021/22 game between the Emirates Lions and the Vodacom Bulls at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on 29 January 2022 ©Christiaan Kotze/BackpagePix

‘Oupa’ Bismarck showing youngsters how to run and gun

His Vodacom Bulls teammates now affectionately refer to him as “oupa”, but Bismarck du Plessis is proving that he still has some gas left in the tank.

RECAP: Griquas vs Bulls

Follow the live action as Griquas host the Vodacom Bulls in a Currie Cup clash in Kimberley.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - 31 October 2009: Blue Bull Bryan Habana during the Currie Cup final between the Blue Bulls and the Cheetahs at Loftus on Saturday, 31 October 2009.

Quiz! Can you name Bulls’ starting XV in 2009 Currie Cup final?

Test your rugby knowledge by naming every member of the starting lineup that played for the Bulls in the 2009 Currie Cup final.

Marcell Coetzee of the Bulls during the 2021 Rainbow Cup match between Bulls and Stormers at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, on 04 May 2021 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

Bulls go full strength as Smal anticipates tough Griquas

The Vodacom Bulls will travel to Kimberley with a team loaded with Vodacom United Rugby Championship players for the Currie Cup clash against Griquas on Saturday.