Vodacom United Rugby Championship

They secured their place in a third successive Investec Champions Cup final last weekend but there will be no opportunity for Leinster to rest on their laurels if they want to be in the pole position they covet at the end of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship season.

News

Match official appointments for the next few days have been made, with the Vodacom United Rugby Championship back on the schedule with three games in South Africa, while the SA Cup and Women’s Premier Division continue.

Match report

The Junior Springboks suffered a heart-breaking 24-19 defeat against Australia in their second outing in the U20 Rugby Championship at a wet Sunshine Coast Stadium on Tuesday, but showed great fighting spirit until the final whistle despite a red card in the first half.

Preview

Having played Kenya twice in the last year, the Springbok Women are well aware of the physical confrontation that awaits them at Stade Makis in Antananarivo on Wednesday when the two sides meet in the second round of the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup.

Reaction

A disappointed Junior Springbok head coach Bafana Nhleko bemoaned his team’s error-rate and not keeping the pressure up in their heart-breaking defeat against Australia in the second round of the U20 Rugby Championship on Tuesday.