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The Junior Springboks completed their preparations with one final training session in Stellenbosch on Monday, but they will travel to Italy for the Under-20 Six Nations Summer Series without Canan Moodie, who was forced to withdraw from the squad due to injury.However, the Junior Boks were bolstered by the arrival of DHL Stormers flyhalf Sacha Mngomezulu and Vodacom Bulls lock Reinhardt Ludwig, who have both featured in the Vodacom URC, on Sunday at their base camp in Stellenbosch. Mngomezulu … [Read more...] about Junior Springboks wrap up preparations for Summer Series

The Springbok Women will travel to the Far East next month for two historic Tests against the Japan national women’s team, the Sakura Fifteen, in Iwate and Saitama, the Japan Rugby Union announced earlier on Saturday.The Tests are scheduled for 24 July in the Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Iwate, and on 30 July in Kumagaya Rugby Stadium in Saitama, in what will be the first tour of South Africa’s national women’s side to Japan. The hosts are ranked 12th and the Springbok Women 13th on … [Read more...] about Springbok Women set for two Test-series against Japan

A new Carling Currie Cup champion will be crowned next week after a weekend of dramatic semi-final action, which saw Windhoek Draught Griquas stun holders Vodacom Bulls in Pretoria, while the Airlink Pumas staged a brilliant late rally to shock the Toyota Cheetahs in their pulsating match in Bloemfontein.That means that the 2022 Final will be staged in Kimberley next Saturday, when Windhoek Draught Griquas play in their first decider since 1970, the Airlink Pumas, who have reached the top two … [Read more...] about 2022 Carling Currie Cup Bulletin #28 – Remember EP?

Springbok Women’s Sevens coach, Paul Delport, has invited five new players to the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport for their first Commonwealth Games camp, from 19 to 24 June in preparation for the showpiece in Birmingham, England at the end of July.The Blue Bulls Women duo of Kyla de Vries and Nontuthuko Shongwe, SWD’s Faith Gosling and Zandile Masuku, and Boland’s Luleka Tyibilika are all new to the group, while Kemisetso Baloyi (Blue Bulls) and Bianca Augustyn (Maties) were involved in camps … [Read more...] about Delport includes five new players in Commonwealth Games training squad

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber said his training squad are making strides as they wrapped up the second week of their preparation camp in Pretoria on Friday, and added the two South African sides contesting Saturday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship final in Cape Town will be a shot in the arm for the national squad as they prepare for the Castle Lager Incoming Series against Wales, which kicks off next month.Nienaber said he was satisfied with the step-up made by the players from the first … [Read more...] about Boks continue to make strides at preparation camp

Four of the SA Rugby Youth Weeks return this winter in Cape Town, Kimberley and Welkom after it was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the challenges and uncertainties around the COVID-19 pandemic.SA Rugby confirmed on Wednesday that four of the national Youth Week tournaments will be staged across the three venues between during the midyear school holidays, from 26 June and 9 July. The Youth Weeks programme will start with the simultaneous hosting of the Under-16 and Under-18 Girls Week in … [Read more...] about SA Rugby confirms return of four Youth Weeks

Springbok Women’s coach Stanley Raubenheimer praised his charges for not dropping their intensity on attack as South Africa opened their Pool A Rugby Africa Women’s Cup campaign with a commanding 108-0 win over Zimbabwe at City Park in Cape Town on Wednesday.The Springbok Women ran in 17 tries without conceding any, with Nomawethu Mabenge (wing) and Aphiwe Ngwevu (centre) each bagging a hat-trick. For Raubenheimer, it was a pleasing effort in his team’s first Test match since November last year, … [Read more...] about Springbok Women run riot

Defending Carling Currie Cup champions, the Vodacom Bulls, host a tricky visitor in Windhoek Draught Griquas at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Friday evening in the first of the two Premier Division semi-finals, as the holders continue their hunt for third consecutive title win.The match in Pretoria kicks off at 19h00 on Friday, and on Saturday afternoon the Toyota Cheetahs face the Airlink Pumas in the second semi-final in Bloemfontein, where kick-off at the Toyota Stadium is 13h30. Meanwhile, … [Read more...] about 2022 Carling Currie Cup Bulletin #27

Following the landmark announcement of the inclusion of the leading South African teams in its tournaments, EPCR is pleased to confirm the formats and qualifiers for next season’s expanded Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup.The 2022/23 Heineken Champions Cup will be competed for by 24 elite clubs with eight representatives from the Vodacom United Rugby Championship (URC) – including historic first appearances by the DHL Stormers, Vodacom Bulls and Cell C Sharks – as well as eight … [Read more...] about 2022/23 EPCR tournament formats and qualifiers confirmed

The four semi-finals in the Carling Currie Cup Premier and First Divisions will be played in Welkom, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Nelson Mandela Bay on Friday and Saturday.The action will kick off at 15h00 on Friday in the Northern Free State, where the Down Touch Griffons host the Black Lion side from Georgia in their First Division semi-final. The focus then moves to Loftus Versfeld, for the Premier Division final four clash between defending champions, the Vodacom Bulls, and Windhoek Draught … [Read more...] about Carling Currie Cup semi-finals locked in

Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber was satisfied with the strides made in the opening week of the team’s preparation camp for the forthcoming Castle Lager Incoming Series as the players concluded their on-field sessions on Friday before a short break for the weekend as the three Tests against Wales draw closer.Seventeen players were invited to the first week of the camp, while Cobus Reinach (scrumhalf) and Johan Goosen (flyhalf) focused on rehabilitation from their injuries, as the DHL Stormers … [Read more...] about Nienaber lauds players’ enthusiasm after first week Bok preparation camp