Jantjies, Pretorius back for Stormers' quarter-final
Springbok scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies and centre Rikus Pretorius will make their return in the DHL Stormers' Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-final against Edinburgh at DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday.
Sharks change one for playoff in Pretoria
The Cell C Sharks team named to take on the Vodacom Bulls in Saturday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-final clash shows just one change from the previous clash two weeks ago.
Bulls replace Brink with Botha for quarter-final
There is all to play for in what is arguably the biggest match so far in 2022 in Pretoria, when the Vodacom Bulls host the Cell C Sharks in an all-South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarterfinal at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
Five SA teams to join elite competitions in Europe
South Africa’s involvement into the top-flight of Northern Hemisphere club rugby has received a massive boost with the confirmation on Thursday that the four Vodacom United Rugby Championship teams and the Toyota Cheetahs will play in next season’s two European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) knockout competitions, the Heineken Champions Cup and the Challenge Cup.
The 2022 Carling Currie Cup Bulletin #23
With the top two positions on the Carling Currie Cup log all but sewn up, the battle for the other two spots in the semi-finals will move up in intensity this weekend, with Windhoek Draught Griquas, the Cell C Sharks and the Airlink Pumas all in a race to reach the top-four, while the Down Touch Griffons are on the cusp of promotion as the action continues in the First Division.
European leagues welcome inclusion of SA teams
Following confirmation of the inclusion of five teams from South Africa in the Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup for the 2022/23 season and beyond, Europe’s three main professional leagues have expressed their approval of the historic expansion of EPCR’s tournaments.
Final round action to determine finalists
The league phase of the Women’s Premier Division concludes on Saturday, with three potential outcomes on who the finalists will be on 11 June when the season finale will be hosted by the team at the top of the log.
Junior Boks off to Italy for U20 Summer Series
The Junior Springboks will return to international action as part of an exciting Under-20 Summer Series, competing against the Six Nations’ U20 sides and Georgia in the tournament that will be staged in Italy from 24 June to 12 July, it was confirmed by Six Nations Rugby on Wednesday.
SA Rugby accelerates fast-tracking of the development of elite black coaches
In a bold step to fast-track the development South Africa’s elite black rugby coaches and drive transformation, SA Rugby has been actively presenting its custom-made programme to equip outstanding emerging coaches with the skills to ply their trade at provincial and international level.
HSBC Cape Town Sevens back with a bang
The ever-popular HSBC Cape Town Sevens will return to the Mother City on the weekend of 9-11 December this year, when the best men’s and women’s sevens teams in the world will return to the DHL Stadium for the first time since 2019.