Springboks are clear favourites going into the first Test against Wales in Tshwane but there is a little bit of concern among locals that Jacques Nienaber’s men may be caught cold. The Springboks have not played together as a unit for some time and the selection of Elton Jantjies at fly-half has added to the […]

A new Currie Cup champion will be crowned in Kimberley on Saturday afternoon when the Griquas host the Pumas in arguably one of the most unexpected finals in the history of the competition. The two finalists, who finished third and fourth on the standings following a mad scramble for positions in the last few weeks […]

Venue: Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Date: Saturday 18 June BetXchange Odds: Stormers – 15/20 Bulls – 12/10 Draw – 22/1 Form The first-ever winner of the United Rugby Championship will be a side from South Africa after the Bulls and Stormers beat Leinster and Ulster respectively to reach book their place in the final. […]

The Bulls will continue the defence of their Currie Cup title with a clash against tricky visitors in the form of the Griquas at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Friday night. High on their agenda will be a win that will see them remain in the hunt for their third consecutive title win while their […]

Venue: Eden Park, Auckland Date: Saturday 18 June BetXchange Odds: Blues – 9/10 Crusaders – 1/1 Draw – 22/1 Form Giving due respect to the Chiefs and Brumbies who put in valiant efforts against the Crusaders and Blues respectively last weekend, this is the Super Rugby Pacific final that we all want to see. The […]

All four home teams/higher seeds held serve in the URC 2021-22 quarterfinals. This means that the semifinals will see two Irish sides take on two teams from South Africa with one game being played on the Emerald Isle and the other in the Rainbow Nation. It should be a thrilling couple of mates. Here is […]

The quarterfinals of Super Rugby Pacific produced the type of finals footy we all wanted to see. The games were far from perfect – the last match of the weekend that saw the Brumbies overcome the Hurricanes was downright ugly at times – but the level of passion and determination on show was something that […]

With the top two positions on the Carling Currie Cup log all but confirmed, the battle for the other two spots in the semi-finals will move up in intensity this weekend. The Griquas, the Sharks and the Pumas are all in a heated race to reach the top-four during their important matches this weekend where […]

The log stage of the season has finished and the URC moves on to its first finals round this weekend. There are four games on tap in the quarterfinals, with three South African teams, three Irish teams, and a pair of Scottish teams ready to battle it out to the final in a few weeks’ […]

The log stage of the season has finished and Super Rugby Pacific moves on to its first finals round this weekend. There are four games on tap in the quarterfinals, with all five New Zealand teams having made it to face off with three from Australia. BetXchange is running its R3000 Max special again in […]

Marumo Gallants will be looking to stop Mamelodi Sundwns from completing a domestic treble when they meet during the Nedbank Cup final at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Saturday. Gallants are the defending champions after they won the competition last season as Tshakuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) when they beat Chippa United 1-0 to lift the […]

The Currie Cup is left with three rounds of matches with the Bulls and the Cheetahs involved in a tightly contested two-horse race at the top of the log standings. The Bulls and the Cheetahs have secured home spots for the play-offs and focus has firmly turned to which teams between the Sharks, Griquas and […]

The final regular-season round of Super Rugby Pacific’s inaugural season is upon us. The Blues have clinched the top spot and locked in Eden Park as the finals venue to go through, but there are places within the eight that can still change based on the results this weekend. One of those is the final […]

Round 18 is the final round of the URC 2021-22 regular season. Leinster has already won the trophy for finishing top of the log and is guaranteed to host games throughout the finals as they are six points clear of Munster, Sharks, and Stormers. After that, though, it is a giant mess with teams two […]

We returned to the expected normal in Super Rugby Pacific last weekend. After a couple of weeks of some of the Australian teams upsetting their rivals across the Tasman, the New Zealand franchises won each and every game (with the exception of the Fijian Drua beating Moana Pasifika. Can the Aussies fight back with just […]

  There are just four rounds of the Currie Cup left including the one this weekend. That means that the five teams fighting for the four sports in the finals all need to keep winning to get to play in the playoffs. The top two seem set in some order as the Blue Bulls and […]

Super Rugby Pacific is really in the closing stretch now. There are just three rounds remaining including this one and Round 13 is a pivotal round for those teams trying to secure home finals and for those looking to slip into the playoffs. Only two teams are realistically out of the hunt for the finals, […]

We are getting into the home stretch of the 2022 Currie Cup season. Round 10 of the Premier Division sees Western Province on a bye and none of the Bluee Bulls, Cheetahs, or Sharks playing each other. All three teams will be looking for a maximum five points from their games to open up a […]

Round 12 of Super Rugby Pacific marks the start of the home stretch of the inaugural season for the competition. Just four rounds remain to be played before the playoffs, playoffs that should be much more interesting in 2022 given the sudden resurgence of the Australian teams in the comp. Last weekend was an outstanding […]

South African franchises will be desperate for one last big push as they wrap up their home run in the league phase of the United Rugby Championship (URC) this weekend. Three of the four sides are looking to give themselves the best possible chance of securing favourable results that will put them in an advantageous […]