Champions Cup

Siya scores first try to advance Racing

Siya Kolisi scored his first Racing 92 try as the French club secured a place in the last 16 of the Champions Cup with victory over Cardiff in Paris on Saturday.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Fred Porcu/INPHO/Shutterstock/BackpagePix (13854110r) RC Toulon vs Toyota Cheetahs . Toyota Cheetahs' Munier Hartzenberg European Rugby Challenge Cup Round of 16, Stade Felix Mayol, Toulon, France - 01 Apr 2023

Cheetahs progress to Euro cup playoffs

The Cheetahs qualified for the last 16 of the Challenge Cup despite an early red card for Munier Hartzenberg in a last-gasp defeat to Oyonnax in France on Saturday.

Bulls pip Bordeaux in Loftus thriller

Marcell Coetzee scored a brace of tries as the Vodacom Bulls beat Bordeaux Begles in a thrilling clash in Pretoria on Saturday to qualify for the Champions Cup playoffs.

(13855137ap) Toulouse vs Vodacom Bulls. Bulls' director of rugby Jake White Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16, Le Stadium, Toulouse, France 2/4//2023 - 02 Apr 2023

Jake: Winning is the main thing

Jake White says the Vodacom Bulls are focused on the result, not points permutations against Bordeaux Begles in the Champions Cup clash at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

Bordeaux-Begles Congolese wing Madosh Tambwe (L) celebrates after winning the French Top14 rugby union qualifying match between Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby and Union Bordeaux-Begles (UBB) at Gerland Stadium in Lyon, central-eastern France on June 4, 2023.

Tambwe returns to Loftus Versfeld

Madosh Tambwe will make his return to his former home ground Loftus Versfeld when he starts for Bordeaux Begles against the Vodacom Bulls in the Champions Cup clash on Saturday.

Manie Libbok celebrates scoring a try in the URC final at DHL Stadium

Libbok brings up Stormers 50 in Paris

Manie Libbok will play his 50th DHL Stormers game in the Champions Cup clash against Stade Francais in Paris on Saturday.

Willie le Roux of the Vodacom Bulls during the 2023 United Rugby Championships match between Bulls and Connacht at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria on 25 November 2023 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

Bulls recall Willie to battle Bordeaux

Willie le Roux is among the star players returning to the Vodacom Bulls’ starting lineup for the final-round Champions Cup clash with Bordeaux in Pretoria on Saturday.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - MAY 26: Deon Fourie during the DHL Stormers captain's run and press conference at DHL Stadium on May 26, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Euro Cup Picks: Clean sweep for SA sides

Stock up on wood and ice for a weekend of South African dominance in European Cup rugby, according to the SARugbymag.co.za team.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Phelan/ProSports/Shutterstock (14182988k) Stormers Head Coach John Dobson before the United Rugby Championship match between Glasgow Warriors and Stormers at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Glasgow Warriors v Stormers, United Rugby Championship - 03 Nov 2023

Stormers must find grit on foreign soil

If the DHL Stormers are to transition from a good team to an exceptional one, they have to replicate their ‘granite’ home form when playing overseas, writes MARK KEOHANE.