Rugby

Former Ireland star Gordon D’Arcy says it is taking an “enormous effort” for Leinster Rugby to be competing for silverware on two fronts. The Dublin-based outfit are the only Vodacom URC team left in the Investec Champions Cup, with a Croke Park semi-final against Northampton Saints coming up next week. Before that, they face a …

Speedster Maria Tshiremba will make a welcome return to the Springbok Women’s Sevens squad for next weekend’s HSBC SVNS tournament in Singapore, the seventh of eight in the 2024 season. Tshiremba, who scored four tries in as many tournaments, limped off in Vancouver and missed the next two tournaments in Los Angeles and Hong Kong, …

Head Coach Bryan Easson has named his team to face Ireland in the final round of the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations. In the forwards, there is just one change to the starting line-up with Emma Wassell linking up with Louise McMillan in the second row, returning having had time away after her mother, Pauline, …

The teams for Friday’s Round 15 fixtures of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship have been named with all details of match officials and broadcast information below. After Round 14, just three points separate 5th – 11th place, with only four rounds remaining. This weekend, the Race To The Eight continues. Every game counts. TEAM NEWS …

Theo Cabango feels he has returned from injury in even better shape than before and that was certainly how things looked on his first start in more than five months. Back from a lengthy lay-off following a shoulder dislocation, the 22-year-old Cardiff Rugby wing scored two scintillating tries in last weekend’s dramatic Vodacom URC clash …

The Disciplinary process related to Johan Goosen Red Card in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Round 14 game against Munster on Saturday, April 20 has resulted in an three game suspension. After an act of foul play by Vodacom Bulls player No.10 (Johan Goosen), referee Adam Jones showed the Player a Red Card in the …

Wales’s Ospreys earned respect in the Republic by beating the DHL Stormers in Cape Town. South Africans are passionate about their teams, but they are equally accommodating and generous in their appreciation of a visiting team that knows how to scrap, knows how to physically front and knows how to go to dark places to …

The South African franchises will be under immense pressure to bounce back strongly from disappointing results in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship last week – apart from the Emirates Lions – as the competition reaches the fourth-last pool round and the scramble for quarter-final spots reaches boiling point. Only nine points separate the third-placed Munster …

The Junior Springboks wrapped up their preparations for the forthcoming Under-20 Rugby Championship with a training session against the Golden Lions Under-21 squad in Sandton on Tuesday and will fly out to Australia on an early evening flight on Wednesday. The inaugural U20 Rugby Championship takes place from 2 May to 12 May and will …

Dylan Sage will return to the Springbok Sevens team for the first time in four years and Siviwe Soyizwapi for the first time this season when the Blitzboks contest next weekend’s HSBC SVNS tournament in Singapore. The inclusion of the two stalwarts amongst five changes made to the squad that finished sixth in Hong Kong …

There will be a very special father and son reunion in the Vodacom URC this weekend as John and Taine Plumtree find themselves in opposing camps. If things had worked out differently, they could have been together at the Hollywoodbets Sharks as coach John was keen to bring his boy over to Durban from New …

With over 100 first class appearances behind him in the United Rugby Championship and in Europe, Davies brings with him a wealth of experience at the highest level. “We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ian Davies as the WRU National Elite Performance Match Official Manager,” said Welsh Rugby Union performance director, Huw Bevan. …

Club centurion and Scotland internationalist Magnus Bradbury will return to Edinburgh Rugby this summer, penning a deal that will keep him in the capital for at least two years. Bradbury, 28, makes the move back from Bristol Bears whom he joined in 2022. The back-row previously spent eight years in the Scottish capital, a period …

The Springboks will line up against Rugby World Cup opponents, Scotland and England, before taking on Wales in the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour in November, with the last Tests confirmed on Monday. The double world champions will kick off the tour on Sunday, 10 November in Edinburgh against the sixth-ranked Scotland – who they faced …

The 2024 Autumn Nations Series sees Wales take on Fiji, Australia and South Africa in matches across three consecutive weekends at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium this November. Across the full Autumn Nations Series, the best of northern hemisphere rugby will host 21 fixtures against the best teams from around the world, with supporters in the UK …

Grey College had to dig deep in Paarl, to beat rivals Paarl Gim away from home 29 – 27 in a titanic Sportsmans Warehouse Premier Interschools derby on Saturday the 20th of April. Paarl Gimnasium and Grey College set the table for a rivalry that will continue to grow into one of the classics. Saturday …

Paul Roos’ winning streak remains intact with a test match style win over Paarl Boys’ High 25 points to 10 in the second fixture of the Sportsmans Warehouse Premier Interschools double-header. The Maroon Machine have set out a benchmark challenge to apposing schools with a clear message that they will be difficult to beat at …

Japan XV have won the World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2024 title following an 11-try, 65-15 win over Tonga A at Apia Park on Saturday. It was their third straight bonus-point win of the tournament having defeated Manuma Samoa 48-5 and defending champions Fiji Warriors 45-43 in the first two rounds. While disappointed to lose their …