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The race to secure the final ticket to Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia is reaching its climax, with Belgium, Namibia, Samoa, and Paraguay now confirmed as the four competing nations in the Final Qualification Tournament (FQT). Following their decisive encounter on Saturday, 18 October, Paraguay made history, overcoming Brazil (70-43 on aggregate) to …
The DHL Stormers are still unbeaten in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, while the Vodacom Bulls bounced back in Ireland and the Lions recorded their first victory of the season in Johannesburg, but the Hollywoodbets Sharks are still searching for that elusive maiden win. The Vodacom Bulls had to dig deep to beat a spirited …
It’s taken some 15 years, but Ross Moriarty has finally made it back to his home region as his career comes full circle. He grew up in Swansea and was part of the Ospreys Academy age-grade set up as a teenager. However, a move across the border to Hartpury College saw him link up with …
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry, an alternating quadrennial tour between South Africa and New Zealand, was confirmed on Thursday, marking a defining new chapter for the intense rivalry between the sport’s most successful and storied nations. In the tour’s maiden year, South Africa will host New Zealand in August and September 2026. The All Blacks kick off …
Four will become two on Saturday when the semi-finals of Pick n Pay Gold Cup – the ‘FA Cup of South African rugby’ – will be contested at two iconic club grounds situated more than 1,500 km apart in the Western Cape and Limpopo. This year’s tournament, which signals a bold new era for community …
Former Wales internationals Duncan Jones, Dan Lydiate and Rhys Patchell will join Steve Tandy’s back-room team on an interim basis for the 2025 Quilter Nations Series. 57-cap and double Grand Slam winner Jones has been coaching with the Ospreys since 2018. He will operate as scrum coach when he joins up with Wales this autumn …
For Ruhan Nel, captaining the DHL Stormers is not only an honour and a privilege, but also a big boost to his game. The 34-year-old centre has been at the helm of the Cape Town-based team as they have won their first three Vodacom URC matches to sit on top of the table. He’s now …
The inaugural Under-16 Elite Player Development (EPD) camp for girls, which ran concurrently with the traditional U16 boys’ camp in Paarl last week, marked a significant milestone in SA Rugby’s national pathway for young talent. While the boys’ squad delivered their customary top-class camp activities, it was the new girls’ contingent that proved particularly impressive, …
Mr Mark Alexander, the President of SA Rugby, extended his heartfelt congratulations to SA Wheelchair Rugby (SAWCR) on their recent performance at a tournament in Norway. SAWCR, an associate member of SA Rugby, were crowned European Division C champions at a tournament in Skien, Norway, held from 9 to 12 October, where they beat Ireland …
The wait is over for eager rugby fans in Cape Town and surrounds, following the opening of a second Springboks retail store at the popular Canal Walk shopping centre, featuring the new range of off-field team branded clothing. National team stars Babalwa Latsha, Cobus Reinach, Cheslin Kolbe, Frans Malherbe, Lood de Jager, and Selvyn Davids, …
The 2025 season was hailed as a watershed year for women’s rugby in South Africa by Mr Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, on Thursday. The performance of the Springbok Women’s team at the Rugby World Cup – at which they reached the quarter-finals for the first time – was a major highlight, but Mr …
Having just ended one long losing run, Aaron Wainwright is now looking to do the double. Back in July, he starred at No 8 as Wales beat Japan 31-22 in Kobe to halt a barren 18-match streak. Now he’s aiming to break an even longer hoodoo when he takes the field for Dragons RFC against …
The DHL Stormers will not only try to retain their spot at the top of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship log this weekend, but also continue winning streak against Zebre Parma, the Vodacom Bulls will be looking to bounce back in tough Galway, while the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Lions will aim for their first victories …
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) is delighted to announce it’s been awarded a £100,000 strategic volunteering grant from the Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA), marking a significant milestone in the WRU’s commitment to strengthening the grassroots game across Wales. This funding will support the launch of a Strategic Volunteering Project for Welsh rugby, designed …
The noise generated by the HSBC SVNS Cape Town crowd last year, where the Springbok Sevens secured a first home tournament victory since 2015, was the loudest Donavan Don has ever encountered, and the Blitzbok speedster said on Wednesday he cannot wait for an opportunity to experience that again. Don and his team-mates are hard …
Five members of the victorious Junior Springbok team who won the World Rugby Under-20 Championship earlier this year in Italy were included in the SA Rugby U19 Academy training squad, that will go leave a three-game tour of Europe at the end of October. The triumphant Junior Boks who are part of the training squad …
As part of the new high-performance pathway plans, a men’s Scotland sevens programme will be run by Scottish Rugby in conjunction with Great Britain Sevens, competing on the HSBC SVNS World Series. Scottish Rugby will now run a full-time Scotland men’s sevens programme and take charge of the oversight of the men’s and women’s Great …
The recipients of the inaugural The Bill McLaren Foundation Bursary scheme, which was launched in May of this year, have been named. Five male and five female players, all of whom are part of Scottish Rugby’s existing pathway structure, have been given funding to a total tune of £30,000 in order to assist with some …
It’s a fixture and a rivalry which has resonated with Josh van der Flier ever since he was a youngster. So the significance of the Leinster-Munster derby is certainly not lost on him now as a player. The Ireland flanker is anticipating a titanic tussle when the two arch enemies lock horns in front of …
SA Rugby President, Mr Mark Alexander, has lauded the South African Rugby Legends Association (SARLA) for hosting yet another highly successful Under-15 Iqhawe Week, held in the South Western Districts (SWD) town of Oudtshoorn. The prestigious youth tournament, which ran from 5 to 9 October at Langenhoven Gymnasium, brought together promising talent from across the …
Callum Sheedy is the happiest he’s been in years and relishing his role as “the assist king”. That’s the title he’s been handed by his Cardiff Rugby team-mate Tom Bowen, and it’s easy to see why. Fly-half Sheedy has set up a succession of tries already this season – three of them for winger Bowen …
Welsh Rugby Union is delighted to welcome back The Stickmen Project for the Wales v New Zealand half-time show as part of a series of fan events for the upcoming Quilter Nations Series. The Stickmen Project, who wowed audiences earlier this spring during our attendance-record-breaking Wales v England Women’s Guinness Six Nations Fixture, and also …
The four semi-finalists in the ‘FA Cup’ of South African rugby, the Pick n Pay Gold Cup, have been confirmed after an extraordinary quarter-final weekend that saw 43 tries scored across the four matches. Two of the four quarter-finals were decided by a single score, while a last-gasp touchdown in a third, lightning-affected game may …
The Blitzboks’ willingness outwork their opponents is one of the traits of their team culture that Grant de Jager admires most, as it is also something he aspires to on the rugby field, with the new signing hoping to make enough of an impression to play in Cape Town in December. The Springbok Sevens are …