Anton Taylor, whose highlight of his rugby career was placing second in a Pete Sampras lookalike competition at a club fundraiser, takes a look at some of the bigger, and smaller moments from Round 3 of an action-packed Vodacom Super Rugby weekend.
The four South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship franchises will target another perfect run of home victories in...
As the 2026 SA Cup nears the halfway mark, this weekend’s league action presents another exciting line-up of games in Ge...
The final round of the Pick n Pay Women’s Super League 1 kicks off earlier than usual, when Sanlam Boland Dames take on ...
The inaugural SA Rugby U23 Cup competition enters its second round on Friday when two games will be staged, in Durban an...
The four South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship franchises showed guts and determination in their 13th round th...
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The Rugby World Cup-winning Springboks added another fantastic award to their impressive list of recent accolades when they scooped the prestigious Laureus Team of the Year Award in Berlin on Monday evening.
Four players will make their first appearance at the third Under-20 alignment camp in Stellenbosch this week after being invited by Junior Springbok coach Chean Roux as the planning phase continues for the SA Rugby Academy and SA U20 season in the next few months.
Ahead of Monday’s landmark 20th anniversary Laureus World Sports Awards in Berlin, former Springbok wing Bryan Habana has been inducted into the Laureus World Sports Academy.
Hard work lies ahead for the Isuzu Southern Kings and Toyota Cheetahs in the Guinness Pro14 after the teams were reintroduced the realities of touring the northern hemisphere in winter this past weekend, with both sides suffering disappointing defeats.
Two second half tries by Ben Lam paved the way for a 38-22 Hurricanes triumph over the Cell C Sharks in their third round Vodacom Super Rugby match in Wellington on Saturday morning (SA time).
Werner Kok will play in his 50th HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series tournament for the Springbok Sevens team next weekend in Los Angeles, where Ryan Oosthuizen, Kurt-Lee Arendse and Mfundo Ndhlovu will return to action in the green and gold.
Jaco Visagie (hooker) and Johnny Kotze (outside centre) will both earn their 50th Vodacom Super Rugby caps when the Vodacom Bulls return to Loftus Versfeld for the first time this season to face the Blues on Saturday (kick-off 17h15).
Springbok centre Andre Esterhuizen will take over the captaincy duties from regular skipper Lukhanyo Am, who is being rested, for the Cell C Sharks' fourth round Vodacom Super Rugby match with the Rebels on Saturday in Ballarat.
The DHL Stormers have made four changes for their home encounter with the Jaguares - which kicks off at 15h05 on Saturday - with Springbok tighthead prop Wilco Louw set to earn his 50th Vodacom Super Rugby cap off the bench.
The Springbok Women's Sevens team will revel in the opportunity to take the field again after their historic first appearance at the HSBC Cape Town Sevens in December last year.
The Rugby World Cup-winning Springboks added another fantastic award to their impressive list of recent accolades when they scooped the prestigious Laureus Team of the Year Award in Berlin on Monday evening.
Werner Kok will play in his 50th HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series tournament for the Springbok Sevens team next weekend in Los Angeles, where Ryan Oosthuizen, Kurt-Lee Arendse and Mfundo Ndhlovu will return to action in the green and gold.
Vodacom United Rugby Championship
Aiming to go back-to-back at home in the VURCThe four South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship franchises will target another perfect run of home victories in a gripping round of action this weekend, where victories, preferably with bonus-points, will be essential to keep them in the running for playoff spots as the end of the pool phase moves into view.
SA Cup
Chasing pack hunt SA Cup frontrunnersAs the 2026 SA Cup nears the halfway mark, this weekend’s league action presents another exciting line-up of games in George, Potchefstroom, Bloemfontein, and Kimberley on Saturday, while the remaining Sunday fixture will be staged in Nelspruit.
Pick n Pay Women's Super League
Dames have it all to play for as WSL 1 concludesThe final round of the Pick n Pay Women’s Super League 1 kicks off earlier than usual, when Sanlam Boland Dames take on the Sharks Women on Friday in Durban, where victory for the visitors will book their spot in the 2026 final.
SA Rugby U23 Cup
Full round of action as U23 Cup picks up paceThe inaugural SA Rugby U23 Cup competition enters its second round on Friday when two games will be staged, in Durban and Polokwane, with the Vodacom Bulls XV and DHL Stormers XXIII entering the fray for the first time, while the Hollywoodbets Sharks U23s will be determined to rebound form their opening round home loss to the Lions XV.
Vodacom United Rugby Championship
Full house for SA franchises in Vodacom URCThe four South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship franchises showed guts and determination in their 13th round this past weekend to register a full house of bonus point home victories at a crucial stage of the tournament.