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There is certainly no danger of Harri Deaves forgetting his rugby roots. The Ospreys flanker is hugely proud to be a product of Pontyclun RFC – or The Badgers to give them their nickname. He demonstrated as much by wearing the club’s socks during the Vodacom URC Origin Round clash with league leaders Leinster Rugby …
Their overall objectives for the 2025 HSBC SVNS are still in place and despite their second placed finish in Vancouver, Springbok Sevens coach Philip Snyman left BC Place in a good mood. The Blitzboks fell short of winning the Vancouver title, losing 19-12 to Argentina in the final, but Snyman said it the wider picture …
Fans at BC Place were treated to two sizzling, closely contested men’s semi-finals. The first contest saw Argentina edge Spain in a tight game that saw only one match-winning try from Los Pumas Marcos Moneta in the ninth minute. Spain went down to six players and were unable to recover with the Argentinians booking their …
The Junior Springboks made a winning start to their two-match series against the Georgian Under-20s with a hard-fought 38-29 victory on Sunday afternoon in the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi, after leading by 26-17 at halftime. The SA U20s scored six tries and four conversions, while Georgia U20 managed to reply with five tries, while only …
The Vodacom Bulls returned to winning ways in a competitive Vodacom United Rugby Championship derby against their Gauteng neighbours, the Emirates Lions, in Pretoria on Saturday, with the current SA Shield holder building on a 17-14 halftime lead to walk away with a rewarding 31-19 bonus-point win. The Pretoria outfit were under pressure to register …
Argentina, Fiji, New Zealand and South Africa are one step closer to scooping gold in Vancouver after coming out triumphant and advancing to the semi-finals. Fiji took the upper hand in a closely contested extra-time showdown against Spain that ended 21-26 with Filipe Sauturaga clinching the winning try. Their winning streak continued into the evening …
The Springbok Women concluded another productive training camp at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport on Friday, with the important aspect of law interpretation a key aspect to the week’s preparation and focus. According to Bok Women assistant coach Franzel September, good work was done with regards to their fundamentals, but importantly, attention to detail to …
With one productive opposed training session already under their belts, the Junior Springboks are now ready to switch to game mode when they face their Georgian Under-20 counterparts in Tbilisi on Sunday afternoon (16h00 SA time). The teams have agreed to allow rolling substitutions for the first meeting, meaning all 30 squad members will get …
Senior men’s head coach Matt Sherratt has named the Wales team to play Ireland in the third round of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations at a sold-out Principality Stadium, Cardiff on Saturday 22 February (KO 14.15h GMT, live on BBC and S4C). Ellis Mee is named on the wing for his first cap and will …
The 36-hour trip from Cape Town to Vancouver aside, pretty much everything else were spot on for the Springbok Sevens in Canada thus far and they are heading into the HSBC SVNS tournament at BC Place on Friday with confidence and energy. That is the view of Blitzboks head coach Philip Snyman as they are …
Gregor Townsend has made three changes to the team to face England in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations this Saturday 22 February, at Allianz Stadium, kick-off 4.45pm. Kyle Rowe starts on the wing in place of Darcy Graham who has not been selected following the concussion he sustained in the Ireland game. Rowe, capped 10 …
The Junior Springboks got their short tour of Georgia off to a good but cold start with a live training session against the Lelo Saracens club in Tbilisi on Wednesday afternoon. The SA U20s have experienced sub-zero and snowy conditions since their arrival in the Georgian capital on Monday, but they are taking the freezing …
The Disciplinary process related to Guido Volpi Red Card in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 11 game against Edinburgh Rugby on Friday, February 14 has resulted in a three game suspension. After an act of foul play by Zebre Parma player No 19 (Guido Volpi), referee Andrew Brace showed the Player a Red Card …
Head Coach Kenny Murray has made five changes to his Scotland U20 side for their 2025 U20 Six Nations fixture against England U20 at Kingston Park, Newcastle on Friday (kick off 7.15pm) – live on BBC iPlayer. All five changes come in the pack as Freddy Douglas makes his return from injury. Douglas won a …
Head coach Richard Whiffin has confirmed his Wales U20 men’s matchday squad to face Ireland in round three of the 2025 U20 Six Nations at Rodney Parade, this Friday. (KO 7.45pm, S4C). Whiffin has made four changes, including a positional switch for Dan Gemine, in a side which is aiming to win back-to-back matches in …
After winning gold twice and silver twice at BC Place in Vancouver in earlier versions of the Canadian leg of HSBC SVNS, the Springbok Sevens squad are well aware of their underwhelming performances in recent seasons. According to co-captain Impi Visser, the Blitzboks are adamant to change their fortunes this year and to improve on …
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has invited a group of 26 players consisting mainly of overseas-based players, as well as some talented youngsters and injured players, to the first virtual Springbok alignment camps of the year on Wednesday 27 March, following the first in-person camp in Cape Town from Monday 10 to Wednesday 12 March. Erasmus …
Scotland Women Head Coach, Bryan Easson, has announced an extended training squad of 34 players ahead of the 2025 Guinness Women’s Six Nations. Leicester Tigers’ Evie Wills, who has three caps, has earned her first call up since recovering from an ACL injury which had ruled her out of action for the 2023/24 season. In …
The Welsh Rugby Union is delighted to announce the 2025 Autumn Nations Series which will see Wales take on Argentina, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa in matches across four consecutive weekends at Principality Stadium this November. Wales will kick off its autumn campaign at 3.10pm on Sunday 9 November against Rugby World Cup 2023 quarter-final …
USA, New Zealand, Argentina and Tonga will take on Scotland in the 2025 Autumn Nations Series, at Scottish Gas Murrayfield, throughout November later this year. The series will open on Saturday 1 November, kick-off 5:40pm, where Scotland will take on USA on home soil for the first time since 2000, when Scotland ram out 53-6 …
It is almost a case of second chances for Springbok Sevens wing Sebastiaan Jobb, and he is determined to make the second stint in his HSBC SVNS career more memorable than the first, all of two years ago. The 25-year-old former Junior Springbok suffered a range of injuries over the last 24 months after making …
Former Proteas hockey player Kayla Swarts and DHL Western Province scrumhalf Alicia Willemse are in line to make their international rugby sevens debuts after being named in the Springbok Women’s Sevens squad for the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2025. The series of two tournaments will be played at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on …
Ross McCann, Ali Price and Cameron Redpath have been called up to the Scotland squad ahead of the match against England this weekend. They replace the injured Matt Currie while Alexander Masibaka has returned to his club. George Horne sustained a facial injury during Glasgow’s victory against the Dragons on Sunday afternoon and he is …
Former Wales international T. Rhys Thomas will join head coach Matt Sherratt’s back-room team as a skills coach for the remainder of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations. Thomas, who made 27 appearances for Wales and represented Cardiff, Wasps and Dragons during his playing career, joins the Wales senior men’s coaching team on secondment from Gallagher …