Two quick tries late in the game swung the result of the Vodacom Super Rugby match between the Chiefs and the Cell C Sharks in Hamilton in favour of the home team, who won 29-23.
The Hollywoodbets Sharks claimed the SA Rugby Under-21 title on Saturday when they defeated the Fidelity ADT Lions 63-31...
South Africa’s age-old north-versus-south provincial and franchise rivalry will play out at club level in Cape Town on S...
The DHL Stormers are still unbeaten in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, while the Vodacom Bulls bounced back in Ir...
Four will become two on Saturday when the semi-finals of Pick n Pay Gold Cup – the ‘FA Cup of South African rugby’ – wil...
The DHL Stormers will not only try to retain their spot at the top of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship log this wee...
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The Springbok Women's Sevens team finished their short tour to France in emphatic fashion in Nancy on Sunday, winning the Stanislas Sevens tournament by beating Sweden 22-0 in the final.
SWD Eagles snatched their first win of the campaign when they edged Zimbabwe Academy 31-30 (half-time 19-7) in their SuperSport Rugby Challenge match at a wind-swept D'Almeida Stadium in Mossel Bay on Sunday.
The Toyota Free State Cheetahs XV outplayed the Mutisure EP Elephants 49-12 (half-time 21-12) in their SuperSport Rugby Challenge match played at D’Almeida Stadium in Mossel Bay on Sunday.
The Boland Cavaliers proved that they are a force to be reckoned with in this years SuperSport Rugby Challenge competition by beating Border Bulldogs 52-0 (half-time 14-0) at Police Rugby Club in East London on Saturday afternoon.
The Cell C Sharks gave another impressive performance on the road but they unfortunately went down 29-23 to the Chiefs in Hamilton on Saturday morning (SA time) in their last Vodacom Super Rugby tour match through Australasia.
Branco du Preez will become the most-capped Springbok Sevens player of all time at the HSBC London Sevens next weekend when he runs out for his 70th tournament for the Blitzboks in the penultimate tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at Twickenham.
It is exactly a week since Phendulani Buthelezi was named as the Junior Springboks’ captain for 2019, and the Cell C Sharks looseforward says it is such a surreal feeling, it still hasn’t sunk in yet.
The Spanish Women’s team will visit South Africa later this year in a groundbreaking tour where they will provide stiff opposition to the Springbok Women, a South African Invitational XV and the Eastern Province XV in Port Elizabeth in September.
The Springbok Women will battle it out for a place in the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in August when they face Kenya, Madagascar and Uganda in the Women’s Cup in Gauteng, which serves as the qualifier for the international spectacle.
The Vodacom Bulls welcome back Springbok fullback Warrick Gelant and Hanro Liebenberg (looseforward) for Friday’s clash against the Rebels in Melbourne, where they will be looking for their sixth victory out of seven outings over the team from Victoria.
The Springbok Women's Sevens team finished their short tour to France in emphatic fashion in Nancy on Sunday, winning the Stanislas Sevens tournament by beating Sweden 22-0 in the final.
Branco du Preez will become the most-capped Springbok Sevens player of all time at the HSBC London Sevens next weekend when he runs out for his 70th tournament for the Blitzboks in the penultimate tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at Twickenham.
Tournament news
Sharks U21s and Bulls U19s crowned Cup championsThe Hollywoodbets Sharks claimed the SA Rugby Under-21 title on Saturday when they defeated the Fidelity ADT Lions 63-31 in a high-scoring final in Durban on Saturday, while the Vodacom Bulls edged DHL Western Province by 20-14 in the SA Rugby U19 Cup final staged in Pretoria on Friday.
Pick n Pay Gold Cup
Villager to host Naka Bulls in 2025 final in CTSouth Africa’s age-old north-versus-south provincial and franchise rivalry will play out at club level in Cape Town on Saturday when Western Province champions Villager host Bulls champions Naka Bulls in the Pick n Pay Gold Cup Final.
Vodacom United Rugby Championship
Stormers still top as Gauteng sides bounce backThe DHL Stormers are still unbeaten in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, while the Vodacom Bulls bounced back in Ireland and the Lions recorded their first victory of the season in Johannesburg, but the Hollywoodbets Sharks are still searching for that elusive maiden win.
Pick n Pay Gold Cup
Grand Final spots at stake in Pick n Pay Gold CupFour will become two on Saturday when the semi-finals of Pick n Pay Gold Cup – the ‘FA Cup of South African rugby’ – will be contested at two iconic club grounds situated more than 1,500 km apart in the Western Cape and Limpopo.
Vodacom United Rugby Championship
SA teams look to make a step up in Vodacom URCThe DHL Stormers will not only try to retain their spot at the top of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship log this weekend, but also continue winning streak against Zebre Parma, the Vodacom Bulls will be looking to bounce back in tough Galway, while the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Lions will aim for their first victories of season as they are back on home soil.
