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 add serious muscle to the pack

9 years ago by Rugby 365

Bulls coach Frans Ludeke has added some serious muscle to his pack for the Super Rugby crunch match with the Sharks in Durban on Saturday. Ludeke also recalled Springbok flyhalf Handré Pollard. Pollard,...

Bulls to rush their Boks back

9 years ago by Rugby 365

Bulls coach Frans Ludeke will be able to call on a host of returning Springboks when they face the Sharks in a Super Rugby crunch match in Durban on Saturday. Boks Adriaan Strauss, Jan Serfontein and...

Varsity Cup to honour Boks that Rock

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

The FNB Varsity Cup presented by Steinhoff International has produced a long list of Springboks over the last few years. No less than 15 capped Springboks have graced the playing fields of the inter-varsity...

Horwill answers Reds' SOS

9 years ago by Rugby 365

Reds coach Richard Graham has made a dramatic about turn in his stance on suspended Wallaby lock James Horwill. Horwill was initially excluded from the Reds' 27-man squad for their two-week tour to...

Hougaard scores brace in Bulls win

9 years ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby

11 April 2015Hougaard crossed either side of Pierre Spies' score to give the Pretoria-based side a 24-5 half-time lead, Lachie Turner with the Reds' try. Will Genia and Nick Frisby narrowed...

Six try Bulls down Reds

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

The Vodacom Bulls scored six tries to overwhelm a hapless Queensland Reds side 43-22 in the Vodacom Super Rugby match at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. With the win the Bulls extended their lead at the...

Preview: S15 Round Nine, Part Two

9 years ago by Rugby 365

There will be a lot of desperation on display in the second half of the weekend's Super Rugby matches. We start this part of our preview in Perth, where the Cheetahs - on a five-match losing streak...

Flip back as Bulls change two

9 years ago by Super Sport.com

Springbok lock Flip van der Merwe will make his long-awaited return to Super Rugby from the bench as his Vodacom Bulls team face the Queensland Reds at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The Bulls made...

Bulls extend Pollard's 'rest'

9 years ago by Rugby 365

Bulls coach Frans Ludeke has opted to extend the lay-off period for Springboks Handré Pollard and Jan Serfontein. The duo will not feature in the matchday squad when the South African conference leaders...

Lions win Ellis Park shoot-out

9 years ago by Rugby 365

The angry warthog, replacement hooker Armand van der Merwe, charged over for a the game's only try on full-time, as the Lions edged the Bulls 22-18 in a thrilling Super Rugby encounter at Ellis Park on...