VIDEO: Tracking the Springboks
SOCIAL MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: It was a good weekend for the teams from South Africa in the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup.
All five South African sides – Sharks, Stormers, Bulls, Lions and Cheetahs – made it through the next round of the European competition.
Sharks, Stormers and Bulls advance to the Round of 16 of the Champions Cup, while Lions and Cheetahs booked spots in the knock-out of the Challenge Cup.
But while the teams delivered some great results, there was some amazing individual brilliance by the Springbok players.
*Here are some of the Bok players’ best moments of the weekend.
Brawn meets brain
🐛🦈 @EbenEtzebeth does not fear caterpillars!
He’s disrupted a few in the first half, and now gets his hands on the ball and races to the line.
Incredible poaching from the Springbok 🦌#HeinekenChampionsCup | @SharksRugby pic.twitter.com/ljhuqpOvT8
— Heineken Champions Cup (@ChampionsCup) January 21, 2023
Reinach’s quick tap and go
Now THAT is how to execute a tap and go from 9️⃣@c_reinach is pumped up and has too much power for the big forwards on the try line 🏉#HeinekenChampionsCup pic.twitter.com/5J2HKMbI9D
— Heineken Champions Cup (@ChampionsCup) January 22, 2023
Thor in action
Pure speed
Good luck catching him 😆
Kurt-Lee Arendse reads the play like a book and sprints allllll the way down to score the @BlueBullsRugby‘s opening try 👏#HeinekenChampionsCup pic.twitter.com/9cb5bbvcUQ
ADVERTISEMENT— Heineken Champions Cup (@ChampionsCup) January 20, 2023
*Please feel free to share your rugby highlight of the weekend