Team announcement

Four Rugby World Cup winners, Damian Willemse (utility back), Andre Esterhuizen (centre), RG Snyman and Franco Mostert (both locks), will make a welcome return to the Springbok squad for the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour in November after missing the recent Castle Lager Rugby Championship due to injury.

News

The Springbok Women will play Brazil in their opening match of the 2025 Rugby World Cup in England, facing their Pool D opponents for the first time at Franklin’s Gardens in Northampton on Sunday 24 August.

Inspiration

Home is where the heart is. However, for two fallen rugby players, theirs are not the places of solace they’re supposed to be. Key adaptations are required after catastrophic injuries left Anzil Williams and Heinrich Erasmus wheelchair-bound. The pair is positive but admits their home situations make an already ultra-difficult time that much more challenging.

Vodacom United Rugby Championship

The Emirates Lions, Hollywoodbets Sharks, and DHL Stormers made it a Super Saturday for the South African franchises in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship with all three teams bagging valuable victories to make it a full day of wins.

SA Rugby Under-21 Cup and Shield

DHL Western Province scored two tries in as many minutes at the death of an absorbing SA Rugby Under-21 final as they beat hosts, the Fidelity ADT Lions, by 53-36 (half-time 21-17) in a thrilling game at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.