Two quick tries late in the game swung the result of the Vodacom Super Rugby match between the Chiefs and the Cell C Sharks in Hamilton in favour of the home team, who won 29-23.
An exciting rugby bonanza - different from anything that has been seen on South African soil before - awaits rugby enthu...
South African fans and people connected with the local teams in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, as well as most n...
A double round of home matches is next on the menu for the South African teams in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship ...
A tough month on the road came to an end this weekend with the four South African teams returning home after a mixed bag...
The tough nature of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship was again underlined on the weekend where only the DHL Stormer...
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The Springbok Women's Sevens team finished their short tour to France in emphatic fashion in Nancy on Sunday, winning the Stanislas Sevens tournament by beating Sweden 22-0 in the final.
SWD Eagles snatched their first win of the campaign when they edged Zimbabwe Academy 31-30 (half-time 19-7) in their SuperSport Rugby Challenge match at a wind-swept D'Almeida Stadium in Mossel Bay on Sunday.
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs XV outplayed the Mutisure EP Elephants 49-12 (half-time 21-12) in their SuperSport Rugby Challenge match played at D’Almeida Stadium in Mossel Bay on Sunday.
The Boland Cavaliers proved that they are a force to be reckoned with in this years SuperSport Rugby Challenge competition by beating Border Bulldogs 52-0 (half-time 14-0) at Police Rugby Club in East London on Saturday afternoon.
The Cell C Sharks gave another impressive performance on the road but they unfortunately went down 29-23 to the Chiefs in Hamilton on Saturday morning (SA time) in their last Vodacom Super Rugby tour match through Australasia.
Branco du Preez will become the most-capped Springbok Sevens player of all time at the HSBC London Sevens next weekend when he runs out for his 70th tournament for the Blitzboks in the penultimate tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at Twickenham.
It is exactly a week since Phendulani Buthelezi was named as the Junior Springboks’ captain for 2019, and the Cell C Sharks looseforward says it is such a surreal feeling, it still hasn’t sunk in yet.
The Spanish Women’s team will visit South Africa later this year in a groundbreaking tour where they will provide stiff opposition to the Springbok Women, a South African Invitational XV and the Eastern Province XV in Port Elizabeth in September.
The Springbok Women will battle it out for a place in the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in August when they face Kenya, Madagascar and Uganda in the Women’s Cup in Gauteng, which serves as the qualifier for the international spectacle.
The Vodacom Bulls welcome back Springbok fullback Warrick Gelant and Hanro Liebenberg (looseforward) for Friday’s clash against the Rebels in Melbourne, where they will be looking for their sixth victory out of seven outings over the team from Victoria.
The Springbok Women's Sevens team finished their short tour to France in emphatic fashion in Nancy on Sunday, winning the Stanislas Sevens tournament by beating Sweden 22-0 in the final.
Branco du Preez will become the most-capped Springbok Sevens player of all time at the HSBC London Sevens next weekend when he runs out for his 70th tournament for the Blitzboks in the penultimate tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at Twickenham.
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Unique rugby feast planned for BloemfonteinAn exciting rugby bonanza - different from anything that has been seen on South African soil before - awaits rugby enthusiasts in November, when Toyota SA in conjunction with the Toyota Cheetahs host the first installment of the Toyota Challenge, a brand-new rugby product.
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All eyes on Glasgow's challenge to Irish dominationSouth African fans and people connected with the local teams in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, as well as most neutrals, should become Glasgow Warriors supporters as Irish powerhouse Leinster head to Scotstoun Stadium for the plum fixture of the fifth round.
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Home games will show SA teams’ progressA double round of home matches is next on the menu for the South African teams in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship and it is going to be interesting to see how they apply the lessons learned from the initial four match tours that went off with mixed success.
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Breakdown improvement key for SA teamsA tough month on the road came to an end this weekend with the four South African teams returning home after a mixed bag in their first four weeks in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
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Stormers fly SA flag on final weekend in the northThe tough nature of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship was again underlined on the weekend where only the DHL Stormers managed a victory for the four South African franchises taking on the best of Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
