The Stormers vs British and Irish Lions match will be the main event of a Saturday double-header at the Cape Town Stadium.
South Africa ‘A’ and the Bulls will join the action after SA Rugby confirmed an epic double-header at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.
British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland is to seek clarification from officials over Faf de Klerk’s dangerous tackle that resulted in a yellow card for the scrumhalf.
The British and Irish Lions have named an entirely changed starting XV to face the Stormers in Green Point, Cape Town this weekend.
Marcus Smith will make his British & Irish Lions debut against the Stormers at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, while Alun Wyn Jones makes a dramatic return to the bench.
SA Rugby’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has confirmed that the South Africa ‘A’ side will play the Bulls in a much-needed warm-up match in Cape Town on Saturday.
Lock Ernst van Rhyn will captain the Stormers in their encounter with the British & Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.
Warren Gatland insisted his British & Irish Lions players left Cape Town Stadium with renewed conviction of their ability to win the Test series against the Springboks.
Rassie Erasmus said there is a lot the Springboks – in the guise of an SA ‘A’ side – need to get right for the first Test after they hung on for a 17-13 win over the British & Irish Lions.
A Springbok-laden South Africa ‘A’ side proved too strong for the touring British & Irish Lions in their clash at a freezing Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday.
South Africa ‘A’ vs British and Irish Lions sees the tourists face their toughest assignment to date when they tackle a side loaded with internationals.
Cheslin Kolbe and Faf de Klerk cannot wait to pull the green and gold jersey over their heads when the SA ‘A’ team line up against the British & Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium.
South Africa ‘A’ vs British and Irish Lions: The tourists face their toughest assignment to date when they tackle an ‘A’ side loaded with internationals.
SA ‘A’ will give the British & Irish Lions their first taste of international opposition when the two sides clash at 20:00 on Wednesday evening.
Sharks scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse has been banned for three matches following his red card against the British & Irish Lions.
South Africa’s Jaco Peyper will referee Wednesday’s clash between South Africa ‘A’ and the British & Irish Lions.
The Pretoria-based Bulls are reportedly heading to Cape Town to help provide some opposition for the Springboks this weekend.
Warren Gatland has welcomed SA Rugby elevating their SA ‘A’ clash on Wednesday into an unofficial fourth Test, but the British & Irish Lions head coach has ruled out meeting for a second time on Saturday.
Alun Wyn Jones could make a sensational return to the British & Irish Lions squad after seeing dramatic progress in his recovery from the dislocated shoulder that appeared to have ended his tour.
Sharks centre Lukhanyo Am has been named as the captain of a very powerful SA ‘A’ side that will do battle with the British and Irish Lions tour in Cape Town on Wednesday.
Barring a handful of players currently sidelined due to Covid-19, the SA ‘A’ named to face the British & Irish Lions represents a full-blown Springbok match-day squad.
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named 18 Rugby World Cup winners in a strong South Africa ‘A’ team captained by Lukhanyo Am for their clash with the British & Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium.
Warren Gatland has named his British & Irish Lions team to play South Africa ‘A’ at the Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday, 14 July.
The Springboks and the British & Irish Lions arrived in Cape Town on Sunday for the eagerly awaited next stage of the tourists’ tour of South Africa.
Referee Wayne Barnes red-carded Jaden Hendrikse early in the second half after the Sharks scrumhalf elbowed a Lions player in the head.