The Junior Boks got together again on Wednesday after a short break and this was the message from their captain, Phendulani Buthelezi.
The Junior Springboks took another significant step toward the Under-20 Rugby Championship on Thursday, engaging in a hi...
Junior Springbok head coach Kevin Foote on Wednesday named a sizeable training squad of 45 players, including four who a...
SANZAAR’s Rugby Championship U20 competition returns to the iconic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium next month, when the best ...
Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx capped off fantastic 2025 season when he added the prestigious SA Rugby Men’s Player of th...
The Junior Springboks concluded their short tour of Georgia with a 35-5 victory over their hosts on a cold and wet Frida...
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The Blitzboks visited the SA High Commission in London on 20 May prior to them playing in the HSBC London Sevens at Twickenham.
One of the most striking sculptures outside Twickenham Stadium in London, the one in Rugby Road where a couple of players lift another high in the air, could easily have been crafted from a photo in the mind of Branco du Preez, the most experienced Blitzbok ever.
To play six matches in two days, and repeat that 10 times in 10 different cities on five continents, all in the space of seven months, can get very taxing on mind and body. Just Ask any Blitzbok.
Laurian Johannes, a former Springbok Women’s player, has broken new ground with her appointment as coach of the South African Women’s U20 squad, making her the first female head coach of a national team on the local rugby scene.
With DHL Western Province threatening to disappear over the horizon in the South Section of the SuperSport Rugby Challenge, at least four teams will be keen to make decisive moves this weekend in Round Five.
The Cell C Sharks will be trying to reverse their recent disappointing form in Durban when they host the Emirates Lions in a Vodacom Super Rugby derby on Saturday evening, with kick-off at Jonsson Kings Park scheduled for 17h15.
The DHL Stormers will have to be at their defensive best in the first 20 minutes of Saturday’s Vodacom Super Rugby match against the Highlanders at DHL Newlands, where SA Rugby Player of the Year Pieter-Steph du Toit will earn in his 50th cap for the Capetonians.
All the teams in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series play to their own beat, but few would argue that the broad smiles from the Blitzboks, just before every match kicks off, is one of the most recognised elements of the world showpiece.
Branco du Preez, at the HSBC London Sevens this weekend, will become the most capped Blitzboks player ever in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
Two years ago Francke Horn was uncertain if he would be able to play sport again after being diagnosed with a heart condition.
The Blitzboks visited the SA High Commission in London on 20 May prior to them playing in the HSBC London Sevens at Twickenham.
The Cell C Sharks will be trying to reverse their recent disappointing form in Durban when they host the Emirates Lions in a Vodacom Super Rugby derby on Saturday evening, with kick-off at Jonsson Kings Park scheduled for 17h15.
News
Junior Boks forge grit in physical Wellington hit-outThe Junior Springboks took another significant step toward the Under-20 Rugby Championship on Thursday, engaging in a high-intensity training match against the Sanlam Boland Kavaliers in hot and humid conditions in Wellington.
Squad announcement
Foote names expanded Junior Bok training groupJunior Springbok head coach Kevin Foote on Wednesday named a sizeable training squad of 45 players, including four who attended the recent Springbok alignment camp, for a two-week camp in Stellenbosch from 6 to 19 April in preparation for the 2026 edition of the Under 20 Rugby Championship (TRCU20).
Tournament news
Rugby Championship U20 heads back to GqeberhaSANZAAR’s Rugby Championship U20 competition returns to the iconic Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium next month, when the best junior talent from South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina converges on Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape at the end of April.
News
Marvellous Marx makes it a memorable doubleSpringbok hooker Malcolm Marx capped off fantastic 2025 season when he added the prestigious SA Rugby Men’s Player of the Year Award to his World Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Year accolade, which he received late last year, while Nadine Roos did the double by being named SA Rugby Women’s Player of the Year for a second successive season at the SA Rugby Awards, presented by FNB on Thursday.
Reaction
Junior Boks complete Georgian tour with victory in tough conditionsThe Junior Springboks concluded their short tour of Georgia with a 35-5 victory over their hosts on a cold and wet Friday afternoon in Tbilisi, with SA U20 head coach Kevin Foote praising the players’ resilience in the tough conditions.
