
URC Report Card: South African Teams After Five Rounds
The first five rounds of the 2025/26 United Rugby Championship have already separated the grown men from the flat-track bullies. South Africa’s quartet have taken the field with varying levels

The first five rounds of the 2025/26 United Rugby Championship have already separated the grown men from the flat-track bullies. South Africa’s quartet have taken the field with varying levels

There’s a Welsh troublemaker stirring up Bok tempers – and his name’s Taine Plumtree. 📅 10 October, Llanelli: Scarlets vs Stormers. Plumtree squares up to Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu – bump, chirp,

In rugby, soos in die lewe, is daar ’n paar heilige reëls. Jy respekteer die spel. Jy speel hard, maar regverdig. Jy word gestraf wanneer daar bewyse is – nie

By Round 4, the honeymoon phase is over. Form starts to sting, mistakes cost more, momentum matters. For the South African teams, this is a moment of truth. WHAT WE’VE

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has been burning up the headlines – but not always for the right reasons. The Stormers’ young flyhalf, widely hyped as one of South Africa (and world) rugby’s

It was a weekend that told us everything and nothing at once.Three South African franchises flew into Europe fairly confident, before being thoroughly mugged at customs bar one of them.

After two rounds, the table’s already wobbling. Teams are figuring out rhythm (and fatigue), travel is biting, and a few underdogs smell opportunity. These are some juicy fixtures: Munster vs

If you were watching the Stormers in their opening two United Rugby Championship matches of the season, you might have found yourself asking the same question the rest of the

For the first time in the professional era, the Springboks have carried their World Cup-winning momentum into the seasons that follow – a seismic shift from the post-1995, 2007, and