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

Marcel van der Merwe

4th Oct 1990 1.88m/129kg Tighthead Prop

Bulls scrum needs a rethink

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

The Vodacom Bulls know if they have to fix one thing this week, it has to be their scrum. Saturday’s narrow Vodacom Super Rugby loss against the DHL Stormers exposed the frailty of their setpiece...

Two Springbok training squads named

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

The national selectors have named two squads of 44 players each – including 19 uncapped and a number of currently injured players – for the Springboks’ first two training camps of the season, in...

Stormers go top after brutal contest

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The Stormers held on in the face of a fierce second-half comeback by the Bulls to eke out a 15-13 Super Rugby win at Newlands on Saturday. Stormers skipper Duane Vermeulen, who produced a man of the...

Super Rugby Round 11 Preview Part 2

9 years ago by Len Kaplan

The admirably overachieving Lions play the sometimes exciting, sometimes inept Cheetahs. The Stormers play the Bulls at Newlands in what will be a ferociously physical, potentially mean-spirited, derby...

Preview: S15 Round 11, Part Two

9 years ago by Rugby 365

Saturday will truly be a derby day. However, it is at Newlands were the spotlight will shine brightest. They don't come much bigger than this, the ultimate north-south derby - rich in tradition and...

Serfontein back for Bulls

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

Jan Serfontein makes a welcome return to the Vodacom Bulls side to face the DHL Stormers in their crucial Vodacom Super Rugby match at Newlands on Saturday. The Springbok midfielder returns from a hip...

Weekend teams and predictions

9 years ago by Front Row Grunt

Seven games, no “Koffie en beskuit” kick offs, and a pesky Saturday 19h00 kick off! Catch the teams, times, odds and both Tank Lanning and Mils Muliaina’s weekend predictions. Tank LanningA seven...

Bulls outmuscle Sharks in the Tank

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The Bulls outmuscle the Sharks in a tense Super Rugby encounter in Durban on Saturday, winning 17-10. With the teams  having scored one try each, it was the boot of Springbok flyhalf Handré Pollard...

Preview: S15 Round 10, Part Two

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The spotlight will shine brightly on the South African teams in this edition of our preview, even though two of the matches are cross-conference encounters. With the SA conference a closely contested...

Bulls surprise with Du Plessis

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

Vodacom Bulls coach Frans Ludeke brought back his big guns, and reshuffled his pack ahead of what promises to be a bruising Vodacom Super Rugby clash against the Cell C Sharks in Durban on Saturday. Ludeke...