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Bavuma speaks ahead of the South African Proteas Cricket Teams 1st Test against the West Indies. This first Test between West Indies and South Africa took place from 07 to 11 August 2024 at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain in Trinidad Proteas Team: Tony de Zorzi Aiden Markram Tristan Stubbs Temba Bavuma (Captain) …
Edinburgh Rugby today confirmed an expanded pro-academy intake ahead of the 2024/25 season. The club’s academy of promising players has increased from the previous system of 15 ‘Stage Three Academy players’ to a larger group – which currently sits at 23 but may expand further – and includes several players who will train with both …
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Elrigh Louw will make their first Test starts for South Africa against the Wallabies in Brisbane on Saturday as the Springboks largely reverted to the squad that shared a two-Test series with Ireland last month for the kick-off of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship at the Suncorp Stadium. The match-23 feature only …
Qualification for the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 rumbles on this week with the attention turning to Samoa as East Asia-Pacific hopefuls look to secure safe passage through to the next phase on the road to Zimbabwe and Namibia. With Division 2 Qualifiers having concluded already in Asia, and more recently in Europe, …
There was plenty of excitement and drama in the fifth round of the Carling Currie Cup Premier Division, with two games ending in draws, while the Fidelity ADT Lions and DHL Western Province returned to winning ways as the race for semi-final spots start to take shape. Both the weekend’s first two matches ended in …
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today named the shortlists for the ICC Player of the Month awards for July, celebrating the standout performers from an action-packed month of international cricket. The ICC Men’s Player of the Month shortlist features three outstanding bowlers who grabbed the headlines across all three formats of international cricket last month. …
The Bulls Daisies and DHL Western Province will contest the 2024 SA Rugby Women’s Premier Division final on Saturday in Pretoria after winning their respective semifinals against Border Ladies and Sanlam Boland Dames. The final is a rematch of the 2023 edition, which the Daisies won comfortably. On Saturday, the Pretoria hosts had too many …
With reference to the Siya Kolisi Racing contract buy-out speculation SARU has stated that SA Rugby is not involved in the “buy-out” of the club contract of Siya Kolisi and that such speculation is without any basis in fact. SA Rugby also wishes to make clear that it is not in any way involved in …
The road to Sri Lanka 2026 continues with the ICC Men’s U19 World Cup Africa Division 2 Qualifier taking place in Tanzania from 2 to 8 August. Dar Gymkhana and the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) will be the venues where Tanzania will host Botswana, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sierra Leone in …
The Carling Currie Cup Premier Division reaches its halfway stage this weekend with four more intriguing matches scheduled in the fifth round, with the defending champions, the Toyota Cheetahs, hosting log leaders the Vodacom Bulls in a top-two clash in Bloemfontein on Friday (17h00). On Saturday, the Hollywoodbets Sharks XV will attempt to build on …
The Springboks touched down in Australia on Thursday in high spirits following an overnight flight from Johannesburg and will have the rest of the day off to recover from the long journey before resuming their on-field preparations on Friday. Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus’ 33-man squad laid a good foundation for the two-Test tour in Johannesburg …
The Dragon Flite Class Association has awarded their 2026 DF95 Global Championships to Cape Town which will be hosted by the Cape Radio Yacht Club. The DF95 class has about 22 000 boat owners worldwide of this strict one-design radio-controlled yacht. This yacht was launched in April 2016 and is now arguably the fastest-growing yacht, …
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said his 33-member squad were beaming with excitement for what he anticipates will be a challenging tour to Australia as they prepare to depart Down Under for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship late on Wednesday afternoon. The Boks will launch the 2024 edition of the southern hemisphere series against the Wallabies …
To be part of an event where 65 000 people vocally rooted for women’s sevens rugby was a feeling that she cannot describe, but close to that was the way the South African team fought for one another and their first victory at their first Olympic Games. That was the view of Nadine Roos, the …
New Zealand won a thrilling arm-wrestle of a gold medal match 19-12 against brave and determined Canada to send rugby legends Portia Woodman-Wickliffe and Tyla King into retirement with Paris 2024 gold medals around their necks. Earlier, Canada and USA had both sprung Olympic upsets on a dramatic afternoon at Stade de France, as they …
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) is pleased to announce the successful candidates for the fourth iteration of the ACT Thuthukisani Programme Atologa 2024. This fourth iteration of the programme, with training provided by the The ICRD Group Foundation and Startup Business Campus, sees 50 participants selected from all 9 provinces of South Africa. Leading …
New Zealand, USA, Canada and Australia are left chasing Olympic gold after a sensational day of women’s rugby sevens witnessed by more than 120,000 fans at Stade de France. The best women’s rugby sevens players in the world dazzled more than 120,000 fans inside Stade de France across two competition sessions with their outstanding talent …
[Listen to SARU President, Mr Mark Alexander] SA Rugby president, Mr Mark Alexander, praised the resilience showed by the South African men’s sevens squad at the Olympic Games in Paris, where they won the bronze medal over the weekend, and said it was a guiding light to all back in South Africa. Mr Alexander hosted …
A new record women’s rugby attendance was set as 66,000 fans packed Stade de France for the first day of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 women’s rugby sevens competition. It was the women’s turn to shine on Sunday as the Olympics Games Paris 2024 women’s rugby sevens competition got off to a flying start at …
The Bulls Daisies will host the Border Ladies in the semi-finals of the Women’s Premier Division next weekend, while DHL Western Province will welcome Sanlam Boland Dames to Cape Town in the other top four clash, following the completion of the 14 rounds of league matches on the weekend. Scores were tied 12-12 at the …
France beat Fiji 28-7 to win Olympic Games Paris 2024 men’s rugby sevens gold, while South Africa overcome Australia to secure bronze in front of 69,000 fervent fans at Stade de France At the end of three scintillating days of Olympic men’s rugby sevens action, played out in front of captivated, capacity crowds of 69,000 …
James Winstanley of Eastern Province has been named as coach of the South African Under-18 team for the forthcoming U18 International Series, while the SA U18 ‘A’ side will be coached by Heinrich Martin of Western Province. Both squads will be captained by players from the Lions, with Siphosethu Mnebelele (SA U18) and Risima Khosa …
Audio from the Blitzboks Rugby Sevens Olympic Campaign: Philip Snyman BEFORE the match Philip Snyman POST match Selvyn Davids Rosko Specman A second podium finish in three Olympic Games have confirmed the Springbok Sevens team’s credentials as one of Team South Africa’s most valuable assets, when the Blitzboks showed tremendous courage and skill to claim …
[Listen to the soundbite by James Lorimer MP] Dear Editor Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe needs to urgently either confirm or deny the truth of the investigative story on a collapsed offshore gas deal. If there is any truth in the story, then heads need to roll at Petro SA. amaBhungane investigative journalists …