The Hollywoodbets Sharks side to take the field on Saturday is a Springbok-laden team that hosts Exeter Chiefs in a first-round Investec Champions Cup clash at Hollywoodbets Kings Park. Eben Etzebeth is back to lead the team against their English counterparts and the Hollywoodbets Sharks will be looking to impose themselves and a home fortress on Exeter.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) resolved on Friday to reject a proposal to accept a potential private equity investment in the sport’s commercial rights. The proposal failed to reach the 75 percent majority required for such a transaction to be approved. Seven of the 13 member unions with voting rights opposed the proposal. However,

Mr Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, paid tribute to Dr John Williams after the former Test lock and South Africa’s first post-isolation Springbok coach passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 78, following a battle with leukaemia.

With the Springboks leading the way on the field, rugby was the big winner off the field at the annual South African Sport Industry Awards, which recognise outstanding campaigns and sponsorships over the past year and was held in Johannesburg on Tuesday evening.

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).