The 2022/23 season of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship got off to a flying start on the weekend, with the Vodacom Bulls setting the tone on local soil while two of last season’s quarter-finalists were beaten on the road. Defending champions, the DHL Stormers, and the Cell C Sharks will join the action this weekend,…
Vodacom Bulls director of rugby, Jake White, has committed for a long-term stay at Loftus Versfeld with a contract extension that will see him at the helm of the side until 2027. The 58-year-old 2007 World Cup-winning coach joined the Vodacom Bulls in 2020 where he took them to two back-to-back Carling Currie Cup titles…
The Springbok Women’s Sevens – with a magnificent Nadine Roos leading the charge – broke their 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens duck in emphatic fashion when they outplayed Colombia by 27-0 to book their place in the Challenge 13th place playoff against China, at 14h37 on Sunday afternoon. Roos, who scored a try in their…
A coach’s job is seemingly never done. A mere 48 hours after Tuks’s under-20 team won the Varsity Young Guns Tournament, Kennedy Tsimba (coach) was off to a high school rugby tournament to scout for new talent. He is also already strategising what needs to be done for Tuks to remain the Blue Bulls under-20…
The Vodacom Bulls recruitment team has been hard at work. They recently announced contract extension for Ruan Nortje and the signing of former Junior Springbok lock, Ruan Vermaak, who is set to be the latest recruit at Loftus Versfeld. Vodacom Bulls sign Ruan Vermaak The 23-year-old will join the Vodacom Bulls effectively from July 1…
Rugby scores big at South African Sports Awards Rugby enjoyed a stellar night at the South African Sports Awards in Durban on Saturday, collecting five titles – in the Team, Coach, Player, Federation and People’s Choice categories – to underline a period in which the Springboks claimed the title of world champions and won a…
