The Emirates Lions and Cell C Sharks enjoyed some mixed fortunes in their rescheduled sixth round Vodacom United Rugby Championship fixtures on Saturday, with the Johannesburg side ending a five-match losing run against Glasgow Warriors, while the Durbanites suffered a disappointing defeat against Ulster.
The Cell C Sharks team to meet Ulster in their rescheduled round six Vodacom United Rugby Championship match at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on Saturday shows minimal changes to the side that defeated the Emirates Lions last weekend.
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship has launched a powerful drive to encourage greater female representation in the sports workplace with the creation of the URC Women’s Leadership Academy, which gives women an opportunity to interact with and learn from some of the best in sport, identify new career opportunities within the industry, and tap into a global network of women in the business of sport.
The Cell C Sharks and Emirates Lions will be determined to capitalise on their home ground advantage on Saturday when they take the field in their postponed round six Vodacom United Rugby Championship fixtures against Ulster and the Glasgow Warriors, with an eye on powering their way up the log with the end of the pool stages in sight.
The DHL Stormers and Cell C Sharks strengthened their chances of favourable Vodacom United Rugby Championship playoff fixtures as they defeated the Vodacom Bulls and Emirates Lions respectively in a crucial round of local derbies on Saturday.
Schalk Brits is preparing for what he believes is going to be “a humdinger” of a North versus South Derby between the Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers at Loftus Versfeld this Saturday, and one where he believes past results will count for nothing.
The Cell C Sharks team named to take on the Emirates Lions in Johannesburg in this weekend’s return leg Vodacom United Rugby Championship has been bolstered by the return of a number of players.
The stakes will be sky-high for all four South African teams this weekend as a full round of Vodacom United Rugby Championship action returns and sides turn their attention on the race to the playoffs, with the Grand Final happening in exactly 100 days.
John Dobson’s DHL Stormers players will run out to a Pretoria crowd willing them to lose as the age-old north versus south rivalry writes another 80 minutes of its epic history. And Dobson wants all of this. He wants exactly what he grew up watching and loving about the most intense rivalry in South African rugby. He wants a battle.
The DHL Stormers remained on course for a possible home playoff spot in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Saturday as they registered their ninth victory of the competition by defeating the Cell C Sharks 46-19 in their postponed Round one clash at Hollywoodbets Kings Park in the only match of the weekend.