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SA Rugby unveiled Rhino as its new match ball partner on Wednesday, with the world’s No 1 rugby training equipment supplier coming on board after signing a seven-year partnership to provide match balls at international level for the Springbok men and women’s teams, as well as for all domestic competitions. The deal will see Rhino’s …
India’s bowling spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has attained the joint-highest rating points ever achieved by a Test bowler from his country after another excellent performance in the third match of their ICC World Test Championship series against Australia in Melbourne. Bumrah, who finished with a match-haul of nine for 94, added 14 points to his tally …
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has congratulated Andy Pycroft for officiating in 100 Men’s Test matches as a Match Referee. Pycroft, a member of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, reached the landmark in the fourth Test between Australia and India in Melbourne on Thursday. The 68-year-old former Zimbabwe captain has also officiated …
Scotland international centre Matt Currie has put pen-to-paper on a new two-year deal ahead of tomorrow night’s EPCR Challenge Cup clash with Bayonne at Hive Stadium. Currie, 23 – who made his international debut against Canada during the recent summer tour to The Americas – has been a standout player in the capital midfield so …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) is optimistic after the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics released by Stats SA, which highlight a significant drop in food inflation to a 14-year low. Bringing about meaningful change to the lives of South Africans is the reason the DA entered the Government of National Unity (GNU), and …
Edinburgh welcome the return of eight Scotland internationals for tomorrow night’s EPCR Challenge Cup clash against Aviron Bayonnais at Hive Stadium (Friday 13 December, kick-off 8pm) – live on Premier Sports. The capital club return to EH12 for their first home match of this season’s European campaign and are bolstered by a host of returning …
Fresh from making his Edinburgh debut at the weekend against Gloucester, Liam McConnell will lead out Emerging Scotland for their first game, against Italy Under-23s. At Hive Stadium, the former Scotland U20 captain will take charge of an exciting team that has been under the watchful eye of the Scotland national team coaching staff this …
While the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Toyota Cheetahs will look to build on their encouraging starts to the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup last week, the Vodacom Bulls, DHL Stormers, and Emirates Lions will target a strong comeback after suffering defeats in the opening round of the European showpieces respectively last week. The Vodacom …
The RC Toulon back row Yannick Youyoutte (No 18) has been suspended for 5 weeks following the decision of an independent Disciplinary Committee arising from his club’s Investec Champions Cup Round 1 match against DHL Stormers at Nelson Mandela Stadium on Saturday 7 December 2024. Youyoutte was sent off by the referee, Karl Dickson (England), …
Harry Brook has dethroned teammate, Joe Root as the top Men’s Test batter after the ICC Men’s Player Rankings were updated this week. Brook’s scores of 123 and 55 in England’s massive, 323-run victory over New Zealand in Wellington, gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match World Test Championship series and pushed Brook …
Edinburgh Rugby is thrilled to announce that Scotland internationalist and British & Irish Lion, Duhan van der Merwe, has committed his long-term future to the club by signing a new multi-year contract. The deal will see one of world rugby’s most exciting and dangerous attacking threats remain in the Scottish capital until Rugby World Cup …
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today announced the ICC Players of the Month for November 2024 as Pakistan’s Haris Rauf and England’s Danni Wyatt-Hodge. Pakistan pacer Haris wins after his destructive bowling spells in Australia secured Pakistan’s first ODI series victory in the country since 2002, while England’s evergreen Wyatt-Hodge produced trademark fireworks in …
Edinburgh Rugby today announced the women’s squad for the 2024/25 Celtic Challenge – which kicks off against rivals Glasgow Warriors next week under the Friday night lights at Hive Stadium (20 December, kick-off 7.35pm). Head Coach Claire Cruikshank confirmed the final 30-player group, which sees familiar faces return for the side’s second campaign in the …
South African women’s cricket captain, Laura Wolvaardt has reclaimed her status as No.1 ODI batter in the world in this week’s ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings. This comes when South Africa’s ICC Women’s Championship series against England is poised at 1-1 with the decider scheduled for Wednesday in Bloemfontein. Wolvaardt made 59* in her team’s …
A revised set of timings have been announced for the Arnold Clark Women’s Premiership final this weekend which sees Corstorphine Cougars face Stirling County. The match will be streamed live on scottishrugby.org with a new 1.30pm kick-off time, from Union Park in Corstorphine. Cougars host the final, as determined by national competition rules, through finishing …
West Indies bowler Alzarri Joseph has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the first ODI match against Bangladesh in St. Kitts and Nevis. Joseph was found to have breached Article 2.3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player …
Monica Maroun, NSRI Kei Mouth station commander, said: During ongoing search efforts at Kei River Mouth, on Monday afternoon, 9 December, the SA Police Services, Police K9 Search and Rescue (Police divers and Police K9 team), assisted by NSRI rescue swimmers, located and recovered the body of a man in the vicinity of Kei River …
Red card – Yannick Youyoutte (RC Toulon) The RC Toulon back row Yannick Youyoutte (No 18) was issued with a red card during his club’s Investec Champions Cup Round 1 match against DHL Stormers at Nelson Mandela Stadium on Saturday 7 December 2024. Youyoutte was sent off by the referee, Karl Dickson (England), in the …
India bowler Mohammed Siraj and Australia batter Travis Head have been found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct in their recently concluded second Test match in Adelaide. Siraj has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee after being found to have breached article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for …
There were smiles for miles around the DHL Stadium on Sunday evening after the Springbok Sevens team won the HSBC SVNS Cape Town for the first time since 2015, with the broadest coming from Blitzbok debutant Zander Reynders. Reynders was drafted into the squad following injuries to experienced campaigners Ryan Oosthuizen and Christie Grobbelaar and …
A 31-player Emerging Scotland squad has been named ahead of Saturday’s fixture against Italy Under-23s at Hive Stadium (kick off 6.45pm). The match will be the first time Emerging Scotland have played and the fixture forms part of the National Academy pilot programme which was launched in September to add increased value to the development …
Despite high interest rates and a buyers’ market, high-income and affluent individuals continue to build their homes from ground up while others take out top-up building loans to expand existing ones. Data from Standard Bank shows that while building loans have declined since 2022, clients aged 30 to 50 remain active, particularly those earning over …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) is extremely concerned by the inability of the Police to prevent and stop violent attacks in Ngqushwa this weekend, including destruction of several Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) and the looting of shops by a heavily armed gang. We call for the swift apprehension and prosecution of the perpetrators of …
The Hollywoodbets Sharks kept the South African flag flying on the opening round of the Investec Champions Cup, which saw defeats for the DHL Stormers and the Vodacom Bulls, while the Toyota Cheetahs managed a draw and the Emirates Lions slipped to a defeat in Wales in the EPCR Challenge Cup. The KwaZulu-Natalians started the …