The Junior Springboks capped an impressive unbeaten run with a commanding victory over Georgia at Paul Roos Gymnasium’s Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch on Saturday, securing a clean sweep in the U20 International Series following earlier victories over Chile and Fiji. The final outing of the series in Stellenbosch provided SA U20 head coach Kevin Foote with invaluable insights as his squad builds towards the forthcoming World Rugby Junior World Championship (JWC) in Georgia

The Springbok Sevens outlasted a desperate and willing Spain 14-12 in the quarter-finals of the HSBC SVNS Valladolid on Saturday and will face Argentina in the semi-finals on Sunday at Estadio Jose Zorrilla, in search of a sixth consecutive tournament title. The playoff against Argentina will kick off at 11.06am (SAST) and will be broadcast live on SuperSport but they will have to make a big step up after a tough second day in Spain. It was a desperate second half effort agai

The DHL Stormers ran in six tries in a big 44-21 win against Cardiff in their Vodacom URC quarter-final at DHL Stadium on Saturday. The dominant win saw the Stormers book their place in a semi-final next week, with their opponent and venue to be decided by the result of the final quarter-final between Leinster and the Lions in Dublin (9pm kick-off). The home side started strong and dominated the early exchanges, camping in the Cardiff 22. But it was the visitors who scored fi

The Junior Springboks finished the inaugural U20 International Series in style with an impressive 57-14 victory (half-time 38-7) over a physical Georgian side on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Paul Roos Gymnasium's Markötter Stadium in Stellenbosch. The Georgians were impressive earlier on in the tournament, beating both Fiji and Chile but they struggled against the forward power and backline finesse of the South African Under-20s. With their pack yet again laying a strong fou

The Springbok Women will stick to their tried and tested style when they face Kenya in the final match of the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Nairobi on Sunday, with some significant team changes in their final line-up pointing to that approach. Bok Women assistant coach Laurian Johannes-Haupt said they will not divert from their approach to the game. “We have our own style and this team was selected with that in mind,” said Johannes-Haupt. “We have a plan and a style we want to

The Springbok Sevens team qualified for the quarter-finals of the HSBC SVNS World Championship tournament in Valladolid on Friday with victories over Great Britain and Kenya, with the two positive results pushing them to the top of the pool. However, the Blitzboks’ final pool position and ranking for the playoffs will depend on their result against Australia on Saturday at 1.23pm (SAST). The Aussies won both their matches against the same opponents and also had to dig deep to

EXTRA-TIME PROTOCOLS If the score is tied at the end of a play-off match, then extra-time will be played, consisting of two periods, each of 10 minutes plus any stoppage time in each period. At the final whistle signalling the end of normal time in the match, there will be a five-minute break. Neither the teams nor the match officials may leave the playing enclosure during this break, save for exceptional reasons. The coaching/management/medical staff of each club shall be pe

Despite losing their two pool games on Friday, the Springbok Women’s Sevens team showed tremendous fighting spirit on the first day of the HSBC SVNS World Championship event in Valladolid, Spain. The South Africans came up short by 26-12 against Australia and lost by the same score to the USA but Cecil Afrika’s team can hold their heads high after showing a big improvement from the last time they played, in Hong Kong in April. Against Australia in the opening match of the day

Ruhan Nel will make his return from injury and captain the DHL Stormers in their Vodacom URC quarter-final against Cardiff at DHL Stadium on Saturday. He is joined by experienced backs Seabelo Senatla and Dan du Plessis in the only changes to the starting line-up for the big knock-out clash, which kicks off at 3.30pm on Saturday. Tickets are available from stormers.co.za. Nel and Du Plessis will make their 30th start together as the centre pairing to draw level with De Wet Ba

The Vodacom Bulls have made several significant changes to their match-day 23 for Saturday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarterfinal against Munster at Loftus Versfeld, with Johan Ackermann recalling experience and proven big-match performers for the knockout clash. The most notable changes from the side that faced Benetton come in the backline, where Kurt-Lee Arendse returns on the wing in place of Devon Williams, while Stravino Jacobs is promoted from the bench to th

