Emirates Lions team named for season opener
Emirates Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen has named his team for their Vodacom United Rugby Championship opener against the Vodacom Bulls in Johannesburg on Saturday, with Reinhardt Nothnagel named to captain the side.

Boks expect Pumas to be a massive force at home
Springbok prop Frans Malherbe and scrumhalf Faf de Klerk on Wednesday predicted an epic battle against Argentina in their Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash on Saturday - which has been moved to Estadio Libertadores De América in Buenos Aires - saying they are a tough team to beat at home.

WP and Sharks U21s grab crucial victories
DHL Western Province scored their third win of the SA Rugby Under-21 Cup competition last Saturday when they outplayed the Toyota Cheetahs by 53-12 in their Saturday afternoon fixture played at the Villager Rugby Club in Cape Town.

Nominees for Players' Player(s) of the Year announced
MyPlayers, the body representing South Africa's professional rugby players, announced the nominees in their annual Players’ Player of the Year Awards, voted for and bestowed by the players themselves.

Nienaber names unchanged XV for Pumas clash
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named an unchanged starting team for their must-win Castle Lager Rugby Championship match against Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday, with the coach making only three changes to the replacements.

How an “incredible” weekend unfolded in Cape Town
Following 84 incredible matches, the curtain came down on an enthralling Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 with Australia and Fiji sitting on the top step of the podium.

Vodacom URC the stage for young stars to shine
Another wave of young South African rugby stars are expected to take centre stage in this season’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship as the competition continues to distinguish itself as a breeding ground of future Springbok talent.

Mbonambi joins Springboks in Buenos Aires
Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi joined the national squad in Buenos Aires on Monday after completing the initial stages of his recovery from the knee injury that sidelined him before the second Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against New Zealand in Johannesburg last month.

Boks bracing for bruising encounter in BA
The Springboks are ready for a bruising encounter against a passionate Argentinean team determined to please their home crowd in Buenos Aires on Saturday as the race for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship title reaches fever pitch.

Blitzboks sign off in style as Powell bids farewell
It was the farewell Neil Powell deserved as the long-serving head coach of the Springbok Sevens team and although it wasn’t in the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 final - as the team and so many South Africans had hoped for - the Blitzboks finally delivered a performance worthy of the contribution their coach had made to the local sevens game in a career spanning more than two decades.