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Vodacom Super Rugby Unlocked launched over the weekend with wins for all three host teams, the Vodacom Bulls, the Cell C Sharks and the Toyota Cheetahs in the first local competition since rugby was halted in mid-March because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The DL Stormers had a bye this weekend.
The Springboks’ ability to participate in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship would be finalised early next week, SA Rugby advised on Saturday.
The Toyota Cheetahs scored an impressive 53-31 win over the Phakisa Pumas in Bloemfontein on Saturday, scoring eight tries in a dominant display over their Mpumalanga rivals in their opening match of the Vodacom Super Rugby Unlocked competition.
The Vodacom Bulls got their Vodacom Super Rugby Unlocked campaign off to a winning start but they had to work very hard for their 30-23 win over the Tafel Lager Griquas on Saturday evening at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. The sides were level (10-10) at the break in a match played in good highveld conditions.
Curwin Bosch kicked four successful penalty goals to steer the Cell C Sharks to a nail-biting 19-16 win over the Emirates Lions in the opening match of the Vodacom Super Rugby Unlocked campaign in Durban on Friday.
SA Rugby and FNB confirmed on Tuesday that the South African banking giant has extended its sponsorship of the Springboks for a further five years.
SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, and former Springbok Rugby World Cup winner Bryan Habana are among a host of leading international coaches and players who have been appointed to World Rugby interim committees. The world rugby authority confirmed the announcements on Tuesday.
The same 15 players that did the damage for the Toyota Cheetahs last weekend will run out again on Friday when the Free Staters host the Vodacom Bulls in Bloemfontein in the second round of Vodacom Super Rugby Unlocked.
Vodacom Bulls Director of Rugby, Jake White, has made five changes to his starting team for Friday’s Vodacom Super Rugby Unlocked clash with the Toyota Cheetahs in Bloemfontein, with Springbok No 8 Duane Vermeulen back to lead the men in blue.
Phakisa Pumas coach Jimmy Stonehouse has made a bunch of changes to his side for their second round Vodacom Super Rugby Unlocked clash when the Lowvelders take on Tafel Lager Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday afternoon.
Vodacom Super Rugby Unlocked launched over the weekend with wins for all three host teams, the Vodacom Bulls, the Cell C Sharks and the Toyota Cheetahs in the first local competition since rugby was halted in mid-March because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The DL Stormers had a bye this weekend.
SA Rugby and FNB confirmed on Tuesday that the South African banking giant has extended its sponsorship of the Springboks for a further five years.