Mixed fortunes for SA sides in Euro competitions
There were mixed fortunes for South Africa’s sides in the European competitions over the weekend as the DHL Stormers snatched a valuable home win, while the Vodacom Bulls went down in a heart-breaker in France in the Investec Champions Cup, but there were smiles for the Toyota Cheetahs and Emirates Lions in the EPCR Challenge Cup.

Blitzboks route to Paris has Monaco detour
The Springbok Sevens will have to beat all-comers at Stade Louis II in Monaco on 21-23 June to earn their Olympic Games Paris 2024 ticket in the final World Rugby Sevens Repechage, World Rugby announced on Friday.

SA teams target another strong round in Europe
The South African teams will be targeting another strong weekend of action in round two of the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup after starting the respective competitions with an impressive win record of four out of five last week.

Top juniors invited to 2024 alignment camps
Two groups of 23 players have been invited to attend Under-20 alignment camps in Stellenbosch and Pretoria in January to kickstart the preparations for the SA Rugby Academy and Junior Springbok season.

South African teams off to strong start in Europe
It was a good weekend of European rugby for four of the five South African teams participating in the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup, with four teams registering encouraging victories to make a strong statement for the domestic teams.

SA Rugby pays tribute to former world rugby leader
SA Rugby has joined the chorus of tributes to Dr Syd Millar CBE, the former chairman of what is now World Rugby, who has passed away aged 89.

RIP Ivor “Pitty” Myburgh (1941-2023)
Mr Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, paid tribute to former national player Ivor Myburgh, who passed away last week after a long illness at the age of 82.

Bad day at the office, but Blitzboks still on track
The Blitzboks are a team that are best when they have ball in hand and that showed a week ago when they triumphed in Dubai, but disappointingly for Springbok Sevens supporters, they could not do the same this weekend in Cape Town, and paid the price.

Dazel optimistic about rest of HSBC SVNS season
Springbok Women’s Sevens coach Renfred Dazel said that despite their HSBC SVNS Cape Town performances over the weekend, he is still confident that the team will achieve their season goal of finishing in the top eight of the series.

Australia and Argentina crowned Cape Town champs
Australia claimed a first-ever Cape Town title, and their second HSBC SVNS 2024 victory in a row, with a gutsy 29-26 win over France in an epic women’s final to cue ecstatic celebrations. The men’s final was a more one-sided affair as Argentina produced a dominant display to overcome Australia by a 45-12 scoreline to secure their first title in Cape Town.