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The Lions remain the only SA team to have ever beaten the DHL Stormers at Cape Town Stadium, and they must repeat this piece of history to create more history in booking their first trip to the Vodacom URC playoffs.
Francois Venter takes over the armband in an otherwise unchanged Challenge Cup-winning Sharks lineup against the Vodacom Bulls in Durban on Saturday.
Vodacom Bulls skipper Marcell Coetzee and Lions veteran Willem Alberts wish each other luck for their respective clashes with the Sharks and DHL Stormers on Saturday.
It is a huge weekend for the Vodacom URC and one that again emphasises South African rugby’s value to the global standing of the competition, writes MARK KEOHANE.
Eben Etzebeth said it’ll be great to have four SA teams in the Champions Cup next season, yet Sharks boss John Plumtree wants to avoid “throwing all our eggs in one basket” again.
The DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls will lock horns at Cape Town Stadium, while the Sharks tackle the Lions in Durban in round 1 of the 2024-25 Vodacom URC.
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Deon Fourie and Hacjivah Dayimani were at the heart of the DHL Stormers’ bonus-point win against the Lions at Ellis Park in the 2021-22 Vodacom URC.
Jaque Fourie said the Lions know what’s at stake against the DHL Stormers on Saturday, as Morne van den Berg backs the visiting forward pack to dominate the set-piece battle.
Johan Grobbelaar anticipates an epic showdown between the Vodacom Bulls and Sharks on Saturday, noting the importance of the Durban clash for the visitors’ trophy aspirations.
