The national Sevens Teams of Germany, Ireland, Uruguay traveled to Stellenbosch for a number of matches against the SA Rugby Sevens Academy, French Development Sevens and Stellenbosch Academy of Sport Sevens Academy.
The Springbok Sevens squad showed their experience and physical presence on the second day of the Rugby Africa Solidarit...
The Springbok Sevens squad, playing as SA 1 and SA 2, scored five out of six wins in their first international tournamen...
The return to international action for the Springbok Sevens squad and the performances of the Blitzboks and SA Rugby Sev...
Siviwe Soyizwapi and Impi Visser will lead two experienced, but also experimental outfits in this weekend's tournament o...
The plan was a simple one for Neil Maritz: finish the 2020 season on a high with the New Nation Pumas before moving to S...
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SA Rugby announced on Friday that Microsoft South Africa, a global organisation that enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge, has joined their family of partners as the official cloud partner.
For Springboks Sevens coach, Neil Powell, consistency has always been the key to success and resulted in two consecutive Sevens Series titles, but it can be debated if his squad selection for this weekend’s HSBC Las Vegas Sevens was a gamble or calculated risk.
SA Rugby has announced free entry to The Springbok Experience from today (Friday), after reluctantly taking the decision to close the rugby museum as a cost-saving measure.
It will be a battle between two Springbok laden packs of forwards in Durban, where the Cell C Sharks and the visiting DHL Stormers are geared for another titanic contest.
Two big South African derbies are on the Vodacom Super Rugby menu on Saturday, when two #SuperPowered matches take place in Johannesburg and Durban.
Guinness PRO14 title contenders and the top side in the competition this season, Leinster, held off a determined Toyota Cheetahs outfit in Dublin on Friday for a 19-7 victory, which marked their 15th win in 17 matches.
Handre Pollard piloted the Vodacom Bulls to a 30-12 derby win over the Emirates Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday, while the DHL Stormers clinched a second straight win thanks to their 16-11 triumph over the Cell C Sharks 16-11 in Durban.
Following a heavy loss to the Vodacom Bulls in the opening round and last week’s last-gasp win over the Emirates Lions in Cape Town, the DHL Stormers played much better on Saturday in Durban to defeat the Cell C Sharks 16-11 in a tightly contested local coastal derby.
The Springbok Sevens team will face Fiji in Las Vegas on Sunday evening, not in the Cup competition of the HSBC Las Sevens as they had hoped, but rather in the semi-final for fifth place.
The Isuzu Southern Kings went down fighting against the Cardiff Blues in Wales on Saturday after entering the break at 7-7 and then taking a brief 12-7 lead before the hosts scored back-to-back tries to break away on the scoreboard.
SA Rugby announced on Friday that Microsoft South Africa, a global organisation that enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge, has joined their family of partners as the official cloud partner.
Guinness PRO14 title contenders and the top side in the competition this season, Leinster, held off a determined Toyota Cheetahs outfit in Dublin on Friday for a 19-7 victory, which marked their 15th win in 17 matches.
Team news
South Africa keep clean sheet at Solidarity Sevens CampThe Springbok Sevens squad showed their experience and physical presence on the second day of the Rugby Africa Solidarity Sevens Camp, winning all four their matches at Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch on Sunday.
Match report
Blitzboks bounce back at Solidarity Camp SevensThe Springbok Sevens squad, playing as SA 1 and SA 2, scored five out of six wins in their first international tournament in 14 months, with SA 1 defeating Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe and SA 2 toppling Uganda and SAS Sevens Academy in their opening matches of the Rugby Africa Solidarity Sevens Camp in Stellenbosch. SA 2 were edged by Kenya in the only blemish of the day.
Reaction
Pleasing effort as Blitzboks return to actionThe return to international action for the Springbok Sevens squad and the performances of the Blitzboks and SA Rugby Sevens Academy side at the Rugby Africa Solidarity Sevens Camp in Stellenbosch on Saturday were pleasing to the eye and mind for their coaching staff.
Team news
Blitzboks mix and match for Solidarity CampSiviwe Soyizwapi and Impi Visser will lead two experienced, but also experimental outfits in this weekend's tournament of Rugby Africa's Sevens Solidarity Camp, to be played at Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch on Saturday and Sunday.
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Delight for Maritz as he finally hits the fieldThe plan was a simple one for Neil Maritz: finish the 2020 season on a high with the New Nation Pumas before moving to Stellenbosch to give himself a serious chance of becoming a Springbok Sevens player and contest for a spot in the squad that will travel to the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
