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The Springbok Women started the defence of the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup the way the coaching staff hoped they would, scoring heaps of tries while a number of new caps could also get a taste of Test match rugby. That was the view from Bok Women assistant coach Franzel September after South Africa outplayed Uganda …
Glasgow Warriors Head Coach Franco Smith has made two alterations to the starting XV that will run out at the Aviva Stadium tomorrow afternoon, as his side prepare to take on Leinster in the BKT United Rugby Championship Semi Finals. A 36-18 triumph over the DHL Stormers last time out earned Glasgow the right to …
There will be no love lost when the Vodacom Bulls host the Hollywoodbets Sharks in their all-South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-final in Pretoria on Saturday, where a place in the Grand Final of the cross-hemisphere showpiece will be up for grabs. The match – which marks the Vodacom Bulls’ second successive Vodacom URC …
Anathi Qolo will captain a Springbok Women side with a combined 174 caps in their 2025 Rugby Africa Women’s Cup opener against Uganda in Antananarivo on Saturday, with three uncapped players – Patience Mokone (wing), Faith Tshauke (No 8) and Anushka Groenewald (flanker) – included in the starting team for the Test at Stade Makis. …
Lwazi Zangqa from Border has been named as the new head coach of the SA Schools side, and he will be assisted by the Bulls’ Cobus van Dyk, while the SA Schools ‘A’ team will be coached by Flash Malinga of KwaZulu-Natal, with Clinton van Rensburg of Western Province named as his assistant. SA Rugby …
South African rugby’s continued investment into membership of northern hemisphere rugby competitions led to a R93m group loss in 2024, but the organisation had already wiped out that deficit with a strong start to 2025, the annual meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) was told in Cape Town on Thursday. SARU was set …
It was while he was working the hardest to come back from the biggest injury setback of his career that Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu had a very clear vision of the kind of player he truly wanted to be. When the young DHL Stormers flyhalf did return to the field after extensive rehab from his 2024 knee …
Springbok and DHL Stormers utility back Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu added another significant accolade to his SA Rugby Young Player of the Year award by being crowned SA’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship Player of the Season for 2024/25. Feinberg-Mngomezulu is one of four South African players who won awards this season, with Cameron Hanekom, Deon Fourie, and …
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named the same 54 players – nine of whom are uncapped – that attended the second national alignment camp in Cape Town last month in a large training squad for the opening stages of the international season, which kicks off on 28 June against the Barbarians, followed by the Castle Lager …
Scottish Rugby is continuing the Murrayfield 100 celebrations by announcing that the match against England in the 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations will be played in the main bowl at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, the first time that Scotland Women will play a standalone international in front of spectators in bowl. Speaking on the announcement, captain …
Northampton and York may be oceans apart from Antananarivo, but for the Springbok Women, their arrival in Madagascar’s capital on Wednesday is all part of the journey to destination Rugby World Cup in England in August and September. For the coaching staff, it is all about consistency – not only on the field, but off …
Ireland centurion Cian Healy and Shannon Frizell from New Zealand have been confirmed as the latest names to join up with the Barbarians when they lock horns against the Springboks in the historic Qatar Airways Cup in Cape Town at the end of the month. The Boks will face the famous black-and-white of the Barbarians …
At the age of 22, life was good for Lerato Makua. In 2023, she had established herself in the Springbok Women squad, playing in 10 Tests and two friendlies and representing South Africa in Wales, England, Japan, New Zealand and Madagascar, and later France. Her athletic abilities and natural speed had caught the eye of …
The Vodacom Bulls and Hollywoodbets Sharks kept the South African flag flying in a drama-filled knock-out round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, with both teams winning their quarter-finals, which will see them face off against one another in an all-South African semi-final in Pretoria next Saturday. Unfortunately for the DHL Stormers, they let themselves …
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship Semi-Finals will take place this Saturday, June 7, with teams from Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa all competing for a place in the Grand Final. Leinster, Glasgow Warriors, Vodacom Bulls, and Hollywoodbets Sharks all delivered match-winning performances to set up a pair of blockbuster Semi-Finals across the northern and southern …
Patience Mokone was hoping that 2025 would bring her some recognition on the rugby fields of South Africa, but she did not quite expect that her pace and try-scoring abilities would bag her green and gold colours in both sevens and fifteens in the space of two months. But after representing the Springbok Women’s Sevens …
Club centurion Jamie Ritchie returns to the starting line-up for tomorrow’s BKT United Rugby Championship Quarter-Final clash against Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld Stadium (kick-off 12.30pm BST / 1.30pm local) – live on Premier Sports. Ritchie’s inclusion is the only chage to the starting side that defeated Ulster to clinch Edinburgh’s playoff berth a fortnight …
Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote has included three new players in a training squad for the SA U20s’ final preparation camp which starts in Stellenbosch on Monday in the build-up towards the World Rugby Under-20 Championship next month in Italy. Foote has welcomed back a number of familiar faces who are back from injury and …
South Africa’s Griffin Colby and Quinton Immelman were included amongst the list of match officials confirmed on Thursday for the forthcoming World Rugby Under-20 Rugby Championship, which kicks off in a month’s time in Italy. Colby will do duty as a match referee whilst Immelman will be involved as a Television Match Official (TMO). Ten …
Glasgow Warriors will welcome Josh McKay and Henco Venter back into the starting lineup for tomorrow’s BKT United Rugby Championship quarter-final clash with the DHL Stormers, as Franco Smith’s men kick-off the playoffs under the Friday night lights. The pair return from injury and suspension layoffs respectively to take their places in the starting XV …
Scotland Women’s Head Coach Bryan Easson has today unveiled a 38-player extended training squad as the national team begins preparations for the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, set to take place in England this August. Those named, include four uncapped players; Aila Ronald, Hannah Ramsay, Hannah Walker and Meg Varley; each of whom were involved …
Kyle Rowe has his sights set on achieving more success for both club and country, after the 27-year-old put pen to paper on a contract extension that will see him remain at Glasgow Warriors until at least the summer of 2027. The winger – who is equally comfortable at full-back – has swiftly become an …
The development of women’s rugby to ensure the growth of the game, the important role of schools’ rugby and the FNB Youth Weeks, and the presentation of a unified tackle age framework were three of the main points on the agenda at SA Rugby’s second Community Rugby Workshop, which was held in Johannesburg earlier this …
Some of the brightest young talents in the game are in the running to be named URC Next-Gen Player of the Season. The prestigious award is open to players who were aged 23 and under at the beginning of the campaign and who had won no more than five international caps at that point. They …