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The Vodacom United Rugby Championship will adopt the global World Rugby trial of the 20-minute red card law for the 2025/26 season. The trial is designed to protect player welfare, improve accuracy in key decisions, and ensure the game remains fair and competitive for players, teams and fans. What is the 20-Minute Red Card? If …
With just four days to go until the Vodacom United Rugby Championship kicks off, the league enters its 25th season off the back of yet another record-setting campaign that was watched by an audience of 53 million. The 2024/25 season, which saw Leinster Rugby claim their ninth league title, set new records for broadcast and …
Matt Sherratt is the second assistant appointed to Steve Tandy’s coaching team ahead of the Wales senior men’s squad’s Quilter Nations Series to be held at Principality Stadium this November. The Cardiff Rugby head coach twice led Wales in an interim capacity earlier in the year – firstly overseeing the 2025 Guinness Six Nations matches …
SA Rugby president, Mr Mark Alexander, paid tribute to outgoing Springbok Women captain Nolusindiso Booi (born 29 June 1985), following her decision to hang up her boots after a storied career of close to two decades. Booi, who started playing senior rugby for Border in 2007, has confirmed her retirement after returning from the 2025 …
Springbok fullback Willie le Roux will join the national squad in Durban on Sunday and train with the team until Wednesday as they prepare to face Argentina in their penultimate Castle Lager Rugby Championship match at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on Saturday. Bok coach Rassie Erasmus named a squad of 33 players for their two closing …
Fiji claimed a deserved seventh Pacific Nations Cup title as they held off a Japan fightback to win an outrageously entertaining final 33-27 at America First Field, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In a match in which the momentum swung wildly both ways, it’s entirely accurate to state that Fiji came from behind to do …
Experienced flyhalf George Whitehead wrote his name in the Carling Currie Cup history books when he kicked the winning points for Suzuki Griquas to defeat the Fidelity ADT Lions 27-25 in yet another dramatic final staged at Ellis Park on Saturday afternoon. The hosts held a slight 17-14 advantage at the halfway stage. Last year, …
The Springboks kicked off their preparations on a strong note for the first of two crucial Tests against Argentina in Durban next week Saturday, as both teams prepare for the closing stretch of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, which features matches in the scenic coastal city and London. The Boks assembled in camp in KwaZulu-Natal …
The stage is set for a thrilling conclusion to the 2025 Carling Currie Cup Premier Division when the Fidelity ADT Lions host Suzuki Griquas in the final at Ellis Park on Saturday. This will be the second successive year that the Gautengers will host the final, as they hope to capitalise on home-ground advantage against …
A new South African research paper has provided the first global evidence that regulating both tackle height and ball carrier behaviour has the potential to not only lower head-contact, but also reduce catastrophic head and neck injuries in rugby. The study, led by SA Rugby’s BokSmart safety programme, analysed catastrophic injury interactions in front-on tackles …
Edinburgh Rugby is delighted to announce Scotland international back-row Magnus Bradbury has been appointed captain for the 2025/26 season. Bradbury, 30, has been an impressive performer and a natural leader since rejoining the club from Bristol Bears last season. He previously spent eight years in the Scottish capital, developing from an academy graduate to the …
In a significant boost for women’s rugby development, SA Rugby has confirmed a brand-new club competition for women, with Betway as the title sponsor, while the U20 Women’s Tournament will see more participating teams than ever before converge on Johannesburg next month. Both tournaments will take place in the week of 5-10 October in Gauteng …
Edinburgh Rugby face Doncaster Knights and Ealing Trailfinders in a pre-seaon double-header this Friday. Edinburgh Rugby has named the two sides to face Doncaster Knights (kick-off 5pm) and Ealing Trailfinders (kick-off 8pm) in this Friday’s Scottish Building Society pre-season double-header at Hive Stadium (19 September). The capital club will welcome two English sides to Hive …
The South African Rugby Union on Wednesday congratulated Lynne Cantwell on her forthcoming induction into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Cantwell will be inducted on the eve of the Women’s Rugby World Cup final on 26 September in recognition of the part she played in inspiring Ireland to their first Six Nations title and …
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus on Wednesday named most of the players who were members of the squad that retained the Freedom Cup in New Zealand last weekend in his 33-man squad for their closing two Castle Lager Rugby Championship matches against Argentina in Durban and London. The Bok squad will assemble in Durban on Thursday …
For the first time ever, SA Rugby has announced an Under-16 Elite Player Development squad for girls, joining the boys from the same age group for a camp in Paarl early next month, in what is another huge boost for the local women’s game. The two EPD squads follow a comprehensive talent identification process during …
Springbok Women arrival information: The Springbok Women will arrive in South Africa on five different flights on Tuesday and Wednesday from the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England, where they played in the quarter-finals for the first time. From their arrival in Johannesburg, the players and management will depart to their home destinations. Two groups …
Utility backline player Byrhandré Dolf topped the points charts for the Springbok Women at the conclusion of their 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign and spearheaded a number of records achieved by the team in their best ever performance at the global tournament. The Bok Women have moved to an all-time high of 10th position …
South Africa’s two oldest non-university clubs will form part of a bold new era for community rugby after securing the final pair of automatic slots for the Pick n Pay Gold Cup, which kicks off on Saturday, 27 September. SA Rugby on Monday confirmed the 32 participating teams and first round fixtures for the country’s …
After four stunning quarter-finals played in Exeter and Bristol, the top four sides in the World Rugby Women’s Rankings – England, Canada, New Zealand and France – will contest the semi-finals of Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025. In the first of the semi-finals, both of which will be played at Bristol’s Ashton Gate, defending champions …
The Fidelity ADT Lions will host the Carling Currie Cup Premier Division final for the second successive season when Suzuki Griquas travel to Johannesburg next weekend after the two teams managed to progress to the decider by winning their semi-finals matches staged on Saturday evening. The Lions booked their second final in a row when …
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus was delighted with his team’s biggest victory ever against the All Blacks in Wellinton on Saturday night, but he said they would keep their feet on the ground with a tough task ahead against Argentina in their remaining two Castle Lager Rugby Championship matches in Durban and London. The 43-10 victory …
There is no way that the Springbok Women will simply roll over in their Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand in Exeter after fighting the odds, training for hours and hours, and spending months away from family and friends. That was the message from team captain Nolusindiso Booi as the South Africans completed …
Springbok assistant coach Mzwandile Stick and captain Siya Kolisi admitted on Friday that they had learned many lessons from last weekend’s 24-17 defeat against New Zealand in Auckland as they gear up for Saturday’s Test against their archrivals in Wellington, with Stick saying they have to be at their best for the full 80 minutes. …