Lions
SA Super Rugby teams to join Europe's 'Rainbow Cup' in 2021
The Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers will join 12 clubs from Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Italy in the competition.
Nucifora said the benefits of having them join what is at present the Pro14 would help develop Irish rugby and challenge the players.
Victory for frontrunners the Bulls left them well placed to win the single-round competition which signalled the return of rugby to South Africa last month after a six-month break due to COVID-19.
Steven Kitshoff and fellow Stormers front-row forward Scarra Ntubeni have gone into self-isolation after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19.
It was the Stormers first match since rugby in South Africa was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The men from Johannesburg also welcome back eight players who were part of the Springbok Showdown in Cape Town last weekend, including captain Elton Jantjies, Carlu Sadie, Marvin Orie and Vincent Tshituka.
The move means that the Cheetahs will miss out on a spot in the proposed PRO 16 competition, but in a statement the Free State franchise has negotiated its participation as a fifth franchise in a Super 8 competition.
The number of felines was previously reported at 19 before this figure was revised down.
The Kenya Wildlife Service has proposed a 10-year plan to fence land along the southern boundary to reduce conflict between people and animals.
On Friday, the group announced that Malcolm Marx, Ruan Vermaak, Tyrone Green, Shaun Reynolds and assistant coach Neil de Bruin have left the union.
The pride of lions was spotted roaming the streets of Alldays by community members on Monday.
The business end of the season was poised for an exciting finish before it was brought to an abrupt halt following the global COVID-19 pandemic that caused the cancellation of the knock-out rounds of the One-Day Cup as well as the final two rounds of the 4-Day Domestic Series.
The Rebels scored four tries to three, including two intercepts for wing Andrew Kellaway, to post their second win of the season.
The emaciated lions belong to an important subspecies that exists only in limited areas including southeast Sudan and neighbouring Ethiopia, said Khalda Seliman Mahgoub of the Sudan Wildlife Research Centre.
Both sides named strong starting lineups with Jannie du Plessis, Elton Jantjies and Courtnall Skosan all starting for the Johannesburg side.
It said 51 tigers and 13 lions were found on the premises in Klerksdorp to be living in severe conditions.
Two lions have taken refuge in a tumble-down thatched chalet in a remote corner of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park.
Du Plessis, who won the 2007 Rugby World Cup, also played 119 Super Rugby games for the Sharks between 2008 and 2015, having started his career at the Cheetahs in 2003.
An old game ranger’s lodge in a remote corner of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park has become the new home of a pair of lions.