The Junior Springbok training squad wrapped up the last of their three short camps in Stellenbosch on Friday as their preparation continues to take shape for the World Rugby U20 Championship, which begins in exactly two months. The squad will assemble in Stellenbosch again on Monday, 9 April, for a two-week camp, where they will […]
New SA appearance record for Adriaan Strauss Emirates Lions host Crusaders in repeat of 2017 final Cell C Sharks up against the Blues in Auckland The Vodacom Bulls host the DHL Stormers at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria in the only local Vodacom Super Rugby derby on Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday the Emirates Lions take […]
Dewald Human will captain an exciting Springbok Sevens squad – containing five uncapped players – to the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens next weekend. Human is one of six players who were part of the Blitzboks squad that won the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in the 2016/17 season who will travel east on Saturday, […]
Matthew Carley from England will be the referee in charge of the first Springbok Test of the year, when South Africa face Wales in Washington DC in the USA on Saturday, 2 June. World Rugby on Wednesday announced the complete list of match official appointments for the 2018 June internationals, including the officials who will […]
Zintle Mpupha will yet again captain the Springbok Women’s Sevens team as coach Paul Delport named a settled squad that will travel to Hong Kong on Saturday to contest the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series Qualifiers next week. The tournament will take place at the So Kon Po Recreation Ground on Thursday, 5 April […]
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus will step up preparations for the forthcoming international season when the first of three alignment camps will be hosted from 1 to 4 April in Vanderbijlpark, south of Johannesburg. The second camp is scheduled to run from 8 to 11 April, also in Vanderbijlpark, while Durban will host the third assessment […]
SA Rugby on Tuesday welcomed Dell EMC to their family of sponsors, with the IT equipment giant committing to supporting the Springboks and SA Rugby with equipment for the next three years. SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux said he was delighted to welcome on board a major global player in the IT equipment market such […]
The Vuka Rugby programme – a joint development initiative between the SA Rugby Legends Association (SARLA) and SA Rugby – has been rolled out in the Boland region as the programme aims to expand its footprint to all 14 provincial unions in the next few months. The launch of the Vuka initiative in the Boland, […]
The DHL Stormers repelled a late Reds fightback to emerge with a 25-19 win at DHL Newlands on Saturday evening in their Vodacom Super Rugby round six match. The Cape side led 14-7 at the interval and went on to clinch back-to back home victories. In the late evening fixture played in Buenos Aires, the […]
The SA Rugby U18 High Performance and National Women’s Assessment camps this week delivered on their objectives of setting a solid foundation with an eye on the forthcoming season. The U18 High Performance camp was hosted in Stellenbosch from Sunday to Wednesday. The focus was on tracking the players’ progress from the U16 and U17 […]