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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 …
With the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup starting in Madagascar this weekend, 28 of the country’s best women’s players will not be in action in the third round of the SA Rugby Women’s Premier Division on Saturday, but the competitiveness of the tournament means that upsets can happen at any given time. DHL Western Province and …
The fans are well and truly back in stadiums at Heineken Champions Cup venues and for the first time since 2013/14 over one million spectators will have attended Heineken Champions Cup matches over the course of this season. Saturday’s 28th Heineken Champions Cup final at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium will be played in front of a …
The SA Rugby Academy squad’s tour of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal ended on Thursday as the bulk of the players returned to their respective homes for a short break before they shift gear as the World Rugby Under-20 Championship moves into view. The trip to Johannesburg and Durban included games against the Fidelity ADT Lions and …
SA Rugby on Thursday announced the appointment of experienced sport and government executive, Mr Max Fuzani, as the new administrator of the Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU). He succeeds Rian Oberholzer, who was appointed interim CEO of SA Rugby in March, having held the position of administrator at WPRFU since October 2021. Mr Fuzani, …
The Tag Rugby® Association are extremely proud, and honoured to announce a partnership with Ninety One, a company with a proud South African Heritage for the Tag World Cup 2023. Players selected to represent South Africa at the Tag World Cup come from diverse backgrounds with every player having to raise the funding required to …
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Godlen Masimla are back in the DHL Western Province backline for the Currie Cup encounter with the Airlink Pumas at Athlone Stadium on Friday. The home side will take on the defending champions at 17h00 on Friday, in what will be their first-ever match at Athlone Stadium. Feinberg-Mngomezulu is at inside centre …
As the curtain comes down on the 2023 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at the iconic Twickenham Stadium in London this weekend, the Springbok Sevens team will be keen to show what they can do as they still hope to gain automatic qualification for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris. The Blitzboks are in a …
Four titanic battles that will shape the final Currie Cup Premier Division standings will be staged this weekend, while the scramble for play-off spots in the First Division and Mzansi Challenge continues at a rapid pace with two crucial encounters in Kempton Park and Porterville, while there is also action in Nairobi and Mdantsane. Seven …
The Springboks made the big switch to Test mode on Wednesday as they returned to the training field in Durban at the first of two preparation camps this month to kick into gear for the international season. This camp, which includes 15 players, will conclude on Friday, while the second preparation camp – which will …
Manie Libbok has been recognised in the United Rugby Championship Awards by being voted the Vodacom Fans’ Player of the Season. The 25-year-old DHL Stormers fly-half finished the regular campaign as the leading points-scorer with 167 from 16 appearances. Adding a further 18 to that tally with a 100 per cent success rate from the …
Their quest for automatic qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games may be out of their hands, but the Springbok Sevens team will leave no stone unturned at the HSBC London Sevens this weekend as they give it one final push to book their tickets to Paris next year. Four teams – HSBC World Rugby Sevens …
Johan Goosen has been named the winner at the 2022/23 URC Awards picking up the Gilbert Golden Boot. This prize recognises the season’s most accurate place-kicker, with all kickers who have attempted a minimum of 30 ranked by their success percentage. Vodacom Bulls fly-half Goosen claims the Gilbert Golden Boot accolade. Vodacom Fans’ Player of …
Chumisa Qawe will lead the Springbok Women to the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Madagascar this month where they will play Cameroon, Kenya and Madagascar over the next two weeks. The DHL Western Province centre takes over from her provincial team-mate Nolusindiso Booi, who will miss the trip due to injury. Qawe is part of …
Five referees who have been included on the Rugby World Cup 2023 match official panel have been appointed to take charge of the Springboks’ Castle Lager Rugby Championship and RWC warm-up Tests in the build-up to the international extravaganza in France in September and October. The two South African match officials who are on the …
Benetton centre Joaquin Riera and Emirates Lions full-back Quan Horn have added their names to the United Rugby Championship Awards list picking up Try of the Season and the Ironman awards respectively. Benetton centre Joaquin Riera claims Try of the Season accolade with Emirates Lions full-back Horn picking up the Ironman award which recognises the …
Wales scrum half Ffion Lewis has sustained a knee injury and has been ruled out of the forthcoming WXV tournament. The 33-times capped Welsh international left the field towards the end of Wales’ 36-10 victory over Italy in the final game of the TikTok Women’s Six Nations in Parma. Lewis, 26, was an integral part …
There were close margins in Durban and Despatch in Saturday’s SA Rugby Women’s Premier Division second round matches, but not so in Hawston where DHL Western Province notched up 50 points in their clash with Boland Dames. The Capetonians scored eight tries – six of those by their backs – as the ran the Boland …