EP Rugby president Andre Rademan is correct when he says the current EP team is “light years” ahead of the ragtag side that struggled to make headway in the SuperSport Rugby Challenge last season.

Showing the fire and determination of EP teams of the past, they have won four of their seven Rugby Challenge matches they have played. It was a hard-fought win over a strong Sharks side, that included Springbok wing Lwazi Mvovo, that signalled EP had finally turned the corner...