Stormers change three for top of the table clash
The DHL Stormers starting team for Saturday's top of the table clash in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship against Leinster in Cape Town show three changes from the side that beat Glasgow Warriors last week.

Excitement builds with 500 days to go to RWC 2023
With 500 days to go to the start of the Rugby World Cup in France in 2023 on Tuesday, Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber said excitement started to build with the global showpiece moving into view, despite a bumper 2022 season still ahead for South Africa.

Tuks clinch FNB Varsity Cup title in Final thriller
Exciting young scrumhalf Bernard van der Linde scored a try at the death as UP-Tuks edged Maties 29-23 in a dramatic final in Stellenbosch to claim the FNB Varsit Cup title with the victory equaling the most number of trophies won by a side, as the students from Stellenbosch and Pretoria have now each won the competition five times.

Springbok Women's Sevens raring to go in Tunisia
The Springbok Women's Sevens’ return to the international stage is not only welcomed by Paul Delport, but also the more experienced players, and added to that, there is massive excitement amongst the younger squad members who will be involved in international sevens rugby for the first time.

Plaatjies to debut for South Africa in Tunisia
Asisipho Plaatjies will make her international debut for the Springbok Women’s Sevens team at the Rugby Africa Women's Sevens tournament in Tunisia this weekend after she was named in a fairly experienced squad assembled by coach Paul Delport.

Coastal sides launch into Vodacom URC top four
The DHL Stormers marched into an impressive second place and the Cell C Sharks into fourth on the Vodacom United Rugby Championship log, while the Vodacom Bulls remained in eighth position in a rewarding round for three of South Africa’s four sides.

SA Rugby honours former Springbok captain Dr Dawie de Villiers (1940-2022)
Dr Dawie de Villiers, a former Springbok captain who passed away at the age of 81 on Saturday night after a long battle with cancer, was honoured for his role in South African rugby, but also in the wider society as a politician later in his life, by Mr Mark Alexander, president of the South African Rugby Union.

Blue Bulls make strong statement in opening round
The 2022 Women’s Premier Division kicked off with a big upset on Saturday, when the Blue Bulls Women shocked defending champions Border Ladies 12-0 in Pretoria in the opening round to lay down an early marker in the new season.

Gutsy Cell C Sharks deny Leinster in wet Durban
The Cell C Sharks had to dig deep to beat an inexperienced Leinster side by 28-23 (half-time 14-17) in a very tense Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash played in difficult conditions in Durban on Saturday evening.

RIP Pedrie Wannenburg (1981 to 2022)
Mr Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, paid tribute to former Springbok loose forward Pedrie Wannenburg, who passed away after he was involved in a serious car accident in Houston in the USA on Friday evening (early on Saturday morning SA time). He was 41 years old.