Summer of rugby awaits SA fans
December is in full swing and for the first time, summer holiday plans include a surfeit of top-flight rugby for fans of the Vodacom Bulls, Lions, Sharks and DHL Stormers.
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December is in full swing and for the first time, summer holiday plans include a surfeit of top-flight rugby for fans of the Vodacom Bulls, Lions, Sharks and DHL Stormers.
London Irish have been given no chance of upsetting the Stormers in the Champions Cup match in Cape Town on Saturday, according to the SARugbymag.co.za team.
Speedster Madosh Tambwe will start for Bordeaux alongside captain and fellow former Shark Jandre Marais when the teams clash in the Champions Cup at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Friday.
Follow the live action as the Stormers host London Irish in a Champions Cup clash in Cape Town.
Follow the live action as Bordeaux Bègles host the Sharks in a Champions Cup clash at Stade Chaban-Delmas.
Ox Nche will play no further part of the Sharks’ campaign in 2022 after the loosehead prop was suspended for three weeks.
The Vodacom Bulls, Sharks and Cheetahs kicked off their respective Champions and Challenge Cup campaigns on a winning note as five South African teams made their competition debuts.
Neil Powell has questioned the dismissal of prop Ox Nche during a thrilling victory for the Sharks against Harlequins in the Champions Cup on Saturday.
The Cell C Sharks and Vodacom Bulls held on for tense home victories over Harlequins and Lyon respectively, while the DHL Stormers suffered a disappointing loss away to ASM Clermont Auvergne on Saturday.
Skipper Morne Steyn says the Vodacom Bulls proved their critics wrong as a makeshift side dug deep to beat Lyon for a maiden win in the Champions Cup on Saturday.