New Zealand teams will contest DHL Super Rugby Pacific’s semi-finals next week after making it 23 play-off games in which Australian sides have failed to win on this side of the Tasman. The Reds went closest to gaining a berth in the closest contest of the weekend before going down 46-24 to the Chiefs in Hamilton. The Brumbies suffered a record play-off loss, 66-12, to the Hurricanes. As a result, the Hurricanes will host the highest-placed losing side, the Blues, in Wellingt

In Round 2 of the Toyota Challenge on Wednesday, the Suzuki Griquas face Black Lion at 1.30pm, followed by the match between the Airlink Pumas and Romania A at 3.30pm. The Toyota Cheetahs face Romania A at 6pm. Gates open at 12.30pm and all games will be live on SuperSport. The first leg of the Toyota Challenge will take place at Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on 5, 10 and 14 June, before the second leg moves to Tbilisi, Georgia, in October. Every match day will feature excit

Winning the HSBC SVNS World Championship back to back – on top of the HSBC SVNS Series title – were goals that the Springbok Sevens set for themselves, so Tristan Leyds was already emotional when they achieved that on Saturday evening but when the Blitzbok playmaker was told he was voted the world's best sevens player, more tears of relief and unexpected joy rolled down his face. Leyds said he was overwhelmed when SA coach Philip Snyman broke the news to him in a private mome

Debutant seamer Nqobani Mokoena claimed a superb four-wicket haul, while Lhuan-dré Pretorius struck an unbeaten century as South Africa A (SA ‘A’) romped to a 10-wicket win over England Lions in the second one-day match at New Road in Worcester on Sunday. The result hands the visitors an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, with the final fixture scheduled for Tuesday at the same venue. After stand-in captain Prenelan Subrayen won the toss and chose to bowl first,

Springbok assistant coach Tony Brown will conclude his tenure with SA Rugby and the Springboks at the end of the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia, when he will return home to take up a coaching position with the New Zealand Rugby Union in 2028. The former All Black flyhalf joined the Springbok coaching team in 2024 and has been an influential figure in shaping the team’s attacking game. True to his word, Brown has honoured his contract in full, remaining committed to the Spr

Australia claimed victory in Bordeaux to crown a vintage World Championship-winning year, as France's men's side claimed a home tournament crown and South Africa's Blitzboks lifted the overall title. Australia celebrated not one but two titles at Stade Atlantique, as they added the Bordeaux HSBC SVNS World Championship series crown to their Valladolid title – and claimed the overall world title with a dominant victory over great rivals New Zealand in an all-action final. Co-c