Stormers keen to utilise new lock in Ulster showdown: 'He has massive experience'
New recruit Ruben van Heerden could be in the thick of things when the Stormers tackle Ulster in a URC clash in Belfast on Friday.
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New recruit Ruben van Heerden could be in the thick of things when the Stormers tackle Ulster in a URC clash in Belfast on Friday.
Experienced lock Ruben van Heerden will join the Stormers this week on a short-term contract.
Exeter hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie will miss at least the start of England's Guinness Six Nations campaign after suffering an ankle injury.
England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie is likely to require surgery on an ankle injury and is set to miss the start of the Six Nations.
The Bulls start 2023 with the goodwill of the Springbok hierarchy after selecting the mercurial but exciting Wandi Simelane in his preferred position at outside centre for Friday night's URC meeting with the Dragons in Newport.
Stormers forwards coach Rito Hlungwani believes the better team selection approach between them and the Bulls' will be revealed when the two sides meet in the United Rugby Championship (URC) in Cape Town on Friday (19:15 kick-off).
The Bulls received the rugby equivalent of classroom corporal punishment when they went down 44-14 to Exeter Chiefs in their second Champions Cup outing at Sandy Park on Saturday.
Rugby World Cup-winning former Springbok coach Jake White has compared the Champions Cup to Test matches, as South African teams debut in the competition on Saturday.