The ten finalists for the prestigious SARU Rugby Player of the Year 2012 have been finalised, with three DHL WP/DHL Stormers stars named on the shortlist.
The South African Rugby Union confirmed on Friday that the status quo remained unchanged regarding the number of overseas players permitted in South African Vodacom Super Rugby squads.
With SARU having opened the voting for the 2012 Rugby Player of the Year Awards to the public, you, as WP Rugby fans, can vote your teams and players into the big time this year.
DHL Stormers head coach Allister Coetzee has embraced his team's tough 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby draw, pointing to their early-tournament home run as a big bonus.
The Stormers will start their 2013 Super Rugby campaign with two away games (against the Bulls and the Sharks), followed by their first home game, against the defending champion Chiefs, on Saturday, March 9.
DHL Western Province No 8 Duane Vermeulen and Toyota Free State Cheetahs flyhalf Johan Goosen are the two uncapped players that have been added to the Springbok squad.
In this Stormers wrap up issue you can expect a tell-all interview with Gio Aplon where the DHL Stormers wing talks about his hometown, Hawston, and his life up until now.
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Thursday confirmed South Africa’s participants in Vodacom Super Rugby at a General Meeting of the member provinces.
Argentina will play South Africa at DHL Newlands in Cape Town, an historic match which sees the South Americans join their first tier-one annual competition in the first year of The Rugby Championship.