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The match officials appointments of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 1 fixtures have been confirmed and are available alongside TV listings below. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 Zebre Parma v Ulster Stadio Lanfranchi, Parma – KO 13.00 IRE & UK / 14.00 ITA & SA Referee: Adam Jones (WRU, 29th league game) AR 1: Manuel Bottino …
The BKT United Rugby Championship will introduce full meritocracy for EPCR qualification starting from this season (2023/24). In a change from the previous qualification method employed by the BKT URC for the previous two campaigns, all eight top-ranked teams from the league table will qualify for the Investec Champions Cup with the remaining sides taking …
The world’s leading women’s rugby players were officially welcomed to Aotearoa New Zealand today for the inaugural WXV 1 tournament, set to kick off in Wellington this weekend. Players from England, France, Wales, Canada, Australia and host country New Zealand were among the guests welcomed by local iwi Te Atiawa with a traditional pōwhiri at …
The Springbok Women are under no illusions about Italy and their abilities when they face the European side in their second WXV 2 clash at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Friday afternoon. For experienced Springbok Women prop Yonela Ngxingolo, the match – which kicks off at 16h30, with tickets available here – can’t come …
President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated the Springboks on their nail-biting win over France in their 2023 Rugby World Cup match on Sunday night. “President Cyril Ramaphosa offers his warm and proud congratulations – and those of the nation – to the Springboks on their 29-28 Rugby World Cup 2023 quarter-final victory over France on Sunday, …
The semi-final line-up for Rugby World Cup 2023 has been confirmed, with both matches at the Stade de France – on Friday, 20 and Saturday, 21 October. Qualified teams have been assigned their Team Base Camps near Paris. The line-up for the semi-finals of Rugby World Cup 2023 has been confirmed. World No.8 ranked side …
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi declared in the early hours of Monday morning that they knew it would take something special to beat France in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final on Sunday, and both him and Bok head coach Jacques Nienaber lauded the team’s character to pull through the victory to book their place in the …
SAINT-DENIS – Defending champions South Africa booked a Rugby World Cup 2023 semi-final against England after beating hosts France 29-28 at Stade de France on Sunday, October 15. Defending champions South Africa twice came from behind to overcome France in a pulsating encounter and secure a semi-final date with England back at the Stade de …
Reaction from England captain and Mastercard Player of the Match Owen Farrell, head coach Steve Borthwick, second-row Maro Itoje, flankers Courtney Lawes and Tom Curry and wing Elliot Daly following their 30-24 victory over Fiji at Stade de Marseille on Sunday, 15 October. Tom Curry, flanker On the success of the changes made in England’s …
Their aim was to win the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens Olympic Qualifier and secure their spot to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, and that is exactly what the Springbok Women’s Sevens team did in Tunisia on Sunday. And for that effort by his players – they beat Kenya by 12-7 in the final after …
The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 has approved Chamika Karunaratne as a replacement for Dasun Shanaka in the Sri Lankan squad. Karunaratne who has played 23 ODIs, was named as a replacement after Shanaka was ruled out due to a right thigh muscle injury sustained during Sri Lanka’s match …
India against Pakistan is a game like no other, and once more, the eyes of the world will be centred around what is sure to be another thrilling encounter between these two rivals. The challenge for India will be handling the pressure. When we play against Pakistan, we know how big the occasion is, lots …
Springbok Women head coach Louis Koen praised his team’s effort in a close opening match in WXV2 against Scotland in Stellenbosch on Friday afternoon and said the experience gained from the encounter will benefit them hugely. Despite losing by 31-17 at the Danie Craven Stadium, Koen felt the Bok Women gave a good account of …
Dear Editor The DA has written to the Ambassador of the French Republic to South Africa, David Martinon, to urge him to not award Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga with the Knight of the French National Legion of Honour. In order to be distinguished by the Order of the Legion of Honour, an individual must …
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today revealed the ICC Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month award recipients for September 2023 following an action-packed month of cricket. India’s talented young batter Shubman Gill wins the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for September after run-scoring feats in his country’s trophy-winning Asia Cup campaign and the …
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named an experienced team – including 15 players who featured in the 2019 final – for their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against France at the Stade de France in Paris on Sunday evening. A further four players in the match-23 to face the in-form hosts were also part of the 2019 …
A quest that took its first steps in the foothills of the BKT United Rugby Championship has carried Ireland to the brink of equalling a record 18-Test win streak, and to a vantage point with a line of sight to the summit of the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Such has been their recent dominance of …
The wait is over and all the planning and training towards WXV will finally become reality for the Springbok Women when they take on Scotland in the opening round of the exciting new global women’s competition at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch on Friday. For Libbie Janse van Rensburg, vice-captain of South Africa, the …
Senior men’s head coach Warren Gatland has named his Wales XV to play Argentina at Stade de Marseille in the first quarter-final of Rugby World Cup 2023 (Saturday 14 October KO 4pm BST / 5pm local time live on ITV and S4C). Following the 43-19 win against Georgia last weekend to make it four from …
The International Cricket Council (ICC) and UNICEF in partnership with the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Sri Lanka Cricket will bring the game’s one billion fans together to celebrate One Day 4 Children on 2 November with a message of hope and support for every child to survive and thrive. The Wankhede …
Ahead of the start of World Rugby’s new annual global women’s 15s competition, players representing the 12 nations competing in WXV 2 and WXV 3 gathered in Cape Town and Dubai. Women’s rugby is ready to take its “biggest step forward” this weekend as the inaugural WXV 2 and WXV 3 tournaments get underway in …
The Springbok Women’s Sevens squad will depart Cape Town on Wednesday with a clear understanding of what victory at the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens Olympic Qualifier in Tunisa this weekend will mean, and they are determined to return victorious on Monday. Renfred Dazel (head coach) believes his players are well prepared and ready to take …
Scotland Women Head Coach Bryan Easson has announced his side to face South Africa in the squad’s opening WXV 2 match this Friday (13 October) at Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch (kick-off 3.30pm UK time / 4.30pm local time) – live on RugbyPass TV. Easson has made two alterations to the starting line-up from the side’s …
Four players with Rugby World Cup experience will earn their first starts for the Springbok Women on home soil in 2023 in their opening match of the inaugural WXV2 against Scotland in Stellenbosch on Friday. Tayla Kinsey, Aseza Hele, Lindelwa Gwala and Sanelisiwe Charlie all missed out on the Tests against Kenya and Samoa in …