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Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus and captain Siya Kolisi praised the team for the fight they showed to win their final Castle Lager Rugby Championship match against the Pumas 29-27 at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, on Saturday, which saw them clinch the trophy in successive seasons for the first time ever, but admitted they had a …
Springbok assistant coach Mzwandile Stick and captain Siya Kolisi remained humble about the prospect of possibly becoming the first Bok team to win back-to-back Castle Lager Rugby Championship titles when they line up against the Pumas in the grand finale of the competition at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, on Saturday, and stressed that the quality …
The teams for this weekend’s Round 2 fixtures of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below. NB: Due to worsening weather conditions across Scotland overnight from Storm Amy, the fixture between Edinburgh Rugby and Ulster Rugby which was due to take place this evening, Friday …
Club captain Kyle Steyn and British & Irish Lions centre Sione Tuipulotu will both make their first appearances of the 2025/26 campaign in Treviso tomorrow evening, after being named in the starting XV for this weekend’s clash with Benetton. The pair are amongst seven changes made to the team that claimed a bonus-point victory over …
Raiders of Johannesburg will make history on Monday 6 October when they take the field for the first-ever women’s national club championship match, in the inaugural Betway Women’s Club Championship. The Longdale-based club, whose roots can be traced back as far as 1889, will play newly-formed Sol Plaatje University Rugby Club in a match that …
Vodacom URC Ironman Cam Winnett says working with his idol Leigh Halfpenny is proving a huge benefit to his game. Winnett was coached by Halfpenny on Wales’ summer tour of Japan, and that relationship has now continued at Cardiff Rugby. The 101-cap Halfpenny has returned to the club where he first made his name, taking …
Provincial bragging rights will be a guaranteed motivational factor for the 14 teams contesting the 2025 U20 Women’s Week in Johannesburg, starting on Monday, while the next generation of talent should lay down a marker to the current Springbok Women coaching staff, who will be attendance at various stages of the three-day tournament. Laurian Johannes-Haupt …
The BKT URC’s Head of Match Officials Tappe Henning has hailed the league’s new TMO system as the way forward for the game. The newly introduced independent process operated for the first time in Round 1 of the competition last weekend. Explaining how it works, Henning said: “While the game is running live, we now …
Quarter-final places in the Pick n Pay Gold Cup will be on the line this Saturday when the ‘FA Cup’ of South African rugby enters the Round of 16 stage, with a number of mouth-watering local derbies on the cards across South Africa. This year’s tournament, which signals a bold new era for club rugby …
Following in the footsteps of the likes of Barry John, Phil Bennett, and Jonathan Davies might seem a daunting task. But it’s something Dan Edwards takes huge pride in, and he’s determined not to let that legacy down. The 22-year-old is the man currently in possession of the famous Wales No 10 jersey, having started …
The Hollywoodbets Sharks and Lions will try to remain unbeaten against their respective opponents this weekend as the Vodacom United Rugby Championship picks up steam in round two, with the DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls keen to build on their strong starts to the season. The KwaZulu-Natalians take on the Dragons in Wales on Friday …
Scotland star Rory Darge says Franco Smith extending his stay with Glasgow Warriors is great news for the club. Former Springbok Smith – the man who masterminded the 2024 BKT URC title triumph – had been linked with coaching jobs in England, Wales, and his homeland of South Africa. But, while flattered by the approaches, …
World Rugby’s Executive Board has agreed new player load guidelines to cover the elite men’s and women’s game around the world. The new guidelines have been recommended to World Rugby by a project group of leading experts representing players, unions, regions and competitions around the globe. The guidelines are supported by scientific evidence or in …
The Disciplinary process related to Ben Thomas Red Card in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 1 game against Lions on Saturday, September 27 has resulted in a three game suspension. After an act of foul play by Cardiff Rugby player No 12 (Ben Thomas), referee Filippo Russo showed the Player a Yellow Card which …
The Disciplinary process related to Giovanni Licata Red Card in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 1 game against Edinburgh Rugby on Saturday, September 27 has resulted in a three game suspension. After an act of foul play by Zebre Parma player No 8 (Giovanni Licata), referee Ben Whitehouse showed the Player a Yellow Card …
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus made four changes to the match-23 for Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship decider against the Pumas at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham in London, which will see the return of Ox Nche to the starting team, as well as Grant Williams, Jesse Kriel and Bongi Mbonambi on the bench. Nche was a …
The World Rugby Council has approved Benin’s application for Associate Member status at it’s meeting in London on 23 September. The move takes the number of full and associate members of World Rugby to 134. More than two thirds of countries around the world, as recognised by the United Nations, now have a member or …
Imagine waiting a year to return to the international arena and then having your comeback last just 27 seconds. That was the fate which befell Ben Carter this summer when he suffered an alarming head injury in the opening minute of Wales’ first Test against Japan in Kitakyushu. There was real concern as the second …
World Rugby’s Chief Executive Alan Gilpin lauded the “historic, special, incredible” Rugby World Cup 2025 which he says showed “stratospheric” growth in the women’s game. What was earmarked as a watershed moment for the sport a few months ago has exceeded the expectations of even the game’s governing body, thanks to record-breaking crowds and interest …
The Pick n Pay Gold Cup got off to a rousing start on Saturday, with extra-time drama and a number of nail-biting wins on the road headlining the opening round of the ‘FA Cup’ of South African club rugby. The country’s pre-eminent knockout championship for non-university clubs – which is sponsored by the national retail …
Experienced lock Lood de Jager will join the Springboks in London on Monday as cover for Franco Mostert, who remained behind in South Africa on Sunday due to a family bereavement, as the side gear up for their closing Castle Lager Rugby Championship encounter against the Pumas at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, on Saturday. De …
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3 DHL Stormers v Ospreys DHL Stadium, Cape Town – KO 18.00 IRE & UK / 19.00 ITA & SA Live on: SuperSport, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv Edinburgh Rugby v Ulster Hive Stadium, Edinburgh – KO 20.05 IRE & UK / 21.05 ITA & SA Live on: Premier Sports, SuperSport, Flo …
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship kicked off with two wins from four for the South African teams, with the DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls victorious on home soil while the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Lions lost on the road. The DHL Stormers defeated defending champions Leinster by 35-0 in Cape Town on Friday evening, before the …
There were victories for all five countries on the opening weekend of the BKT URC, with the reigning champions suffering “a proper punch in the nose”. Title holders Leinster Rugby went down to a 35-0 defeat at the hands of the DHL Stormers in Cape Town, provoking a straight-talking reaction from head coach Leo Cullen. …