The Vodacom Bulls will appeal the massive nine-week suspension given to their Springbok utility forward Jan-Hendrik Wessels by a Vodacom United Rugby Championship disciplinary hearing on Wednesday.

Incensed Bulls will appeal Bok forward's massive ban

The Vodacom Bulls continue to wait for the official verdict from the Vodacom United Rugby Championship disciplinary committee, despite a guilty finding against Springbok utility forward Jan-Hendrik Wessels on Tuesday.

Bulls confirm Wessels withdrawn because of URC disciplinary as Rassie weighs in

Glasgow Warriors coach Franco Smith says his players are “hitting their straps” as they head into Friday night’s big Vodacom URC clash with the Vodacom Bulls.

Glasgow boss Smith says engines revving for big Bulls showdown

The expectation that Jordan Hendrikse would be given the reins to become the Hollywoodbets Sharks’ game driver in their fifth round Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash with the Scarlets in Durban appears to have been scuppered by the suspension slapped on Makazole Mapimpi.

Jordan at fullback as Bok legend leads the Sharks

Vodacom Bulls coach Johan Ackermann again rang the changes to his side, as they said goodbye to some Springboks and welcomed back season captain Ruan Nortje to the side for their Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against Glasgow Warriors on Friday night.

Nortje back as Bulls ring the changes

The omission of several Springbok World Cup winners from the current Castle Lager Outgoing Tour squad this week may have raised a few eyebrows, especially as it has seemed to suggest that a slow culling of the 2019 World Cup squad has had to start, but it could also work out to be a massive positive for South African rugby as a whole.

Discarded Boks may play a crucial role in Greatest Rivalry tour

It has been so far so good for the DHL Stormers in their quest to turn around what in previous Vodacom United Rugby Championship seasons has been their biggest bogey - winning away games overseas.

Treviso will confirm if Stormers have cracked the 'away code'

Rugby is a team game and assembling a side of superstar players does not lead to success if the different components don’t gel into a unit, as the Hollywoodbets Sharks discovered when they played Ulster after just three days of training in the Vodacom URC last week.

Hurt Sharks seek the teamwork that will justify superstar status

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