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Leinster hooker Dan Sheehan has been named Vodacom URC Players’ Player of the Season for 2022/23. The award is voted for by the league’s captains and vice-captains and the 24-year-old came out on top in a poll which was conducted at the end of the regular campaign. It is the second time Sheehan has been …
The DHL Stormers take on Irish side Munster in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final at DHL Stadium on Saturday. Here is all you need to know ahead of the showpiece match. – There is a large crowd expected, with tickets sold out, so please plan accordingly for congestion. There will be no tickets …
Munster, a team steeped in historic triumphs, has resurfaced with an unrivalled tenacity, surpassing their Dublin rivals Leinster and assuming a place of prominence in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final. Within Munster’s hallowed halls lie the echoes of glorious conquests, epitomised by their unforgettable 1978 dismantling of the mighty All Blacks and their …
Springbok Women interim head coach Louis Koen tweaked his match-23 for their second Rugby Africa Women’s Cup match against Kenya in Madagascar on Wednesday, after opening their campaign with an 87-0 win over Cameroon. Koen recalled two of his most experienced front rankers, Lindelwa Gwala (hooker) and Sanelisiwe Charlie (loosehead prop) into the starting team, with Roseline Botes …
John Dobson takes great pride in the fact that it has taken close to 60 players to get the DHL Stormers to a second successive Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final. He is even more delighted that the defending champions will get to play at their Cape Town home, the DHL Stadium, in front of …
The International Cricket Council (ICC), on behalf of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), has charged West Indies player Devon Thomas with seven counts under their anti-corruption codes and he has been provisionally suspended with immediate effect. The ICC, in its capacity as the Designated Anti-Corruption …
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship will set a new record for season-long attendance with over 1.6million fans attending games by the time the final whistle is blown at this weekend’s Grand Final. A sold-out crowd of 55,000 will watch defending champions DHL Stormers take on Munster this Saturday in Cape Town where a new record …
The Leinster Rugby replacement prop, Michael Ala’alatoa (No 18), was issued with a red card during the Heineken Champions Cup final at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday 20 May 2023. Ala’alatoa was sent off by the referee, Jaco Peyper (South Africa), in the 78th minute of the match for charging into a ruck in a …
Franco Smith has been named the BKT Coach of the Season for 2022/23. The 50-year-old Glasgow Warriors boss has had a stunning debut campaign in charge, leading the team to the Scottish x Italian Shield and a top-four finish as well as guiding them into their first European final. Smith, who joined Glasgow Warriors last …
The schedule for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier has been released, following the confirmation of the 10 teams that will feature at the event hosted in Zimbabwe from 18 June – 9 July 2023. Each match will be high stakes, with teams contesting for two places at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup …
A big derby is on the cards when Paul Roos (Stellenbosch) and Paarl Boys’ High (Paarl) meet this Saturday, 27 May in Paarl in round 6 of the 2023 Premier Interschool matches. These two pillars of schoolboy rugby in the Western Cape have been neighbours, friends and rivals for 150 years. They met intermittently on …
The quest to improve in every match will still dominate the mindset of the Springbok Women when they take on Kenya in their second match of the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup at Maki Stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar on Wednesday. For Laurian Johannes-Haupt, assistant coach to the South African side, the 87-0 win over Cameroon in …
Andrea Piardi will become the first Italian match official to referee a Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final after his appointment to this weekend’s decider between DHL Stormers and Munster in Cape Town. The 30-year-old, who will be part of the match officials team for the upcoming Rugby World Cup in France, made his league …
The Mastercard Golden Lions Women fought back against Boland Dames to secure a narrow win – their first since joining the Women’s Premier Division – while the Bulls Daisies and Border Ladies claimed bonus-point victories in the third round of the competition staged over the weekend. While the Springbok Women made an impressive start to …
r Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, congratulated Springbok Sevens playmaker Ricardo Duarttee, who was named as the Rookie of the Year at the annual HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series awards in London on Sunday evening. The winners in the men’s categories were announced at Twickenham as the 2023 World Series came to a close …
The Springbok Sevens team shrugged off the disappointment of not making the quarter-finals at the HSBC London Sevens with two big wins on Sunday to claim ninth spot at Twickenham as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series drew to a close. As a result of their failure to win any pool games on Saturday, the …
The Cell C Sharks and DHL Western Province claimed big scalps over the weekend to strengthen their respective positions in the Currie Cup Premier Division standings, while Windhoek Draught Griquas and the Vodacom Bulls secured important wins to keep their own playoff hopes alive. The Cell C Sharks clinched their fifth consecutive win when they …
The 2023 EPCR Player of the Year, Grégory Alldritt, received the Anthony Foley Memorial Trophy from Olive Foley and her sons, Dan and Tony, following the Heineken Champions Cup final at the Aviva Stadium. The Stade Rochelais No 8 and captain, Grégory Alldritt, capped off an outstanding EPCR season by being voted as the 2023 …
Springbok Women interim head coach Louis Koen expressed his satisfaction with his team’s 87-0 victory over Cameroon in the opening match of the 2023 Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Antananarivo on Saturday. Koen said the performance, which delivered a number of hard-edged forward drives and well as some sublime backline efforts that led to South …
The Springbok Sevens team will complete their 2023 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series journey with a positive mindset and an urgency to deliver a performance that the team and all their supporters can be proud of. That is the view of Blitzbok captain Siviwe Soyizwapi as the squad finished their preparations for the HSBC London …
The Springbok Women are keen to establish early momentum in Madagascar on Saturday when they start the defence of their Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Antananarivo says captain Chumisa Qawe, because the format of the four-team competition does not allow for slow starts. The Springbok Women meet Cameroon in the first of their three matches …
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber said he was satisfied that the small group of players present at the first of two preparation camps in Durban this month had reached their objectives as they launch into the 2023 international season. The main aims of the camp, which wrapped up on Friday, were to get the players to …
SA Rugby confirmed on today that four Youth Week tournaments – the Under-18 Craven Week, presented by Stadio, Under-16 Grant Khomo Week and the Girls Weeks for U18s and U16s – will take place in George, Stellenbosch and Johannesburg during the midyear school holidays, from 26 June to 14 July. The Youth Weeks programme will …
Volkswagen, in partnership with the Department of Basic Education, successfully concluded the VW Train 4 Life 2023 initiative in Thembisa, Gauteng. The VW Train 4 Life initiative is an education and sports programme which features an U15 girls’ soccer tournament and a comprehensive life skills programme designed to empower and upskill Grade 8 female learners. …