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Oct 6, 21 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks to play Ospreys in Swansea
In the third round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, the Cell C Sharks focus now shifts to Wales, where they take on Ospreys on Friday night. With much of the talk surrounding the need for an adjustment to the challenges presented by the new...
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Oct 4, 21 •
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Comments Off on Emirates Lions Injury Report
Emirates Lions flyhalf Jordan Hendrikse fractured his right ankle during the Lions’ second round match against Scarlets in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. Hendrikse will be traveling back to South Africa for possible surgery. The young playmaker...
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Oct 1, 21 •
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Comments Off on Smith and Ungerer to make first DHL Stormers starts
Lock Adre Smith and scrumhalf Stefan Ungerer will make their first starts for the DHL Stormers in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship encounter with Munster on Saturday. There are six changes in total to the DHL Stormers starting line-up for the Round Two...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom #URC: New challenges await in round two
After the wake-up call of the first week, the sharp learning curve the South African teams are on in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship will steepen even further as the second round looks set to throw several of the varied challenges at them that make the...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on Emirates Lions name unchanged 23 for Scarlets encounter
The Emirates Lions have named an unchanged match 23 to face Welsh side Scarlets for their second-round fixture of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship (VURC) at the Parc y Scarlets stadium in Llanelli, Wales on Friday, 01 October. Emirates Lions head coach,...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks to play first of two Scottish teams
The Cell C Sharks shift their focus to the first of two Vodacom United Rugby Championship teams from Scotland when they face off against the Glasgow Warriors on Saturday afternoon in the second round of the competition. Head coach Sean Everitt has made three...
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Sep 30, 21 •
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Comments Off on Starting berth for Combrinck against Connacht
The Vodacom Bulls have named their side to face Connacht Rugby in Round 2 of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Friday. The South African side will take on the Irish team at The Sportsground in Galway, with kick-off at 20h35. Vodacom Bulls director of...
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Sep 28, 21 •
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Comments Off on ‘We can only get better from here’ – Arno Botha
Vodacom Bulls loose-forward, Arno Botha, is confident that the side will improve in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. Botha, one of a handful of players in the squad who are familiar with playing in Europe following a two-year stint at Irish club,...
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Sep 28, 21 •
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Comments Off on Lions Take Trip Down Memory Lane in Italy
The Emirates Lions wrapped up their 11-day stay in Italy with a final training session at Petrarca Rugby in Padova, the former rugby playing home of Lions Rugby Company CEO, Rudolf Straeuli. The former 1995 Rugby World Cup winner spent two years in the...
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Sep 23, 21 •
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Comments Off on Cell C Sharks to play Munster in URC
The Cell C Sharks open their account in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship against Munster on Saturday evening taking continuity into this history-making rugby event in the first competitive game against a northern hemisphere team. Head coach Sean Everitt...
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Sep 23, 21 •
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Comments Off on Emirates Lions name strong line-up for Zebre clash.
The Emirates Lions have named a strong 23-man side to face Italian-based outfit Zebre in their opening fixture of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship match on Friday in Parma. Commenting on his selections, Emirates Lions head coach Ivan ‘Cash’...
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Sep 17, 21 •
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Comments Off on CELL C SHARKS TOURING SQUAD UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP
The Cell C Sharks depart for the first month’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship action with a 34 man squad to play in four successive matches in Ireland, Scotland and Wales beginning next Saturday. Head coach Sean Everitt has picked two, and sometimes...
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Sep 17, 21 •
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Comments Off on Vodacom Bulls name touring group for opening URC games
The Vodacom Bulls will be jetting out on Saturday to begin a four-week tour that will start in Ireland, continue to Wales and end in Scotland for their opening fixtures of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. Vodacom Bulls director of rugby, Jake White, has...
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Sep 16, 21 •
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Comments Off on Duane Vermeulen leaves Vodacom Bulls
The Vodacom Bulls can confirm the departure of captain and Springbok loose-forward, Duane Vermeulen, who will be joining Irish team, Ulster Rugby. The 35-year-old joined the Vodacom Bulls in 2020, where he had an immediate impact as he led the Tshwane-based...
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Sep 16, 21 •
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Comments Off on Moerat and Van Rhyn appointed DHL Stormers co-captains for European tour
Salmaan Moerat and Ernst van Rhyn have been appointed co-captains of the DHL Stormers for their upcoming European Vodacom United Rugby Championship tour. With regular DHL Stormers captain Steven Kitshoff away on Springbok duty, Moerat and van Rhyn will share...
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Sep 15, 21 •
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Comments Off on VODACOM DIAL IN AS SOUTH AFRICAN TITLE SPONSOR
South African Title Partners Confirmed for URC The bold new world of the United Rugby Championship will fly under the banner of Vodacom following the announcement today that the African communications giant has dialled in as South African title sponsor for...
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Sep 15, 21 •
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Comments Off on Libbok and Smith sign with DHL Stormers
Flyhalf Manie Libbok and lock Adre Smith have both signed three-year contracts with Western Province Professional Rugby (WPPR) ahead of the United Rugby Championship. These signings come on the back of loan deals with loose forwards Junior Pokomela and Willie...
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Sep 14, 21 •
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Comments Off on Emirates Lions name touring squad for URC
Emirates Lions have today announced a 33-man touring squad ahead of their inaugural United Rugby Championship (URC) campaign. The Johannesburg- based outfit, face Italian side Zebre on Heritage Day in their opening fixture of the northern hemisphere...
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Sep 13, 21 •
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Comments Off on DHL Stormers bolstered by trio of loan players for URC
Loose forwards Junior Pokomela and Willie Engelbrecht and scrumhalf Stefan Ungerer have joined the DHL Stormers on loan ahead of the United Rugby Championship. Pokomela and Ungerer both bring experience of playing in the Guinness PRO14, while Engelbrecht was...
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Sep 8, 21 •
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Comments Off on CELL C SHARKS AND TOYOTA CHEETAHS COOPERATION
The Cell C Sharks and Toyota Cheetahs have announced a cooperation agreement for the exchange of players and to support each other on a broader front. From the two franchises perspective, this step benefits both teams in terms of their game as well as...
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Jun 15, 21 •
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Comments Off on United Rugby Championship heralds a new era for SA rugby
A new era will kick off for South African rugby when the Cell C Sharks, DHL Stormers, Emirates Lions and Vodacom Bulls join 12 Guinness PRO14 clubs for the United Rugby Championship, which will kick off in September 2021 in a brand new, world-class 16-team...
