The Hollywoodbets Sharks have a potential path to hosting the Vodacom United Rugby Championship final at Kings Park Stadium in the coming weeks, though it would require a specific set of results to go their way.
Two South African teams have reached the semi-finals of the United Rugby Championship after the Sharks held their nerve in a dramatic penalty shootout to defeat Munster at Kings Park Stadium on Saturday.
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Sharks lock Eben Etzebeth has admitted that being sidelined for four months was frustrating. His return at this crucial juncture of the season is a significant boost for the Durban-based side.
South Africa’s three Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-finalists face their biggest task of the season this weekend as they line up against top opposition in the quarter-final of the cross-hemisphere series, where victories will be non-negotiable to advance to the semi-final stages.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu of the DHL Stormers and the Vodacom Bulls duo of Cameron Hanekom and Wilco Louw were rewarded for their consistent good form during the season by grabbing the three nominations for the South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship Player of the Season Award.
The DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls will kick off the 2025/26 Vodacom United Rugby Championship season at home against Leinster and Ospreys, while the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Emirates Lions start their campaigns in Glasgow and Cardiff when the new season commences in the final weekend of September.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus on Thursday named a group of 54 local and overseas-based players to attend the team’s second alignment camps, with Juarno Augusts, Vincent Tshituka, and Ntokozo Makhaza invited to their first national alignment camps.
The South African rugby community was shocked and saddened to hear the news of the passing of Cornal Hendricks and Mr Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, paid tribute to the former dual-international who wore the green and gold with distinction. The 37-year-old Hendricks died of a heart attack on Wednesday evening. Apart from playing
Former Springboks coach Heyneker Meyer, who coached the Springboks in 48 Tests and won a World Cup bronze, has shared his well wishes to Bath Rugby coach Johann Van Graan as his English side face Edinburgh Rugby EPCR Challenge Cup semi-final match on Saturday.