John Dobson has named his Stormers team that will take on the Bulls at Newlands in a Super Rugby clash on Saturday evening.

Dolphins captain Keshav Maharaj believes that the team which plays the most consistent cricket will be crowned Momentum One-Day Cup champions come the end of the season. The Durban team are preparing to play their second match of the season when they travel to the Titans on Friday.

Maritzburg United have lost only once in their last seven games, a run that has injected plenty of confidence into coach Eric Tinkler’s side as they to Stellenbosch FC on Friday night to kick start their Nedbank Cup run.

Proteas spinner Tabraiz Shamsi is expecting a strong backlash from England when the second One-Day International is played out in Durban on Friday.

Bloemfontein Celtic Coach John Maduka says they are eyeing the final cup of the season, in the Nedbank Cup match against Amazulu in the last 32 round at the match at the Dr Petrus Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

University of Pretoria is one of the teams which has been on the receiving end of controversy in match officiating in the first Division but their coach Zipho Dlangalala says the match officials are receiving too much attention.

Besides going to the South African Police Service (SAPS) to hold a meeting with them and reporting the matter of officiating in football, SAFA ever since these allegations came to the fore, they also brought in some of the countries’ top referees to this division. Top referees in the country like Victor Gomez, Victor Hlungwani, Abongile Tom and other leading match officials, have handled some games in the First Division in recent weeks. One of those games involved TS Galaxy and head coach Dan “Dance” Malesela says he noted some improvement but overall feels the match officials need help.

The past few weeks have been a breath of fresh air for coaches and some club owners in the Glad Africa Championship. This is according to Jomo Cosmos club owner and head coach Jomo Sono when he was asked about the controversy surrounding the questionable match officiating which was alleged to be taking place.

Daniel ‘‘Dance’’ Malesela and his TS Galaxy faced Chippa United on Wednesday night and were brushed aside in the Nedbank Cup. It was for the first time he played the Chilli Boyz since he was fired at the beginning of last season and, has attributed some mistakes to their loss.

Chippa United became the first team to reach the last-16 of the Nedbank Cup following a 3-0 win over last season’s champions TS Galaxy at a wet Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday night. Chilli Boyz mentor Norman Mapeza says it was a good game.