Vodacom United Rugby Championship

Will the Vodacom Bulls be third time lucky or can Leinster break their Vodacom United Rugby Championship drought?

Team announcement

Ricardo Duarttee and Mfundo Ndhlovu, who were members of the Blitzboks’ HSBC SVNS World Championship winning squad, have been included in the Springbok Sevens ‘A’ squad for the Rugby Africa Sevens Cup in Mauritius, where Springbok Sevens head coach Philip Snyman will get a glimpse of what the future holds for the sevens programme.

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Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus said on Thursday he planned to continue with the team rotation policy that delivered impressive results last season with 11 victories in 13 Test matches, as he looks to build squad depth and experience with an eye on this season and further ahead to the 2027 Rugby World Cup.

Carling Currie Cup

A new name will be engraved on the Carling Currie Cup First Division trophy in the last weekend of July, and all six teams will be eager to get their charge off to a strong start when the competition kicks off on Saturday.

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Tickets go on sale for the Springboks' defence of their Castle Lager Rugby Championship crown – with two Tests against Australia in August – via Ticketmaster on Friday, 13 June at 09h00.