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Superheroes all set for Super Rugby scrum
SA Rugby says players will dress as Marvel superheroes with funds raised to go to CHOC Childhood Cancer #TacklingCancer campaign
SA’s Super Rugby teams will take on an even more comical edge next season when they dress as Marvel superheroes. SA Rugby has teamed up with sponsors SuperSport‚ Vodacom and the Disney-owned Marvel to create new home kits for derbies featuring the Stormers‚ Bulls‚ Sharks and Lions in the 2019 season. In an apparently groundbreaking collaboration‚ each of the South African Super Rugby teams will be assigned a Marvel superhero as their look for the home derbies next season. The Bulls kit will be emblazoned with the colours of Captain America‚ the Lions will channel their inner-Spider-Man‚ Sharks’ kit will be inspired by Black Panther and the Stormers will be wearing Thor’s colours. The kit designs will be revealed at a later stage. “Marvel superheroes are among the most loved and recognisable characters in the world‚ very much like local Super Rugby players and clubs‚” said Luke Roberts of the Walt Disney Company Africa. Jurie Roux‚ CEO of SA Rugby‚ said this is one of the most exciti...
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