Springboks depart for Europe in high spirits
The Springboks departed for France in high spirits on Friday as they look forward to a one-week training camp in Paris before taking the field in the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour, starting next week Saturday.

Nienaber: “Steyn a brilliant rugby player and person”
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber praised veteran flyhalf Morné Steyn for his notable contribution in the green and gold - on and off the field - over an international career spanning 12 years following his retirement from international rugby on Tuesday.

Home games will show SA teams’ progress
A 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.

Moerat earns Springbok call-up for UK tour
Former SA Schools and Junior Springbok captain Salmaan Moerat has earned his first Springbok call-up in a squad of 32 players named by Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber on Tuesday for the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour to the United Kingdom in November.

Breakdown improvement key for SA teams
A 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.

Stormers fly SA flag on final weekend in the north
The 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.

Brave Cell C Sharks run out of time in Cardiff
Cardiff got some form of revenge after their defeat last weekend when they beat the Cell C Sharks by 23-17 (half-time 17-10) in a tense Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday night.

Vodacom Bulls slip to Edinburgh defeat
The Vodacom Bulls subsided to a 17-10 (halftime 10-3) defeat to Edinburgh in the Vodacom Untied Rugby Championship on Saturday as they were unable to recapture the authority of their previous round win over Cardiff.

Match officials for year-end internationals announced
South Africa is well represented on the match official panels for the November internationals – where AJ Jacobs will be making his Test debut – and the two Dubai Sevens tournaments, while the referees for the Springboks’ three matches in the UK were also announced by World Rugby on Friday.

Re-live: DHL WP v Vodacom Bulls
The second SA Rugby Under-20 Cup semi-final is scheduled for Cape Town at 14h00 on Saturday, when DHL WP host the Vodacom Bulls at Newlands.