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Following the recently announced return of the Celtic Challenge, the competition has confirmed its new look line-up to feature this season, including two Scottish teams aligned to Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors. The alignment will see the two teams don the iconic colours of Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors and will be based out of …
The biggest family day out in the rugby calendar, Judgement Day, returns for 2024! Hosted at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday 1 June 2024 with the double header event featuring the BKT United Rugby Championship Round 18 matches between Scarlets v Dragons and Cardiff v Ospreys. Tickets go on sale to the general public today …
Chery South Africa celebrated yet another successful sales month in November. The brand recorded total sales of 1 501, which matches its performance in the same month last year, while the overall industry has declined by 9.8% over the same period. With such a strong performance in November, the brand is heading to a record …
It took him six tournaments to get there, but when Masande Mtshali finally scored his first try in a Blitzbok jersey on Saturday night in Dubai, the 20-year-old forward almost missed this very significant milestone in his short sevens career. The Blitzboks are well-known for mobbing a player when he scores his first try, but …
The two South African Sevens teams will both face the USA on the opening day of the HSBC SVNS Cape Town next Saturday, with the pools announced shortly after the Springbok Sevens team claimed a fifth consecutive title in Dubai on Sunday evening. The Blitzboks, who beat Argentina 12-7 in the Dubai final, will run …
Australia women and South Africa men claimed the first titles of HSBC SVNS 2024 with victory in Dubai as World Rugby’s reinvigorated global celebration of rugby sevens began with a bang at The Sevens Stadium. South Africa’s Blitzboks overcame a spirited Argentina 12-7 to lift their fifth straight Emirates Dubai 7s trophy – equaling the …
When a Sevens Team beats three other Sevens teams that only manage to post 7 points each against the Springbok 7‘s: 12-7; 14-7 and 24-7. The Springbok Sevens started their 2024 HSBC SVNS campaign on a high note in Dubai, winning the opening tournament of the new look series, beating Argentina 12-7 in a pulsating …
The Vodacom Bulls, Emirates Lions and the DHL Stormers recorded valuable Vodacom United Rugby Championship home victories in a rewarding weekend for the domestic sides as the competition begins to heat up with most Rugby World Cup stars back in action. Only the Hollywoodbets Sharks were unable to build on their first victory of the …
Elections held last week have revealed the four Members elected by the club and community game in Wales to sit alongside the eight appointed Directors already confirmed. The final pieces of the jigsaw were put in place when National Council Member Claire Donovan was elected to the WRU Board unopposed, while John Manders was confirmed …
Tim Swiel will make his debut at full-back tomorrow night when Edinburgh Rugby face Ulster Rugby in the BKT URC clash at Kingspan Stadium (Saturday 2 December, kick-off 5.15pm) – live on Viaplay. Swiel – who joined this summer but has had to wait for opportunity through injury – takes the place of the departing …
World Cup winning Springboks Damian Willemse, Manie Libbok and Deon Fourie have all been named in the DHL Stormers’ starting line-up for the Vodacom United Rugby Championship encounter with Zebre Parma in Stellenbosch on Saturday. The encounter with the Italian side kicks off at 19h15 on Saturday at the Danie Craven Stadium. Tickets are available …
There were many memorable stories told about the Springbok Sevens and their exploits at the Emirates Dubai Sevens over the years, and according to assistant coach Philip Snyman, that is something the team can be very proud of, but it is now time for a new book and the first chapter of that starts at …
It doesn’t happen too often that a rugby coach is satisfied with the amount of preparation done before a major tournament, but that’s not the case for Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Renfred Dazel on matchday minus one of the Emirates Dubai Sevens 2023, the first of eight tournaments in the new HSBC SVNS. The second …
The domestic Vodacom United Rugby Championship franchises will be determined to make the most of their home ground advantage once again this weekend and make up some ground on the log when they take the field in round seven of the thrilling inter-hemisphere showpiece. All four South African teams will be in action on home …
The Disciplinary process related to Eli Snyman’s (Benetton Rugby) Red Card in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 6 game against Edinburgh Rugby on Friday, November 24 has resulted in a three game suspension. After an act of foul play by Benetton player No 5 (Eli Snyman), referee Aimee Barrett-Theron showed the Player a Red …
The one consistent among South Africa’s trio of BKT United Rugby Championship coaches in Jake White, John Plumtree and John Dobson, was the size of their smile in welcoming back their World Cup title-winning Springboks. Munster’s Graham Rowntree also grinned in welcoming Bok World Cup winner Jean Kleyn back into the team. The Emirates Lions …
Uganda have beaten Rwanda by nine wickets, ensuring a top-two finish in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa qualifier and have officially locked in their place in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and West Indies. This will be their first appearance in a senior ICC World Cup. They join …
Mason Grady says he has his mojo back and he will be out to prove it as he goes in search of revenge in this weekend’s Vodacom URC Welsh derby. By his own admission, the 21-year-old Cardiff Rugby threequarter didn’t have the World Cup he had been hoping for. He only started the one game …
There are few people better qualified to comment on the strides the Vodacom URC has made than John Muldoon. After all, no-one has made more appearances in the competition than the Connacht legend who is now back at the Irish province as a coach. In all, he played a record 254 games in the multi-nation …
Few would argue the impact Rights Mkhari has had on teams she has been involved with – whether it was in fifteens for the Springbok Women or the Bulls Daisies, or in the abbreviated game with the Springbok Women’s Sevens, the soft-spoken Limpopo-raised player has gained the respect of all. In the longer version, Mkhari …
An exciting new era for rugby sevens is set to start as Dubai marks the beginning of the new HSBC SVNS 2024 The action begins at 09:00 local time (GMT+4) on Saturday, with the women’s and men’s finals at 19:13 and 19:53 on Sunday respectively An exciting new era for rugby sevens will begin in …
Scottish Rugby has today confirmed Corstorphine Cougars Rugby Club as the recipients of £250,000 in funding from the second phase of funding from the Major Capital Investment stream. The Major Capital Investment award is part of the ‘Growth & Participation Fund’ and was established from the £5M Scottish Government funding during the Covid-19 pandemic. This …
The Springbok Women’s Sevens are under no illusions about the realities of playing in the HSBC SVNS – they are literally taking on the world for survival, according to one of the team’s forwards, Asisipho Plaatjies. Plaatjies will run out at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai for the first time, although she has donned the …
The crunch SA Shield derby at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday will showcase an electrifying showdown between Hollywoodbets Sharks Aphelele Fassi and Vodacom Bulls playmaker Willie le Roux. Fassi has made a flying start to the 2023-24 Vodacom United Rugby Championship and scored a try-double in last week’s emphatic victory over the visiting Welsh Dragons, while …