Marcel van der Merwe rugby player
Marcel van der Merwe rugby player

Marcel van der Merwe

4th Oct 1990 1.88m/129kg Tighthead Prop

Lappies gets openside role

9 years ago by Rugby 365

Springbok training squad member Pieter Labuschagne will fulfil the openside role when the Bulls start their Australasian tour with a match against the Blues in Auckland on Friday. Labuschagne, who...

Koch leads tighthead charge

9 years ago by Front Row Grunt

A switch to tighthead prop by Baby Bok Thomas du Toit excites Tank Lanning, but suggests in his Sport24 column that the next big thing in the number three jersey is Vincent Koch. Tank Lanning It’s amazing...

Bulls get some beef back for tour

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The Bulls received a timely boost ahead of their four-match Australasian Super Rugby tour. Werner Kruger, Jacques-Louis Potgieter and Dean Greyling have been added to the touring squad for the overseas...

Jake snaps up another SA player

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

The Emirates Lions could well have lost one of their brightest stars as former Springbok coach Jake White snapped up prop Schalk van der Merwe to join him at Montpellier. Van der Merwe – who is affectionately...

Bulls go top after bonus-point win

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The Bulls moved to the top of the South African conference and second place on the global standings after securing a bonus-point (35-33) win over the Lions in a try-feast at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. They...

Preview: S15 Round 12, Part Two

9 years ago by Rugby 365

It is getting tight at the front-end of the Super Rugby play-off race. Just 10 points separate teams one to six, the current play-off spots, with seven more rounds to go. And with another three teams...

Five changes for Bulls

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

Victor Matfield will lead the Vodacom Bulls out in their crucial Vodacom Super Rugby clash this weekend against the Emirates Lions at Loftus Versfeld. Pierre Spies moves down to the bench to be “rested”...

Matfield to captain Bulls against Lions

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

The most capped South African Vodacom Super Rugby player ever, Victor Matfield, is back at the helm of the Vodacom Bulls when they take on the Emirates Lions at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Matfield,...

Weekend teams and predictions

9 years ago by Front Row Grunt

Back to a monster “Super Saturday” this weekend, with evening SA derbies in Bloem and Pretoria. Catch the teams, times, odds, SuperBru community picks and predictions by Tank Lanning and Bob Skinstad. Tank...

Kitshoff and Kebble spot on

9 years ago by Front Row Grunt

Lots of moaning about “Scrumming in” by the Stormers loosehead props, but Tank Lanning, writing in his Sport24 column this week, believes both Steven Kitshoff and Ollie Kebble to have got it spot on...