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The Springbok Women are keen to start their first appearance front of a home crowd in South Africa on the best possible note and as such, had no problems to focus on what needs to be done in the match week leading up to their Barbarians clash on Saturday. They will have to prepare without …
The South African Rugby Union has written to the New Zealand Rugby Football Union to formally apologise for a sequence of events that led to the conclusion of the Haka being obscured during Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test between the Springboks and the All Blacks at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg. The closing moments …
The Fidelity ADT Lions ended the Vodacom Bulls’ unbeaten run in the Carling Currie Cup Premier Division to move top of the log, but defeats for the Toyota Cheetahs and Airlink Pumas mean the 2023 and 2022 champions will be involved in a “quarter-final” this weekend to see who will join the Gauteng teams and …
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi praised the composure of his teammates for a remarkable come-from-behind Castle Lager Rugby Championship victory over New Zealand at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday. The Boks trailed by 10 points with as many minutes remaining before tries from replacements Kwagga Smith (loose forward) and Grant Williams (scrumhalf) turned the game on …
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi is thrilled to face their arch-rivals, New Zealand, in Johannesburg in their first home game of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship on Saturday, and said the fans are a huge driving force for the team. The Springboks will go in search of their third victory in as many games and attempt …
Dekra IOL has expanded its Community Development Facilitator skills programme, which is focused on empowering community leaders and transforming lives, to feature an insightful substance abuse counselling component. The result is that the programme very effectively integrates substance abuse education and counselling into the broader context of community development. Community upliftment One of the primary …
Ahead of the 2024/25 Arnold Clark Men’s Premiership starting this weekend the senior academy and professional player draft has been confirmed. Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors have had their senior academy and professional players assigned to Premiership clubs and can release them for additional game time. Players will become available to the Premiership clubs depending …
The Springbok Women concluded their training camp in Gqeberha on Friday and according to assistant coach Laurian Johannes-Haupt, they made big gains in the build-up to the forthcoming WXV 2 tournament in Cape Town next month. Johannes-Haupt reflected on the hard work where 46 players prepared for two weeks to get ready for the Springbok …
Dear Editor The City of Tshwane’s residents have been sold out to the EFF and other parties by a now former member of the Tshwane multi-party coalition government, ActionSA. While the City of Tshwane’s performance has been consistently improving, this attack on the bedrock of a well performing government threatens to halt all the progress …
SA Rugby has issued an urgent “buyer warning” to online shoppers who are in danger of being ripped off by crooks passing themselves off as the “official” Springbok store on social media channels. Dozens of fraudsters have sprung up on Instagram, Facebook and other platforms using genuine Springbok imagery and “credible” shop names to cash …
This weekend’s penultimate of round of Carling Currie Cup Premier Division action sees a top-of-the log tussle between the Vodacom Bulls and Fidelity ADT Lions on Friday afternoon, while a couple of teams will realise it’s make or break as the semi-finals loom. The Jukskei Derby – the second clash of the ninth round – …
Malawi snatched victory by two wickets in their thriller against Kenya to be crowned winners of the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Division 2 Qualifier at Gahanga Cricket Stadium in Rwanda. Malawi’s ability to rotate the strike in the final overs determined the result in the nail-biting final. Kenya captain Melvin Khagoitsa scored …
Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth has been cleared to face New Zealand at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday after completing all the training sessions this week and has been drafted onto the replacements bench for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship encounter, while Rassie Erasmus has released four players to their Carling Currie Cup teams to get …
Which, co-incidentally is the reason why Bird Poop turns White. Put it another way, we have all seen birds poop, but no-one has seen a bird pee. Birds do pee but not the way mammals do. When mammals urinate, we expel nitrogen-rich waste like urea. Birds don’t do that, though, so the nitrogenic waste has …
England batter Harry Brook has moved up to fourth position while Mushfiqur Rahim and Mohammad Rizwan have reached career-best positions in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings after their fine performances over the past week. Brook’s scores of 56 and 32 in the first match of their ICC World Test Championship series against Sri Lanka …
Jay Shah has been elected unopposed as the next Independent Chair of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Shah, who has served as the BCCI Honorary Secretary since October 2019 and Chair of the Asian Cricket Council since January 2021, will assume this prestigious role on December 1, 2024. Shah was the sole nominee for the …
Supporters who will be attending the Springboks’ last three Tests in South Africa this year – against New Zealand and Argentina in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship – will be able to help empower the next generation of players by donating previously loved boots, balls, kit and equipment at the SA Rugby Kit Drop in …
Jasper Wiese makes his first appearances of the season in a team featuring a new locking combination as Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus rang the changes for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against New Zealand at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Saturday. Erasmus made nine changes to the team that defeated the Wallabies in …
There is little doubt that rugby changed the life and fortunes of Nadine Roos, but the journey is far from over for the 28-year old utility back. Roos, who has played in 13 HSBC SVNS tournaments, where she has scored 244 points for the Springbok Women’s Sevens team, as well as two Rugby World Cup …
Standards development has significant benefits according to Amanuel Gebremeskel, CEO of The Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC), which is the custodian of steel industry development and knowledge across Africa. “The ultimate reason that the SAISC exists is to develop and write standards, bringing the South African steel industry to the forefront of development …
Dear Editor It is scandalous that the Gauteng Health Department dragged out the disciplinary enquiry of Chief Financial Officer Lerato Madyo for two years, and then accepted her resignation before it was concluded. Madyo was facing 13 misconduct charges concerning suspicious contracts that murdered whistle-blower Babita Deokoran tried to stop at the Tembisa Hospital. She …
The Vodacom Bulls overcame a trickly hurdle in Pretoria to stay unbeaten at the top of the Carling Currie Cup Premier Division, all but booking their spot in the playoffs, while the Fidelity ADT Lions mauled the Toyota Cheetahs in Bloemfontein, the Hollywoodbets Sharks XV showed their sharp teeth in Cape Town, and the Airlink …
Swys de Bruin is determined to not only prepare the Springbok Women for a best ever performance at next year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup in England, but to also deliver eye catching performances at next month’s WXV 2 in Cape Town. SA Rugby confirmed De Bruin’s appointment as Performance Coach for the Springbok Women on …
SA Rugby has confirmed key changes to the coaching line-up of its national teams in a bid to emulate the success enjoyed by the Springboks. Experienced former Springbok coaching consultant Swys de Bruin and former Springbok Sevens captain Kevin Foote have been appointed to coach the Springbok Women and Junior Springboks respectively, while Bafana Nhleko …