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The Welsh Rugby Union has announced a major new multi-year partnership, in a landmark deal which sees Vodafone become Principal Partner of the men’s senior squad and pathway teams. Starting on 1st July, Vodafone will now be Principal Partner of men’s, women’s and pathway (U20s and U18s) rugby in Wales, uniting all teams within one …
SA Rugby, in consultation with the local organising committee, have decided to move the 2023 Craven Week for Under-18 boys to Outeniqua Park in George. The tournament, the second in the 2023 Youth Weeks programme, kicks off on 3 July and will run until 8 July. It was initially scheduled to take place at Hoërskool …
The match officials for the two Currie Cup Finals for the 2023 season, in Bloemfontein and Wellington on Saturday, have been confirmed, with Cwengile Jadezweni taking charge of his second successive Premier Division final, while Paul Mente will handle the whistle in the First Division decider. The Premier Division Final, between the Toyota Cheetahs and …
The Bulls Daisies made it six in a row in the Women’s Premier Division with a ruthless display of skill at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday by beating their Gauteng opponents, the Mastercard Golden Lions Women, by 72-7, while DHL Western Province scored an important win on the road against the EP Queens in …
UNICEF Regional Ambassador for Eastern and Southern Africa, Tendai “The Beast” Mtawarira has just returned from Zambia, where he highlighted education and protection issues experienced by children and adolescents. He interacted with children who attended classes under trees, due to chronic school overcrowding. The Rugby legend and World Cup winner visited schools in Chipata and …
A group of 28 Under-18 players will assemble at Grey College in Bloemfontein this weekend for a three-day Commonwealth Youth Games training camp under the watchful eye of Marius Schoeman, SA Rugby’s High-Performance Manager for Sevens. The Youth Games will take place in Trinidad and Tobago in August. The training camp was due to be …
A spate of injuries among Springbok flyhalves has led to the call-up to the Castle Lager Rugby Championship training squad for 46-Test veteran Elton Jantjies. The 32-year-old – who played his last Test against Australia in August last year – has been added as injury cover for Handre Pollard and Damian Willemse, who are both …
The Springboks celebrated Youth Day a day early on Thursday with the players unloading food, ‘braaiing’ boerewors and interacting with 200 disabled young people at the Kungwini Welfare Organisation, in conjunction with FoodForward SA, and team partners the Freddy Hirsch Group and Dettol. Eleven Springbok players – Eben Etzebeth, Frans Malherbe, Handre Pollard, Manie Libbok, …
The Welsh Rugby Union has made the first appointments to its new Board, with two Independent Non-Executive Directors (INEDs) – Richard Collier-Keywood and Alison Thorne. Richard Collier-Keywood, who is a former UK managing partner and Global vice-chair of PwC, has been a senior adviser to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and will …
SA Rugby announced on Thursday that braai spice masters, Freddy Hirsch, had joined their family of sponsors as the official braai partner of the Springboks and the national governing body, thanks to its great taste and memorable flavours. “Rugby and braai go together like tackles and tries, and we’re delighted to welcome Freddy Hirsch into …
Rugby Africa, the governing body of rugby in Africa, extends its warm congratulations to Florian Grill on his appointment as the new president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR). The announcement was made by the FFR on Wednesday, marking a significant moment for French rugby. Herbert Mensah, the President of Rugby Africa, expressed his sincere …
The 2023 Grant Khomo Week for Under-16 boys will move to the premises of Hoër Landbouskool Boland in the Western Cape winelands, SA Rugby confirmed on Tuesday. The tournament, which will open the Youth Weeks programme this year from 26 to 29 June, was initially scheduled to take place at Paul Roos Gymnasium’s Markötter Fields …
The two Currie Cup semi-finals and the final of the Mzansi Challenge will all take place on Saturday afternoon in Bloemfontein, Durban and Kempton Park, with all three matches broadcast live on SuperSport. Kicking off a super Saturday of local action will be the Mzansi Challenge final at the Barnard Stadium, where the Valke will …
The Bulls Daisies scored an emphatic victory over DHL Western Province in Cape Town on Saturday to maintain their unbeaten status in the Women’s Premier Division after six rounds, while the Boland Dames finally broke their duck with a pulsating win over EP Queens in Wellington. In Johannesburg, the Border Ladies scored a second win …
The Toyota Cheetahs produced one of their best performances of the season to clinch top spot in the Currie Cup Premier Division standings, while the Airlink Pumas and Vodacom Bulls secured semi-final places on a dramatic final weekend of the league phase, and the Valke and SWD Eagles set to contest the final of the …
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named a Castle Lager Rugby Championship training squad of 40 players – which features a handful of overseas based players – for their next assignment, a three-week training camp in Pretoria from Sunday until Thursday, 29 June. The additional players that will assemble in the capital are Cheslin Kolbe (wing), Andre …
A consultation process has begun with a potential equity partner to invest in WP Professional Rugby (Pty) Ltd, the commercial arm of the Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU), which remains under administrative control of the South African Rugby Union (SARU). A formal offer from a preferred bidder has been received by the board of …
All eyes will be on Cape Town on Saturday when DHL Western Province host the Bulls Daisies in the sixth round of the SA Rugby Women’s Premier Division with a big contingent of current Springbok Women’s players in action at City Park in Athlone, while the First Division kicks off with matches in Potchefstroom, Welkom, …
Scottish Rugby has appointed two further Custodian Directors to join its SRU Board within the recently formed governance structure. A wide reaching recruitment campaign invited candidates to apply whom had both relevant career/life experience combined with a strong interest, connection, and passion for rugby in Scotland. From the impressive and diverse pool of high calibre …
There are six changes to the DHL Western Province starting line-up for the coastal Currie Cup clash against the Cell C Sharks at DHL Stadium on Saturday. Head Coach John Dobson has made three changes to the backline and three in the forward pack for the final match of the regular season, which kicks off …
Principality Stadium is set to smash a milestone figure of more than 250,000 fans through it’s gates this summer from music concerts alone. Last night, Coldplay completed two nights of sold out shows in Cardiff as part of their Music of the Spheres World Tour. The shows which have garnered spectacular reviews due to their …
Glasgow Warriors have secured the services of one of Scotland’s most promising young back-row talents ahead of the 2023/24 season, after Gregor Brown agreed to extend his stay with the Scotstoun outfit. The 21-year-old – comfortable in each of the three back-row positions – puts pen to paper on a new deal at the conclusion …
Five teams will compete for the last two playoff spots in the final round of the Currie Cup Premier Division, while the Mzansi Challenge semi-finals will be staged in Kempton Park and George on Saturday. The Cell C Sharks and Toyota Cheetahs have already secured home advantage for the Currie Cup Premier Division semi-finals. The …
Western Province Rugby has moved to clarify that no formal offer has been made to Cheslin Kolbe or his representatives to join the DHL Stormers. Recent media reports have suggested that Kolbe was made an offer to return to Cape Town, but a WP Rugby spokesperson explained that these engagements did not progress beyond initial …