Ruan Nortje rugby player
Ruan Nortje rugby player

Ruan Nortje

25th Jul 1998 2.00m/109kg No 5 Lock

URC Awards: Try of the Season & Ironman Named

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Benetton centre Joaquin Riera and Emirates Lions full-back Quan Horn have added their names to the United Rugby Championship Awards list picking up Try of the Season and the Ironman awards respectively.   Benetton...

Bulls unchanged for Leinster

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Bulls have named an unchanged matchday 23 that will do duty against table-topping Irish side, Leinster in the ultimate round of the 2022/23 Vodacom United Rugby Championship at Loftus Versfeld...

Bulls change one for Toulouse

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Vodacom Bulls have made just one change to its matchday 23 that will take on Stade Toulouse in round 16 of the 2022/23 Heineken Champions Cup. Dylan Smith comes in place of Simphiwe Matanzima - who...

Bulls name squad for vital URC and Champions Cup tour

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Bulls Director of Rugby, Jake White, has announced a strong 28-men touring squad that will travel to the United Kingdom and France for back-to-back fixtures in the 2022/23 United Rugby Championship and...

A look at individual and team stats out of the URC

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Top Players From R15   Carries: 22 Viliame Mata (Edinburgh Rugby) Defenders Beaten: 7 Shane Daly (Munster), Jordan Larmour (Leinster), Billy Burns (Ulster) Lineouts Won: 11 JP du...

Etzebeth named SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2022

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Springbok centurion Eben Etzebeth has been voted SA Rugby’s Player of the Year for 2022 following a string of excellent performances by the experienced lock last year, while Canan Moodie won the...

Rising Ruan

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Scarlets will have to beware the rising threat of Vodacom Bulls skipper Ruan Nortje when they welcome the visitors from Pretoria to west Wales on Friday evening. Second row Nortje, who stands 6ft...

What the stats say ahead of the Vodacom Bulls and Scarlets clash

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The 2022/23 Vodacom United Rugby Championship action returns this weekend as the focus now turns to see what Round 13 will have to offer. It all begins with Friday night lights kicks off which will see...

Carr to lead Vodacom Bulls against Lyon

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Vodacom Bulls have made a few changes to personnel in their matchday 23 that will duel French side, Lyon on Friday 20 January 2023, in round 4 of the 2022/23 Heineken Champions Cup. The Pool A match...

Bulls name squad to travel to France for Lyon clash

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Vodacom Bulls have named a 31-men European touring squad that will do battle in the 2022/23 Heineken Champions Cup against Lyon and the 2022/23 Vodacom United Rugby Championship versus Scarlets.   The...