Match highlights: Vodacom Bulls v DHL Stormers
The DHL Stormers returned to winning ways with a 32-19 bonus point win against the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld.
- Loftus Versfeld
- DHL Stormers
- Vodacom Bulls
All Blacks' Greatest Rivalry Series opener against Stormers to be free-to-air in New Zealand
NZR and Sky Sport will make the All Blacks' opening tour match against the Stormers on 7 August free to watch in New Zealand, as part of comprehensive coverage plans for the first All Blacks tour of South Africa since 1996.
World Rugby confirms match officials for Rugby's Greatest Rivalry tour
World Rugby has confirmed the match officials for all eight Rugby's Greatest Rivalry fixtures, with Matthew Carley, Nika Amashukeli, Angus Gardner and Karl Dickson sharing the four Test appointments and the provincial games between them.
Lizo Gqoboka retires after decade-long Bulls career
Bulls loosehead Lizo Gqoboka has retired at 36, ending a career that spanned two Springbok caps and more than a decade at Loftus after rising from truck-loading and funeral parlour work in rural Mount Frere.
Five reasons the Springbok-All Black series is tighter than the rankings suggest
Planet Rugby maps five fault lines across the upcoming four-Test series — fly-half vulnerability, the Kolisi/de Villiers rotation question, Erasmus's seeding of Boks into provincial opposition, Scotland's attacking blueprint from Loftus, and whether altitude is a real factor or convenient excuse — arguing the ranking gap between the sides is far smaller than the July form suggests.
Kirwan and Matfield back Savea rest call — but Lions ghost looms over Rennie's decision
Kirwan and Matfield both endorse resting Savea before the Test series, but Kirwan raises a pointed warning about squad cohesion — invoking Woodward's ill-fated 2005 Lions setup as a cautionary tale for Rennie.