Angelo Davids dotted down on his return to steer the DHL Stormers to a hard-fought bonus-point win against a fired-up Dragons in Newport on Friday. A brace of tries for Davids in his first game since February helped the DHL Stormers claim a 44-21 victory over the Dragons at Rodney Parade. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu crossed for two tries sparking a Stormers flurry of 21 unanswered points in the final seven minutes as they banked the bonus point to retain fifth place on the Vodacom URC log. John Dobson’s side made it a one-point gap between themselves and the fourth-placed Vodacom Bulls, who face ..read more

Follow the live action as the Dragons host the DHL Stormers in a round 16 Vodacom United Rugby Championship Cup clash in Newport. Tweets by THESTORMERS Tweets by dragonsrugby Tweets by VodacomRugga  The post LIVE: Dragons vs Stormers appeared first on SA Rugby magazine ..read more

Jake White has his fingers crossed that the Glasgow Warriors, under the stewardship of Franco Smith, are no match for the Vodacom Bulls at altitude on Saturday afternoon. White’s charges are bracing themselves for an epic clash in the Vodacom URC at Loftus Versfeld, where they have only lost once this season. Victory for the Bulls, in fourth place on the overall log, would boost their chances of hosting a quarter-final. The Pretoria outfit have scored the most tries in the 2023-24 URC (68), yet top-of-the-table Glasgow are joint second with 64 and are the best defensive team with three rounds ..read more

Jake White says critics of World Rugby’s law change to limit the number of scrums in a match are “naive” over its impact at an amateur and schools level. World Rugby on Thursday announced that the governing body has approved a series of law amendments, effective 1 July 2024. targeting key areas such as offside from kicks, free-kick options, and player welfare concerns. POLL: Is it rugby without the scrums? Among the new laws is that teams will no longer have the option to choose a scrum from a free-kick, emphasising the imperative of keeping the ball in motion. The change has been interpreted ..read more

Prop Zachary Porthen returns to lead a re-jigged Junior Springboks lineup against Argentina for their final U20 Rugby Championship clash Down Under on Sunday. Porthen missed the defeat by hosts Australia on Tuesday because of a hand injury, but is back in the starting XV in a team showing several changes for the second-last fixture of the inaugural competition at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Queensland. Only four players will run out in the same positions they played against the Aussies – lock JF van Heerden, who captained in Porthen’s absence, No 8 Tiaan Jacobs, left winger Litelihle Bester ..read more

John Plumtree says the Sharks “have the bounce in their step” as they look to continue their strong finish to the season against playoff-hunting Benetton in Durban. The Sharks will return to Vodacom URC action on Saturday after securing a place in the EPCR Challenge Cup final with an epic playoff performance against Clermont in Lodnon. Back at home where they are on a four-game winning run, the Sharks are looking their late-season turnaround, having won just four games in all competitions before February. Plumtree has retained most of the squad that faced Clermont for the clash with Benetton a ..read more

Marco van Staden slots in at openside flanker, with Ruan Nortje back to lead the Vodacom Bulls against the Glasgow Warriors in Pretoria on Saturday. Van Staden, who has been sidelined with a knee injury since late March, replaces Nizaam Carr in the starting XV as one of three changes to the run-on team thrashed Ospreys at Loftus Versfeld in the Vodacom URC two weeks ago. Nortje returns to pack down alongside Ruan Vermaak in the second row while veteran hooker Akker van der Merwe trades places with Johan Grobbelaar. ALSO: URC top-four showdown a battle of wits Carr, Grobbelaar and Reinhardt Lud ..read more

Fit-again Quan Horn will earn his 50th cap for the Lions when they lock horns with Cardiff in Johannesburg on Saturday. The Lions host the Welsh outfit in round 16 of the Vodacom URC at Ellis Park. With three rounds of the regular season remaining, Ivan van Rooyen’s charges are in 11th place on the standings, while Cardiff languish in the bottom half of the table in 12th spot. The Johannesburgers have kept a relatively settled matchday 23 from the team that went down to defending champions Munster on the Highveld two weeks ago. The only change to the backline sees Horn return from injury at fu ..read more

The South African contingent goes unbeaten in round 16 of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, according to the SARugbymag.co.za team. Dragons vs DHL Stormers (Friday, Newport, 8:35pm) Devin Hermanus: Stormers by 3 Rienk de Beer: Stormers by 16 Zelím Nel: Stormers by 9 Simon Borchardt: Stormers by 12 Dylan Jack: Stormers by 19 Grant Craze: Stormers by 7 Juandre Joubert: Stormers by 13 Edinburgh vs Zebre (Friday, Edinburgh, 8:35pm) Devin Hermanus: Edinburgh by 17 Rienk de Beer: Edinburgh by 14 Zelím Nel: Edinburgh by 20 Simon Borchardt: Edinburgh by 25 Dylan Jack: Edinburgh by 5 Grant Craze ..read more

The Sharks have resisted the urge to tinker heavily with the team that progressed to the Challenge Cup final for their Vodacom URC clash with Benetton in Durban on Saturday. Back in action at Kings Park on Saturday, the Sharks will entertain Italian outfit Benetton in the closing stages of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship. John Plumtree hasn’t tinkered much with the side that defeated Clermont last weekend to advance to the EPCR Challenge Cup final as he looks to maintain continuity in team selection as well as how the team continues to gel. There are two changes in the forwards where Cor ..read more