Frans Steyn to face Ireland
Frans Steyn will play his first match for the Cheetahs since May when they clash with Emerging Ireland in a Toyota Challenge match in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
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Frans Steyn will play his first match for the Cheetahs since May when they clash with Emerging Ireland in a Toyota Challenge match in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
South African derbies are notorious for their needle and physicality, but things boiled over when the Stormers hosted the Cheetahs in 2012.
Wandisile Simelane will continue his growth as a fullback when he starts for a strong Vodacom Bulls XV against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Friday.
The versatile Victor Sekekete has been named captain of the Cheetahs for the Toyota Challenge and 2022-23 Challenge Cup campaign.
An exhilarating ‘rugby bonanza’ awaits when the Cheetahs square up against three international teams and Griquas in the Toyota Challenge in September.
France scrumhalf Morgan Parra says South African clubs should not have been allowed to take part in the European Champions and Challenge Cups next season.
English Premiership club Bath have snapped up a top campaigner from the Free State Cheetahs on a short-term deal for next season.
The Stormers begin life in the European Champions Cup with a trip to France, while the Vodacom Bulls and Sharks kick off their campaign on home soil.
Currie Cup champions the Pumas and losing finalists Griquas will reportedly play in an international tournament with the Cheetahs later this year.
South African sides have earned the right to mix it with the best in Europe in the Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup, according to former England and Sharks flyhalf Andy Goode.