Rugby

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus selected a strong 37-man squad for the first two Tests in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship against Australia, featuring 24 Rugby World Cup-winners and five players who made their Test debuts during their successful Castle Lager Incoming Series. The Bok coach also invited three Young Guns, who were members of the …

Expect more of the same, but also the unexpected when the Springbok Women take on the Black Ferns XV at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday, in the first of two international friendlies between the hosts and their New Zealand visitors. According to Springbok Women assistant coach Laurian Johannes-Haupt, they will still try to …

With just one month to go until the highly anticipated Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 kicks off, England is set to host a nationwide celebration, unveiling Fan Zones in official host locations across the country to welcome fans from around the globe. The Fan Zones, which will be free to enter, will be open on …

There is a growing belief amongst the Springbok Women that their progress is not only real, but that they are also laying a solid foundation for the Rugby World Cup in England, where they will face Brazil, Italy and France in their pool next month. That is the view of experienced scrumhalf Tayla Kinsey after …

The Junior Springboks were welcomed back to South Africa on Monday by cheering fans and Mr Mark Alexander, president of the South African Rugby Union, after winning the World Rugby U20 Championships in Italy on Saturday. The SA U20s, under the leadership of head coach Kevin Foot, ended a 13-year wait to reclaim the global …

On 15 July, World Rugby received an official complaint from England Rugby regarding racist abuse directed at their players by spectators during the Argentina v England match in San Juan on 12 July. There is no place in rugby or society for discrimination, abuse or hate speech, and any compliant of discrimination is taken extremely …

Scotland defence coach Steve Tandy has been appointed as Wales head coach, leaving Scottish Rugby on 31 August 2025. He will lead Wales going into the Quilter Nations Series in November. Tandy joined Scotland ahead of the 2020 Guinness Six Nations and has played an instrumental role in the development of the national team’s defence …

Steve Tandy will lead Wales into the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia and begins his tenure as his country’s new senior men’s Head Coach on the 1st September. Steve is a former British & Irish Lions coach (2021) and was Ospreys head coach for a six-year period before joining Australian Super Rugby side NSW …

Zimbabwe have qualified for Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia after defeating Namibia 30-28 in the final of the Rugby Africa Cup 2025, held at Mandela National Stadium in Kampala, Uganda. Zimbabwe have qualified for the Men’s Rugby World Cup 2027 in Australia after defeating Namibia 30-28 in the final of the Rugby Africa …

Bryan Easson, Head Coach of the Scotland Women, has announced his decision to leave Scottish Rugby at the end of the upcoming Rugby World Cup tournament. As Scottish Rugby prepares to transition professional women’s rugby back to Scotland after the tournament, Easson decided this was the right time to take on a new challenge, having …

World Rugby has today confirmed that Georgia will host an expanded World Rugby U20 Championship in 2026 with 16 teams to contest the prestigious age-grade tournament. It will be the second time that Georgia hosts the World Rugby U20 Championship, having done so in 2017 when a New Zealand side featuring current All Blacks Luke …

The Valke will host the NovaVit Griffons in the Carling Currie Cup First Division final next weekend after the two top teams on the table made light work of their semi-final opponents on Saturday. Both sides were in full control of their respective playoff matches and will deservedly play in the decider on Saturday in …

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said he would revert to a more settled squad for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship after completing the July series with a nine try romp against Georgia at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday. Erasmus said he was satisfied with the 55-10 result but attributed a stop-start performance to having rotated the …

Junior Springbok head coach Kevin Foote credited his team’s renowned, trademark South African grit and fighting spirit for their victory over New Zealand in the World Rugby U20 Championship final in Italy on Saturday evening. SA U20 captain Riley Norton and the Junior Boks lifted the U20 world crown on a humid evening in Rovigo, …

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi was thrilled to be back in action for the Boks for the first time this season at the Mbombela Stadium and said he could not wait to experience the “amazing crowd” when they line up against Georgia on Saturday in their closing Castle Lager Incoming Series match. Kolisi – who made …

SA Schools outplayed their SA Schools ‘A’ counterparts by 49-14 at Hoërskool Middelburg in Mpumalanga on Thursday afternoon, scoring seven tries in a victory that proved the selectors got their combinations right following the FNB U18 Craven Week at the same venue last week. The SA Schools side looked very comfortable, especially in the first …

Head Coach Kenny Murray has named his Scotland U20 Men side for the World Rugby U20 Championship 9th place play-off final against Georgia U20 at Stadio San Michele, Calvisano on Saturday (kick off 7.30pm BST/8.30pm local) – live on RugbyPassTV. Kerr Yule will set a new appearance record with 25, starting what will be his …

The Junior Springboks have named an unchanged match-23 for Saturday evening’s much-anticipated 8:30 pm World Rugby U20 Championship Final against New Zealand in Rovigo, Italy. Lock Riley Norton will once again lead a familiar-looking side that has featured in most of the pool matches, as well as Monday’s semi-final victory over Argentina. The unchanged line-up …

Springbok Women performance coach Swys de Bruin has named a squad featuring 32 players to take on the Black Ferns XV in two matches in Cape Town in what will be South Africa’s final preparation for the Rugby World Cup, that starts in England next month. The two matches against the touring New Zealand side …

Markus Muller (SA Schools) and Jeandre Uithaler (SA Schools ‘A’) will captain their respective sides in the annual clash between the cream of the crop in South Africa’s schoolboy rugby at Hoërskool Middelburg in Mpumalanga on Thursday afternoon. Muller, centre from Western Province and Paarl Gimnasium, will lead the team running out in green and …

Head Coach Louise Dalgliesh has named her squad for Scotland Women U20’s final match of the Six Nations Summer Series, making ten changes to the matchday 23 ahead of their clash with Ireland on Thursday 16 July at the Centre for Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly (kick-off 1pm). Poppy Fletcher will lead the side …

The rugby rivalry between South Africa and New Zealand will enter another chapter on Saturday when the Junior Springboks face their NZ U20 counterparts in the final of the 2025 World Rugby U20 Championship in Rovigo, Italy. The Junior Boks qualified for their first final appearance since 2014 when they defeated Argentina Monday evening in …