Cape Town – Namibia’s Welwitschias have pulled out of this year’s Vodacom Cup competition due to financial constraints. SARU’s head of communication, Andy Colquhoun, confirmed to the Volksblad newspaper that Namibia pulled out of the competition. Their absence will, however, not disrupt the schedule negatively. Teams will now instead receive byes where they would have [...]

The DHL WP Vodacom Cup squad will take on the DHL WP Amateur squad in a curtain raiser match to the DHL Stormers vs Lions game on Friday night at DHL Newlands at 19h00, in the first match of the DHL Pre-Season Series. The teams to play are as follows: DHL WP Vodacom Cup Squad [...]

  Photo by Mike Le Grange / Rugby15/ Canon Eye Five members of the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup squad have been nominated for the prestigious SA Rugby Player of the Year Award, with the winner due to be announced at a glittering function at Gold Reef City on November 3.  Schalk Burger, Bismarck du Plessis, [...]

This morning the the social media was a hype of activity with rumors that current Pumas coach Jimmy Stonehouse will be taking over the helm at GWK Griquas. To set the record straight, Jimmy Stonedhouse himself has rubbished the reports. Rumour had it that a few of the Pumas players spilt the beans on Stonehouse’s [...]

Vodacom Cup Review – Pampas XV Crowned Champions The Pampas XV are Vodacom Cup champions for 2011 after they secured a clinical 14-9 victory over the Vodacom Blue Bulls at the Profert Olen Park stadium in Potchefstroom on Friday night. The Argentineans boasted the superior scrum and dominated the breakdown, controlled most facets of the [...]

Vodacom Cup Preview – The Final The Pampas XV, the only undefeated team in this year’s Vodacom Cup, will be hoping for one more victory in 2011 when they host the defending champions, the Vodacom Blue Bulls, at Profert Olën Park in Potchefstroom on Friday at 19h00. The Argentineans will start as red hot favourites [...]

The undefeated Pampas XV will compete in their first Vodacom Cup final next weekend after they defeated The Sharks XV 41-26 at Profert Olen Park in Potchefstroom on Friday. The Argentineans will host the defending champions, Vodacom Blue Bulls, after the Pretoria team secured a 47-34 victory over the GWK Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday [...]

The Vodacom Blue Bulls have selected an experienced side as they prepare for the daunting task of travelling to Kimberley on Saturday when they take on the joint most successful Vodacom Cup team yet, GWK Griquas, in a semi-final at GWK Park at 14h20. Eight players that played in last year’s Vodacom Cup final, were [...]

The Vodacom Blue Bulls kept their Vodacom Cup title defence on track following their thrilling 28-26 quarter-final victory over the MTN Golden Lions at the Wits University on Saturday. The defending champions, who ended the season in fourth position on the log, ended the 2011 challenge of the Johannesburg team by playing out the final [...]

The two finalists in the 2010 Vodacom Cup, the Vodacom Blue Bulls and the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, have their work cut out for them if they want to replicate their achievements this season. Both these teams scraped through to the quarter-finals of the Vodacom Cup this season by finishing in fourth place in their [...]