Rugby

Head coach Kenny Murray has made 10 changes to his Scotland Men U20 side for their second World Rugby U20 Trophy match against Hong Kong China U20 at Hive Stadium on Sunday (kick off 2.30pm) – live on BBC ALBA. Seb Stephen, Callum Norrie, Dylan Cockburn, Ruaraidh Hart and Jonny Morris are all brought into …

There will be six players making their DHL Western Province debut in the Carling Currie Cup clash with the Vodacom Bulls at DHL Stadium on Sunday. DHL Western Province begin their Carling Currie Cup campaign with a North-South showdown, which kicks off at 15h00 on Sunday at DHL Stadium. Tickets are available from Ticketpro. Loose …

There will be some keen interest in games played elsewhere amongst the six teams in action in the Women’s Premier Division on Saturday, with all three matches having the potential to change the current standings. The most anticipated of these round 11 clashes will be between the Border Ladies and Sanlam Boland Dames in Mthatha. …

The Carling Currie Cup Premier Division returns this weekend, with Africa’s most awarded and biggest beer, Carling Black Label, back on board as title sponsor, and some big clashes between traditional rivals that will no doubt deliver thrilling action in South Africa’s oldest domestic provincial competition. The Premier Division kicks off on Friday 5 July …

Gregor Townsend has named his team to face Canada in the first match of the Skyscanner Americas Tour with 10 players given the opportunity to make their Scotland debut. Matt Currie, Arron Reed, Gus Warr, Max Williamson and Gregor Brown have all been named in the starting line-up. Centre Currie has previous international experience of …

Head Coach, Claire Cruikshank, has named her squad to face Italy in the opening match of the inaugural Six Nations Women’s Summer Series. University of Edinburgh duo Poppy Fletcher and Hannah Walker have been named as co-captains, and both earn a starting position in the matchday 23. Joining Fletcher in the front-row is her fellow …

Border, Eastern Province, the Golden Lions and Western Province continued their dominant run when they claimed big wins in the final round of the U18 Girls Week staged at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg on Wednesday. EP claimed their second win of the competition when they beat the Limpopo Blue Bulls 41-0, with scrumhalf Emihle …

Wales Prop Cerys Hale has announced her retirement from all rugby following Wales’ recent Test match against Spain. Hale, 31, will bring the curtain down on her international and club career after more than a decade playing first-class rugby in Wales and England. The 49-times capped Welsh international was selected for the 2014 World Cup …

Eastern Province, Western Province, the Sharks and SWD were among the big winners in the first round of the U16 Girls Week staged at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The Golden Lions, the tournament hosts, started well in their battle against WP, and went to the break with a 14-10 lead. WP upped …

Richard Whiffin has named his Wales U20 side to take on Spain U20 in Thursday’s second round of Pool A clashes in the U20 World Championship at Athlone Sports Stadium in Cape Town (UK 1pm) He has made sweeping changes to the side that lost narrowly to New Zealand in the opening match on Saturday …

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named an experienced squad featuring 20 Rugby World Cup-winners – the entire starting 15 and five players on the replacements’ bench – for their opening Castle Lager Incoming Series Test against Ireland at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday, in what is expected to be a humdinger of an encounter between …

The financial reset provides a pathway to profitability in the 2026/27 financial year following c.£10m losses in each of the last two accounting periods (the 23/24 year being a 13-month period). The loss for the 12 months to May 2024 of £6.7m shows a year on year improvement from the £10.5m loss for 2022/23. A …

Scotland Men U20 Head Coach Kenny Murray had named his 23-man matchday squad to face Samoa U20 this Tuesday 2 July in their opening pool match of the 2024 World Rugby U20 Trophy at Hive Stadium, Edinburgh (kick-off 5.15pm – live on BBC ALBA). Age-grade teams from across the world will compete in three pool …

The 2024 edition of the nationwide grassroots, Get Into Rugby (GIR) programme targeted at children aged six to 13 is officially underway and heads to the Free State province on Thursday, 18 July. A festival event, two days before the world champions’ Test Match against Portugal in Bloemfontein, will take place to officially mark the …

The Springboks will campaign to the conclusion of the next Rugby World Cup in Australia in 2027 under a new rallying cry launched on Monday. The Boks are asking South Africa to go “Forever Green, Forever Gold” to amplify the team’s demonstration that South Africa really is Stronger when its people are Together. The team’s …

Hooker Esethu Mnebelele (Golden Lions) and lock JD Hattingh (Blue Bulls) will captain the SA Schools and SA Schools teams respectively in the annual match between the two sides on Thursday, SA Rugby has announced on Friday. The match will be staged at the Hoërskool Monument in Krugersdorp on Thursday, 4 July and kick off …

Western Province overcame a spirited Free State side in the final match of the U18 Stadio Craven Week, while Boland and the Pumas secured victories on Saturday to end their respective campaigns on a high. The final day of the tournament at Hoërskool Monument in Krugersdorp witnessed a number of exciting, high-scoring contests. Three teams …

Sanlam Boland Kavaliers gained a third straight win and their first at home of the campaign when they defeated rivals Phangela SWD Eagles 43-7 in their First Division Currie Cup clash Saturday afternoon in Ceres. There were also wins for second placed Valke and the Leopards. The Kavaliers led 21-7 at halftime and went on …

The Bulls Daisies smashed Sharks Women 75-8 in the sole match of the SA Rugby Women’s Premier Division this weekend, getting over the tryline 11 times and only conceding a solitary try by the visitors at Loftus B in Pretoria on Saturday. The rest of the teams had a bye and will continue with round …

Currie Cup First Division leaders the Sanlam Boland Kavaliers, are playing home in an exciting clash with Phangela SWD Eagles in a third-round fixture in Wellington on Saturday. The Kavaliers have won both of their games to date – the only team to have done so – which demonstrates how evenly match the competition has …

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus and his team wrapped up their training camp in Pretoria on Friday gearing up for ‘Ireland mode’ in preparation for the opening Test of the Castle Lager Incoming Series against their arch-rivals from the northern hemisphere next Saturday. Erasmus was pleased with the structures put in place as the squad prepared …