The Junior Springboks are bustling with cropped-up energy and excitement and cannot wait to run onto the field on Friday when they face Uruguay Under-20, when international rugby finally returns to South African soil. The Under-20 International Series match, which kicks off at 15h00 and will be broadcast live on[…]
A new era will kick off for South African rugby when the Cell C Sharks, DHL Stormers, Emirates Lions and Vodacom Bulls join 12 Guinness PRO14 clubs for the United Rugby Championship, which will kick off in September 2021 in a brand new, world-class 16-team league. It also holds out[…]
Springbok Jesse Kriel speaks from their camp last Thursday with Springbok Coach Jacques Nienaber on the physicality of playing in Japan and mentioned that although internationally there was a certain level of physicality where Tongans and Island Boys are not “ small “ the aspect of physicality has always been[…]
The Vodacom Bulls claimed top spot in the PRO14 Rainbow Cup SA in Durban on Saturday evening when they defeated the Cell C Sharks by 34-22 in the final match, and in the process booked their place in next weekend’s ‘North v South’ final in Italy. The men from Pretoria[…]
Roland Garros winner Novak Djokovic comes straight from his 19th Grand Slam title to his lead in the ATP tour rankings, the Serbian now secures nearly1970 points and is ahead of Russian Daniil Medvedev and spains Rafael Nadal in third. Stefanos Tsitsipas moves up one position to fourth in the[…]
The women’s provincial season will switch into a new gear on Saturday as the Premier Division teams start the second half of their campaigns, while four of the five teams in Group 2 of the Women’s First Division will launch their 2021 season. Premier Division log-leaders, DHL Western Province, will[…]
The PRO14 Rainbow Cup SA match between the Emirates Lions and DHL Stormers, scheduled for Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, has been cancelled in line with COVID-19 protocols. The decision was taken as part of prescribed precautions advised by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) to limit the risk[…]
Nic Berry (Australia), Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand) and Mathieu Raynal (France) have been appointed to officiate the Tests between the Springboks and British & Irish Lions. They will be joined by five leading South African referees for the Lions Series, which kicks off early next month. Jaco Peyper, AJ Jacobs,[…]
The Springboks have been honoured with a special Presidential Award from the Black Management Forum. Mr Andile Nomlala, president of the Forum, made the award at a special ceremony attended by state president, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, in Johannesburg on Friday. “In the words of former President Nelson Mandela, sport has[…]
DHL Western Province underlined their class and took poll position at the halfway stage of the Women’s Premier Division with a big win over their fiercest rivals, the Border Ladies, while the Blue Bulls Women and Boland Dames also ensured they go into the second half of the competition with[…]
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