After a historic weekend for the Sharks in European cup action, the South African sides will renew hostilities in the last round of the league phase of the @Vodacom #URC.
After a historic weekend for the Sharks in European cup action, the South African sides will renew hostilities in the last round of the league phase of the Vodacom URC.
The Sharks became the first team from the Republic to win a Challenge Cup final, as well as book safe passage back to the Champions Cup next season, with aOut of the race for a playoff spot in the URC, John Plumtree’s charges will bring the curtain down on their season when they host the Vodacom Bulls at Kings Park on Saturday afternoon, after the DHL Stormers and Lions cross swords in the Mother City.
The Stormers held off a Lions fightback to win 35-33 at Ellis Park in round 1, while Akker van der Merwe and Stedman Gans scored two tries apiece as the Bulls hammered the Sharks 44-10 on 2 December.The SA Shield champion will be determined by this week’s derbies, with the Bulls leading the charge on 20 points, closely followed by the Stormers with 17.
Meanwhile, the results prior to a week’s break in the URC confirmed a top-four finish for the Bulls who, after a bonus-point win against Benetton along with the Glasgow Warriors and Leinster’s defeats, are second on the overall standings and will be playing for top spot when they head to Durban. It also confirmed playoff as well as Champions Cup qualification for the fifth-placed Stormers, as John Dobson’s men cannot finish lower than seventh, and there could be four SA sides in the 2024-25 edition of the EPCR competition if a series of results fall the Lions’ way this week.
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