DHL Stormers director John Dobson has expressed concern over the future of Springbok prop Steven Kitshoff, who recently underwent neck fusion surgery.
Stormers coach John Dobson admitted to being emotionally drained after a controversial late call denied his side a potential match-winning try against the Sharks in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship at Kings Park Stadium on Saturday. Manie Libbok appeared to have scored a decisive try in the final minutes, but the TMO intervened, ruling that
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi was one of the try-scorers as the Sharks nervously edged past the Stormers 21-15 in a Vodacom Rugby Championship clash at Kings Park Stadium on Saturday.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu will make his first season appearance for the DHL Stormers in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship coastal clash with the Hollywoodbets Sharks in Durban on Saturday (17:00).
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi will captain the Sharks when they host Stormers in the Vodacom Rugby Championship at Kings Park Stadium on Saturday (17:00).
Despite their recent defeats to New Zealand and Australia, England remains a formidable opponent, as acknowledged by Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus.
Chances are huge that winger Makazole Mapimpi won’t be part of the Springboks squad that will face England in the second match of the Autumn Nations Series this coming weekend.
Makazole Mapimpi said the Springboks are wary of the threat Scotland’s South African-born flyer Duhan van der Merwe poses as they prepare to face their 2023 Rugby World Cup pool rivals for the first time since the international spectacle in France last year at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on Sunday.
A humble, hardworking young man from Hluhluwe who has captained the Sharks at both junior and senior levels to making his Springbok debut in Bloemfontein this year, Phendulani ‘Phepsi’ Buthelezi made a great name for himself playing for the coastal franchises.
