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The DHL Stormers have already locked in home ground advantage for the quarter-finals, but the Vodacom Bulls and Fidelity Securedrive Lions will go flat out in their final Vodacom United Rugby Championship pool matches this weekend to ensure they are also playing their top-eight encounters at home. On Friday night, the second-placed DHL Stormers – …
As a father to two young children, Ryan Elias has a fresh perspective on life, as well as a renewed love for the game of rugby. The Scarlets and Wales hooker admits he went through some tough times in recent years amid a catalogue of injury issues with his Achilles, neck, hamstring and bicep. Those …
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus on Wednesday named a “purpose and goal-driven” 40-man squad for the team’s second in-person alignment camp in Cape Town next week, featuring two players invited to their first camp in Sibabalwe Mahashe and Zekhethelo Siyaya. Embrose Papier, Francke Horn, Andre-Hugo Venter, and Henco van Wyk, who have all attended alignment camps …
Life in Wales has already far exceeded Johan Mulder’s expectations, but the best may yet be to come. The South African joined Cardiff Rugby amid little fanfare in the summer of 2024 and appeared to be coming on board as very much the third choice scrum-half. But he has gone on to make 33 appearances …
It’s been some season for Zac Ward and he’s not finished yet. The former Ireland Sevens star has made a huge impact with Ulster Rugby in his first full campaign for the province. As well as scoring 13 tries in all competitions, the winger has also beaten more defenders (55), made more clean breaks (27) …
Johnny Matthews says he will always support Glasgow Warriors as he looks to sign off with the club by winning another Vodacom United Rugby Championship title. The hooker will bring down the curtain on a seven-year stay with the Scottish side at the end of this season when he moves on to join French outfit …
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship Play-Off race is going down to the final weekend of the regular season with five teams fighting it out for four spots. Leinster Rugby and the Vodacom Bulls have now joined Glasgow Warriors and the DHL Stormers in booking their places in the knock-out stage. That leaves the Fidelity SecureDrive …
The final round of the SA Cup produced another thrilling bout of action as the Toyota Cheetahs and Sanlam Boland Kavaliers booked their places alongside Suzuki Griquas and Airlink Pumas in next week’s two semi-finals. In doing so, the foursome also qualified for the prestigious 2026 Carling Currie Cup Premier Division. The weekend’s round nine …
The DHL Stormers, Vodacom Bulls, and Fidelity SecureDrive Lions all remained in the running for hosting Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-finals in a riveting penultimate pool round, which delivered a dramatic draw, two bonus-point victories and only one defeat for the South African teams. The DHL Stormers set the tone for the round as they …
Liza Burgess has named her Wales Women’s side to take on Ireland in the third and final round of the Six Nations Women’s U21 Series at Ystrad Mynach, on Sunday 10 May. (KO 2pm). Wales’ head coach had made five changes to the side which defeated Italy in the second round of the campaign at …
Dan Lydiate has been appointed to the Wales men’s coaching set up on a full-time basis as a specialist coach with responsibility for defensive contact skills, including technical development and delivery for tackle, assistant tackle and post-contact elements. As well as being involved with Steve Tandy’s coaching team during national squad camps where he will …
The Ospreys are aiming to bid a fond farewell to the Brewery Field this weekend by beating arch rivals the Scarlets to win the URC Welsh Shield. Saturday’s big derby clash will be their last home game at the Bridgend venue ahead of next season’s move to St Helen’s in Swansea. It has proved a …
The DHL Stormers, Fidelity Securedrive Lions and Vodacom Bulls will go in search of crucial victories in what promises to be a thrilling penultimate pool round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship this weekend, with all three South African teams still in the running to host quarter-finals when the playoffs start. The Hollywoodbets Sharks, who …
Head coach Sean Lynn has named the Wales side to face Ireland in Round 4 of the Guinness Women’s Six Nations at Affidea Stadium, Belfast on Saturday, May 9th (KO: 6.30pm). Flanker Bethan Lewis will captain a Wales side that sees three changes and three positional changes to the side that played England. Lynn’s side …
The final league round of SA Cup will be staged this coming weekend, with four teams still in the running for the final two semi-final spots after Suzuki Griquas secured top spot on the log, while the Airlink Pumas can’t drop out of the top four anymore. The top four teams on the final log …
After enduring a frustrating few months, Andrew Porter admits it’s “incredibly special” to be back as Leinster Rugby push for silverware on two fronts. The 79-times capped Ireland prop missed the whole of the Six Nations campaign after picking up a calf injury in training. Then, just two games into his comeback, he hurt his …
Stuart Lancaster has hailed this weekend’s all-Irish showdown between URC play-off rivals Connacht Rugby and Munster Rugby in Galway as a huge game for both teams. Lancaster’s Connacht will welcome Munster to a sold out Dexcom Stadium on Saturday evening knowing just how crucial it is to get a win if they are to finish …
Welsh international Taine Basham says moving to Cardiff Rugby has been just the refresh his career needed. After some eight years with Dragons RFC, the back row forward decided to make the short journey from Rodney Parade to the Arms Park last summer. He has gone on to make 15 appearances for Cardiff this season, …
Dragons RFC are determined to use their heartbreaking European exit as fuel for the final weeks of the season and beyond. The Welsh outfit pushed French Top 14 high flyers Montpellier all the way in the EPCR Challenge Cup semi-final at the Septeo Stadium before ultimately going down to a 18-12 defeat. It was another …
SA Cup log leaders Suzuki Griquas, the defending champion Airlink Pumas, the Toyota Cheetahs, Valke and Eastern Province were on the winning side in the penultimate league round this weekend, with six teams still in with a shout of making the playoffs. Griquas delivered another statement win on Saturday when they defeated the Dotsure SWD …
Western Province showed they have no peers in the U20 women’s game when they outplayed Eastern Province 36-7 in the final of the 2026 U20 Women’s Week in Alberton on Friday, claiming the national title for a fourth consecutive time. Earlier in the day, KZN beat the Blue Bulls 12-0; the Limpopo Blue Bulls edged …
Liza Burgess has named her Wales Women’s side to take on Italy in the Six Nations Women’s U21 Series at Rugby Lyons Piacenza, on Saturday (KO 1.30pm). Following a heavy defeat to the impressive French in the opening round two weeks ago, Burgess has made four changes to the starting line-up, one in the backline …
The 44-times-capped Welsh international has been appointed to the Welsh Rugby Union’s executive team as its new Director of Women’s Rugby, a role she says ‘feels more like a calling than a job’ Griffiths, who began her post-rugby career as a rugby development officer at the WRU in the early 2000s, returns, fired up and …
With only two rounds remaining before the 2026 SA Cup semi-finals, the stakes could hardly be higher for the teams chasing playoff spots, with the top four teams at the end of the league phase also qualifying for the Carling Currie Cup Premier Division. At the summit of the log, Suzuki Griquas have opened a …