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1 week ago | 
supersport.com | Brenden Nel
rugby09 May 2025 11:06| © SuperSportBy:Brenden Nel ShareMarcell Coetzee © Gallo ImagesThe Vodacom Bulls strengthened their match day 23 with the return of talisman Cameron Hanekom, while stalwarts Marcell Coetzee and Willie le Roux returned to the starting line-up as they signalled their intent to get full points out of their penultimate Vodacom United Rugby Championship league match against Cardiff on Saturday.
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1 week ago | 
supersport.com | Brenden Nel
rugby07 May 2025 11:20| © SuperSportBy:Brenden Nel ShareIvan van Rooyen © Getty ImagesThe Emirates Lions know that they have only one option left in their season - and that is to win, and win well. They stopped a five-game losing streak with the win over Connacht a fortnight ago and reignited their slim hopes of making the Vodacom United Rugby Championship playoffs, but they know that any misstep will be fatal and deliver the blow they are desperately trying to avoid.
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1 week ago | 
supersport.com | Brenden Nel
Blue Bulls © Getty Images The Vodacom Bulls are looking forward to finally returning to Loftus Versfeld this weekend for a run into the Vodacom United Rugby Championship playoffs that will determine how their season ends.
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1 week ago | 
supersport.com | Brenden Nel
Last week World Rugby announced a massive overhaul of the HSBC World SVNS Series, and the way developing countries can qualify for it. But the big question remains - will all this tinkering make the series better and actually achieve the goals that World Rugby has set for it. For one, it has caught the teams offside.
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1 week ago | 
supersport.com | Brenden Nel
A group of 38 players assembled in Cape Town on Sunday for the next phase of the Springbok Women’s Rugby World Cup preparations, with the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Madagascar in early June the first assignment for the group, followed by test matches against Canada a month later. Springbok Women Performance coach Swys de Bruin invited 47 players to the two-week camp, with nine players who are currently in Los Angeles with the Springbok Women’s Sevens, joining the squad next weekend.
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1 week ago | 
supersport.com | Brenden Nel
Bltzbok player © X@BlitzboksThe Springbok Sevens team gave themselves a true Hollywood ending as they won the HSBC World Championship in Los Angeles in the early hours of Monday morning, beating upstarts Spain 19-5 in the final. While officially the Blitzboks are crowned “World Champions” - the irony of this in a country whose domestic sports carry the same tag - the glory from finishing the season on a high note will be enough for them.
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1 week ago | 
supersport.com | Brenden Nel
rugby04 May 2025 06:15| © SuperSportBy:Brenden Nel ShareSpringbok Sevens © Getty Images The Springbok Sevens side will face New Zealand in an epic semifinal late on Sunday evening after they went through their pool rounds unbeaten at the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles in the early hours of Sunday morning. After coming from behind to beat France 19-10, the Blitzboks beat Great Britain 12-7 in their second game, which was a real arm wrestle.
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2 weeks ago | 
supersport.com | Brenden Nel
The future of Springbok rugby will be firmly on display as a new era kicks off on Thursday with the Rugby Championship under-20 tournament in full swing at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha. After an unsuccessful campaign last year and a poor performance in the World Rugby Junior World Championship, plenty has been invested in the Junior Boks for their campaign this year and this will be the first chance to see if any of that has paid off.
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2 weeks ago | 
supersport.com | Brenden Nel
The HSBC World Sevens graces the City of Angeles this weekend in a fitting finale that will bring down the curtain on another massive season for the shortened game of rugby. While Los Angeles will be the epicentre of the game on Saturday and Sunday, there is a larger motive in taking the game to the centre of Hollywood glitz and glamour, as World Rugby look to further ensure the growth of the game in America ahead of the 2031 fifteens Rugby World Cup to be held on the continent.
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2 weeks ago | 
supersport.com | Brenden Nel
rugby29 April 2025 08:10| © SuperSportBy:Brenden Nel ShareBlue Bulls players © Gallo ImagesAs the Vodacom Bulls enjoy a rare week off in a never-ending season, they returned to South Africa with the knowledge that no matter what challenge they face in the next few weeks in the Vodacom United Rugby Challenge, they are equipped to win away from home.
