SANZAAR announces Castle Lager Rugby Championship schedule
The Springboks will begin their defence of the Castle Lager Rugby Championship with an away match against Argentina – in Brisbane – before a ‘home’ game against the Wallabies in Sydney, it was announced overnight as SANZAAR unveiled the competition fixtures.
More than 320,000 ticket applications for British & Irish Lions tour 2021
South African rugby fans came out in full force and applied for 323,964 tickets to attend the eight matches of next year’s tour of the British & Irish Lions.
Gelant one of eight Boks in DHL Stormers squad for Pretoria trip
Springbok fullback Warrick Gelant will make his DHL Stormers debut in the familiar surroundings of Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, where they face the Emirates Lions at 19h00 in the second Vodacom Super Fan Saturday encounter.
New-look Cell C Sharks backline for Vodacom Super Fan Saturday
A new-look Cell C Sharks backline will be on display when the KwaZulu-Natalians face the Vodacom Bulls in the first match of Vodacom Super Fan Saturday at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria this weekend.
Jantjies leads Emirates Lions in Vodacom Super Fan Saturday
Springbok flyhalf and 2019 Rugby World Cup winner, Elton Jantjies, will lead an Emirates Lions team featuring a vibrant mix of youth and experience on Saturday when they cross paths with the DHL Stormers in the Vodacom Super Fan Saturday double-header at Loftus Versfeld.
Familiar faces return in Vodacom Bulls’ squad
Vodacom Bulls Director of Rugby Jake White included four Springbok loose forwards in his squad of 30 players for their Vodacom Super Fan Saturday clash against the Cell C Sharks at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
SA participation in Guinness PRO14 with Monday night rugby planned
On August 25, PRO14 Rugby acknowledged that under current international travel restrictions it is not possible for South African teams to fulfil Guinness PRO14 fixtures until 2021.
SA Rugby U21 Champs scheduled for Johannesburg next month
The 2020 SA Rugby Under-21 Championship, featuring five provincial sides, will kick off on Sunday 4 October and will be played at one venue – Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg – culminating in the final on 30 October, SA Rugby announced on Wednesday.
Video: Davids and Pretorius on making the Dream Team
Two Blitzboks, JC Pretorius and Selvyn Davids, were named in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series Dream Team at the end of the 2020 season. The handing over of the jerseys was done by SA Rugby's High Performance Manager for Sevens Rugby, Marius Schoeman.
RIP Yusuf Moerat (1928-2020)
SA Rugby president, Mr Mark Alexander, expressed his condolences to the family of former rugby legend and national representative, Mr Yusuf Moerat, who passed away in Paarl on Sunday.
