Injured Bulls skipper eyes derby return

Ruan Nortje hopes to recover in time to feature for the Vodacom Bulls against the DHL Stormers in Cape Town before the close of 2023.

Watch: Bulls centre bulldozes Bok champ

Vodacom Bulls flyer Stedman Gans continued his fine form this season with a brace of tries against the Sharks, which included a powerful brush-off of Makazole Mapimpi.

State of the URC: SA teams break on a high

The SA revival continued in round 7 as the Bulls, Lions and Stormers clinched important home wins heading into a two-week pause in the competition. @Vodacom #URC

Sharks boss slams ‘rusty’ Boks

John Plumtree has lamented a lack of cohesion and dysfunctional set-piece performance from the Sharks in their heavy defeat to the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday. @Vodacom #URC

Red-hot Bulls roast Sharks

Akker van der Merwe and Stedman Gans scored two tries apiece as the Vodacom Bulls hammered the Sharks in the Vodacom URC in Pretoria on Saturday afternoon.

Jake eyes derby win ‘swing’

Jake White has emphasised the eight-point advantage from beating local rivals as the Vodacom Bulls and Sharks prepare to lock horns in Pretoria on Saturday.

RWC-winning Boks add sparkle, fizz to URC

The one consistent among South Africa’s trio of Vodacom URC coaches in Jake White, John Plumtree and John Dobson, was the size of their smile in welcoming back their World Cup title-winning Springboks.

Plum: It’s Sharks, not Boks, versus Bulls

John Plumtree said that having a bevy of World Cup winners at the Sharks won’t matter if they don’t gel as a team when two Bok-powered sides clash in Pretoria on Saturday.

Lions stick with winning formula

Head coach Ivan van Rooyen has named an unchanged Lions 23 to face Dragons in the Vodacom URC at Ellis Park on Saturday.

Sharks slot in Dyantyi for derby duel

The injection of speedster Aphiwe Dyantyi is the only change to the Sharks lineup to face the Vodacom Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday.