Raubenheimer pleased with Bok Women’s progress
Springbok Women’s coach Stanley Raubenheimer expressed his satisfaction with the strides being made by his charges at their training camp in Stellenbosch as the countdown continues to the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in September.

Hollis, Van Jaarsveld return to old stomping ground
Former Vodacom Bulls age-group players Christopher Hollis (centre) and Luigy van Jaarsveld (No 8) will return to their old stomping ground when Eastern Province travel to Pretoria for their season opener at Loftus Versfeld on Sunday.

Van Zyl leads DHL Stormers at CT Stadium
Chris van Zyl (lock) will captain the DHL Stormers in their 2021 Kick-off Pools match against the Toyota Cheetahs at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.

Nkosi to coach Lions in season openers
Former SA Schools coach Mzwakhe Nkosi will take the reins at the Lions in the forthcoming series of preparation matches for the 2021 season.

More pre-season player movements
With the local 2021 season officially starting this week with a series of preparation matches between eight provincial unions, the player transfer market has also kicked into gear.

Battle for Champions Cup places on in Guinness PRO14
Leinster and Munster retained their strangleholds on their respective Guinness PRO14 conference standings and appear to be on course to clash in the final.

Increased rest days confirmed for RWC 2023
Rugby World Cup 2023 in France will feature increased rest periods for all teams after the Rugby World Cup Board, the World Rugby Executive Committee, the France 2023 organising committee and International Rugby Players agreed a ground-breaking package of player welfare principles that will underpin a greatly enhanced match schedule when it is announced later this month.

Call of duty in new role inspires Ngcobo
At the age of 22, Sandile Ngcobo threw his rugby boots in the dust bin and started working with a courier company at OR Tambo International Airport – this despite playing provincial rugby for the Lions at U13, U16 and U18 level before representing them at Under-21 level.

Ulster have little room for error
Ulster’s return to action for the first time in five weeks will leave no room for error as they chase defending Guinness PRO14 champions Leinster in a tense Conference A battle.

SuperSport to broadcast preparation matches
SA Rugby and SuperSport announced on Friday that they will be broadcasting all 16 preparation fixtures live when the local rugby season kicks off next weekend.