The DHL Stormers are travelling to Glasgow for a quarter-final, excited by the chance to win their first Vodacom URC playoff on the road. DYLAN JACK reports. The fifth-placed DHL Stormers will travel to face the Glasgow Warriors (4th) at Scotstoun Stadium on Saturday night. Having played all six of their previous URC playoffs in Cape Town, the Stormers are facing the challenge of a first quarter-final on the road in the competition. The Stormers tasted defeat in their last two visits to Glasgow, but John Dobson says that his team is fired up to prove they can win big playoffs without home ..read more

Warren Gatland insisted Wales were “building” towards the 2027 World Cup after unveiling a training squad for upcoming Tests against South Africa and Australia. The Welsh are looking to bounce back from a dismal Six Nations when they lost all five matches to finish bottom for the first time since 2003. Gatland, whose second spell as Wales coach has so far been notably much less successful than his first, even volunteered his resignation immediately after a loss at home to Italy in March confirmed a woeful Championship watch. But the 60-year-old New Zealander’s offer was rejected by Welsh Rugby ..read more

Aphiwe Dyantyi is reportedly on the verge of making a shock switch to the Vodacom Bulls, less than a year after signing for the Sharks. According to a report by Sport24, talks between the Vodacom Bulls and Sharks over moving Dyantyi to Pretoria are close to completion. Dyantyi signed a two-year contract with the Sharks after completing his four-year doping ban, but with John Plumtree overhauling his squad, it appears the winger will be granted an early exit. The 29-year-old’s departure from Kings Parks will come as a surprise, given that he only made his much-heralded return to profession ..read more

Manie Libbok kicked nine points for the DHL Stormers in a derby win against the Lions at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, but the star flyhalf had a little help from the stands! WATCH: Sacha’s incredible try-savers @urc Manie Libbok’s hype man in da Cape #rugby #springboks #unitedrugbychampionship ♬ som original – ✦ Photo: Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images The post Watch: Libbok lives up to the hype appeared first on SA Rugby magazine ..read more

Curwin Bosch will bring an end to an eight-year Sharks career after the experienced playmaker’s move to France was officially confirmed on Monday. French ProD2 club CA Brive on Monday officially announced the signing of Bosch on a contract until 2026. Curwin Bosch nouvelle recrue du CA Brive ! Le demi d’ouverture des Sharks s’engage avec les Noir et Blanc jusqu’en 2026. Bienvenue Curwin https://t.co/fl43eJJ7Aq pic.twitter.com/zeDbhSwBnb — CA Brive Rugby (@CABCLRUGBY) June 3, 2024 Bosch will start his French journey in the country’s second division, as Brive aim for promotion to the Top 14 a ..read more

Willem Alberts and Ruan Pienaar have been applauded by SA Rugby for their contribution to the game, having amassed a total of more than 800 first class matches between them for teams in South Africa and Europe, as well as in the green and gold. Pienaar retired after the Cheetahs’ final SA Cup game as the South African rugby player with the most first-class games behind his name – 472 – just over 20 years since he made his first-class debut for the Free Staters in a friendly against Western Province. He scored 2635 points in this time. The versatile Pienaar, a member of the Rugby World Cup-win ..read more

A hard-working lock who provided a calm head on the field, Chris van Zyl was a humble and selfless player for the DHL Stormers. Widely respected by his peers as much for his willingness to put the team first as his passion for the union, Van Zyl made a huge impact on DHL Western Province Rugby with his overall contributions. The experienced second-row forward earned 42 caps for the Stormers between 2016 and 2020, as well as making 72 appearances for Western Province. Van Zyl’s connection with Western Province rugby runs deep, with his grandfather Boon Wallace, father Mike and brother Anton all ..read more

Juarno Augustus helped Northampton Saints progress to the Premiership final, where they will face off with Bath on Saturday. Premiership– Bath set up a final against Northampton Saints after a tense 31-23 win against Sale Sharks in the semi-finals. Johann van Graan‘s team will face Northampton in their first Premiership final for nine years despite a stirring fightback from Sale. Springbok prop Thomas du Toit, lock Quinn Roux, loosehead prop Juan Schoeman and scrumhalf Louis Schreuder all played for Bath. Former Stormers locks Cobus Wiese and Ernst ..read more

Philip Snyman said the Blitzboks must realise they have one more opportunity in Monaco to salvage their season after finishing sixth in the Sevens Grand Finale on Sunday. After losing their three pool matches – against Ireland, New Zealand and Fiji – in Madrid, the South Africans delivered their best performance of the weekend in the fifth-place semi-final against Australia on Sunday morning, winning by 24-21. However, Snyman’s charges could not replicate that in the fifth-place playoff against the Irish, who won a close contest 12-7. According to the interim coach, SA’s lack of consistency wa ..read more

The Blitzboks went down to Ireland to end a disappointing weekend in the Spanish capital for South Africa on the final day of the Sevens Grand Finale on Sunday. Tries from Zac Ward and Harry McNulty, plus a Hugo Lennox conversion, powered the Irish into a 12-point half-time lead at the Civitas Metropolitano Stadium before surviving a fightback from the South Africans to secure a 12-7 win. ICYMI – Rassie to risk Marx versus Wales? Impi Visser pulled one back for the Blitzboks after the restart, and Rosko Specman added the extras but it was too little, too late for Philip Snyman’s charges. South ..read more