It’s Super Rugby! Which Superhero are you?
The Herald calls on Randfontein's avid rugby supporters to send us a picture of your new Marvel-inspired team jersey by email to randfonteinherald@caxton.co.za.
This Super Rugby season, each of the four participating South African Rugby Union franchises will be super-powered by their own Marvel Super Hero. They will be wearing jerseys depicting their assigned Super Hero when they play their home derbies.
The teams will wear in their usual jerseys for matches against international opposition.
Sunday, 3 February, better known as #SuperHeroSunday took South African rugby into a whole new universe with an explosive kick-off to the 2019 Super Rugby season at the Cape Town Stadium.
Besides being treated to a unique double-header of warm-up matches featuring the Vodacom Bulls, DHL Stormers, Cell C Sharks and Emirates Lions, fans witnessed these franchises in four different Superhero attire for the first time – thanks to a ground-breaking partnership between SuperSport, SA Rugby, Vodacom and Marvel.
There was a World Cup-like atmosphere as first the Lions in their Spider-Man kit beat the Sharks, donning their Black Panther strip 19–14. Then the Thor-inspired Stormers produced the match of the day as they beat the Captain America-themed Bulls 33–28. In addition, between the CHOC cyclathon and the #TacklingCancer campaign that will see Vodacom and SuperSport together donate R100 to CHOC for every tackle made by a South African player this season, a total of R61 827 was raised on #SuperHeroSunday alone.
The Herald calls on Randfontein’s avid rugby supporters to send us a picture of your new Marvel-inspired team jersey by email to randfonteinherald@caxton.co.za.
Super Rugby officially kicks off on Friday, 15 February with an all New-Zealand clash in Hamilton between the Chiefs and Highlanders at 8.30am, followed by an Aussie derby between the Brumbies and Rebels at about 10.45am. Super Rugby continues the next day as early as 8.30am with another NZ derby, this time between the Blues and defending champs the Crusaders followed by the Waratahs up against the Hurricanes at 10.45am. The first SA team to be in action is the Sharks who will travel to Japan to take on the Sunwolves at about 1pm, followed by the first South African derby of the season at Loftus Versfeld between the Bulls and the Stormers at 5pm. The 2018 Super Rugby runners-up, the Lions, will head to Argentina for a tough opening encounter against the Jaguares. Kickoff is at about 11.40pm (SA Standard Time).
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