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Scotland will take on New Zealand Maori next year as part of their 2025 summer tour, at Semenoff Stadium in Whangārei. The tour kicks off against New Zealand Maori on Saturday 5 July, and will be the first time the sides have met since 2000, when the hosts edged a narrow encounter 18-15 in New …
Hosts South Africa beat Olympic champions France 26-14 to win a thriller of a men’s final and claim their first HSBC SVNS title in Cape Town in nine years. New Zealand came back from two tries down to beat the USA 26-12 in an end-to-end women’s final to bounce back from their final disappointment in …
Springbok Sevens coach Philip Snyman was beaming with pride after the Blitzboks won the HSBC SVNS Cape Town for the first time since 2015 on Sunday evening. The Blitzboks beat France by 26-14 in the final of the tournament, which played out with more than 75,000 people in attendance over the two days. It was …
SA Rugby’s recently completed Under-17 Elite Player Development (EPD) camp, attended by 58 players and a large group of the country’s foremost schools’ rugby coaches, was deemed a big success as it marked a significant milestone in the identification and development of the next generation of South Africa’s rugby talent. The camp, which returned after …
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) resolved on Friday to reject a proposal to accept a potential private equity investment in the sport’s commercial rights. The proposal failed to reach the 75 percent majority required for such a transaction to be approved. Seven of the 13 member unions with voting rights opposed the proposal. However, …
Get ready for a week of incredible cricket, entertainment, and an electrifying atmosphere as tickets for the Betway SA20 Playoffs and Final go on sale today! From Tuesday, 4 February 2025, to Saturday, 8 February 2025, fans will be treated to the biggest cricketing spectacle of the summer watching the final four teams battle it …
The Women’s RWC 2025 will be the largest celebration of women’s rugby ever with more than 220,000 tickets sold to date. With just over eight months to go until the opening match between England and the USA at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on 22 August, the continued strong interest in Women’s RWC 2025 has led …
Two-time world series winner and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Mfundo Ndhlovu, will make a welcome return to the Springbok Sevens squad in Cape Town this weekend, while the uncapped Zander Reynders is in line to become Blitzbok #196 after he was included in the HSBC SVNS squad. The inclusion of the duo by Blitzbok head …
Mr Jay Shah, the newly elected Chair of the International Cricket Council (ICC), commenced his tenure this week with a visit to the ICC Headquarters in Dubai, UAE. The visit marked the beginning of a new era for cricket, as Mr Shah assumes the role of leading the global governing body of the sport. During …
The dates and destinations of the HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025 were unveiled as 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams from all six World Rugby regions will battle for promotion to HSBC SVNS. The Challenger series begins with back-to-back events in Cape Town on 1 – 2 and 7 – 8 March, with the top ranked …
The Springbok Women’s Sevens team will start their quest to regain their HSBC SVNS status in Cape Town in March 2025 when the first two of World Rugby’s HSBC Sevens Challenger tournaments take place in the Mother City. World Rugby unveiled the dates and destinations of the three tournaments where 12 men’s and 12 women’s …
Mr Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, paid tribute to Dr John Williams after the former Test lock and South Africa’s first post-isolation Springbok coach passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 78, following a battle with leukaemia. Dr Williams, who played 13 Tests for South Africa between 1971 and 1976, won the …
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today named the outstanding cricketers that have been shortlisted for the ICC Player of the Month awards for November. The nominees for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award feature three high-profile wicket-takers from across all formats of the game. Jasprit Bumrah is nominated thanks to a supreme bowling …
South Africa’s domestic franchises will launch their 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup campaigns this weekend in a jam-packed round of action. The Hollywoodbets Sharks, DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls will looking to make an early statement in the Champions Cup against teams from France and England, while the Toyota Cheetahs and Emirates …
Captains of the world’s best 12 men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams gathered on a rooftop in view of the iconic Table Mountain on Wednesday as Cape Town gets ready to host the second round of HSBC SVNS on 7-8 December. Following a spectacular opening round in Dubai last weekend, Australia and Fiji lead the …
Harry Brook made good ground with the bat in the latest ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, falling just 41 rating points behind world’s number one, Joe Root, after his 171 in England’s first Test match against New Zealand in Christchurch. Brook rose two places to second in the batters list with a career-best 854 points …
West Indies bowlers, Jayden Seales and Kevin Sinclair have been found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct in their recently concluded second Test match against Bangladesh. Seales has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee after being found to have breached article 2.20 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players …
A year ago, Siviwe Soyizwapi was amongst the DHL Stadium faithful urging the Springbok Sevens on at the HSBC SVNS Cape Town, feeling the excitement and joy, but also despair when the Blitzboks did not perform to expectations. What’s more, he could experience first hand what those results meant to Blitzbok supporters. So this time …
With the Springboks leading the way on the field, rugby was the big winner off the field at the annual South African Sport Industry Awards, which recognise outstanding campaigns and sponsorships over the past year and was held in Johannesburg on Tuesday evening. The rugby industry cleaned up at the ceremony with a hatful of …
Frank Mitchell, the former CEO of SP Energy Networks, has joined the Scottish Rugby Limited (SRL) Board as a Non-Executive Director. A lifelong supporter of rugby, Frank Mitchell spent over 35 years working in the energy sector and brings a wealth of business, commercial and organisational experience to the SRL Board, which is responsible for …
The Disciplinary process related to Mpilo Gumede Red Card in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 7 game against Connacht on Saturday 30 November has resulted in a three game suspension. After an act of foul play by Vodacom Bulls player No 8 (Mpilo Gumede), referee Mike Adamson showed the Player a Red Card in …
Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote expressed his satisfaction with the first of two SA Rugby Under-19 Academy camps, which ended in Stellenbosch on Sunday, with the second camp kicking off this weekend. Foote and his coaching staff worked with a group of 48 players at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport, with the camp laying the …
The Springbok Sevens team assembled in Cape Town on Tuesday without Ryan Oosthuizen, who picked up a concussion in Dubai last weekend and was ruled out of the HSBC SVNS Cape Town this weekend. Blitzbok head coach Philip Snyman will only name the replacement for Oosthuizen, who has played in 51 world series tournaments, on …
England and New Zealand have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first Test in Christchurch. Both teams have been fined 15 per cent of their match fees and penalised three World Test Championship competition points. David Boon of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanctions after both Ben …