The former Blitzbok star JC Pretorius is set to make his 50th international appearance as the Fidelity SecureDrive Lions make history in their first ever URC play-off fixture since joining the competition back in 2021. Ivan van Rooyen’s men come up against Irish giants Leinster at the Aviva in Dublin this Saturday- a team they faced three weeks ago in the round-robin stages at the same venue. The Lions enter Saturday’s quarter final with a settled 23 after injury concerns thr

Junior Springbok head coach Kevin Foote has continued with his rotational policy when he named a reshuffled match-day squad for South Africa’s final Under-20 International Series encounter against Georgia in Stellenbosch on Saturday, with regular captain Riley Norton back in the starting team. The match will take place at Paul Roos Gymnasium’s Markötter Stadium, with kick-off scheduled for 2.30pm, before Chile and Fiji face off from 4.30pm. Both matches will be broadcast live

They know that they are physically up for the challenge to deliver the best season in the history of the Springbok Sevens, which is why Blitzbok Philip Snyman believes the key to their approach for the second of three HSBC SVNS World Championship events, this weekend at Estadio Jose Zorrilla in Valladolid, will be mental. The Blitzboks have two Pool A encounters on Friday, against Great Britain and Kenya and on Saturday they face Australia. “There is no doubt that we will nee

The Springbok Women’s Sevens had to endure some misfortune like illness and travel delays before the start of the HSBC SVNS World Championship tournament in Valladolid but for Zintle Mpupha, who will lead the team out at Estadio Jose Zorrilla on Friday morning, there is a real expectation that they can deliver positive results and improve their log standing in Spain this weekend. The Bok Women are currently 12th out of 12 teams on the log, following a disappointing performanc

It will be a case of do-or-die for the DHL Stormers, Vodacom Bulls and Fidelity Securedrive Lions in the quarter-finals of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Saturday as the teams channel all their energy into advancing to the top four to stay in the race for a shot at winning the title. The Bulls will take the field first against Munster in Pretoria (1pm), with the Stormers lining up against Cardiff in Cape Town shortly after (3.30pm) in the second successive outing be

Twenty-four teams head to north-west Spain with World Championship glory and a place among next season’s HSBC SVNS elite on the line. The HSBC SVNS World Championship returns for three days of wall-to-wall action in the Spanish city of Valladolid for the first of two crucial back-to-back European weekends to decide who will be crowned this year’s World Champions. Title holders South Africa and New Zealand head the respective men’s and women’s standings following their twin ru

The Springbok Women had a slow start against Uganda in Nairobi on Wednesday as their defence let them down but according to Franzel September (assistant coach), the players deserve credit for fighting back in their second match of the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup. A mixed bag in Nairobi resulted in a 47-20 win for South Africa to maintain their unbeaten streak against African opponents but it wasn’t their best performance of the last few years. “We conceded two tries in the first

At the start of the 2026 season, the Springbok Sevens committed themselves that they will give everything to build a squad and a value system that will conquer all, and that job is not done yet. While recent successes in the HSBC SVNS Series have fuelled that desire and now, with the World Championship title at stake, Blitzbok captain Impi Visser said they have two more steps on the ladder and will not stop in their desire to reach the top. The South Africans finalized their

The Springbok Women are still unbeaten in the Rugby Africa Women's Cup but they failed to impress despite a 47-20 victory (half-time 19-17) over Uganda in their second round clash in Nairobi on Wednesday afternoon. While there were moments of brilliance from the South Africans, they were guilty of making too many mistakes, which allowed their opponents to remain in the fight in the first half. If the Bok Women have ambitions to entrench themselves as a global top-10 team, the

When the Springboks run out against the Barbarians in Gqeberha on 20 June, they will not only be carrying the hopes of a nation on their shoulders, but they will also be wearing the names of everyday fans on their shorts. Together with Betway, the Springboks will be paying tribute to the world’s best supporters by replacing the Betway logo on the back of the shorts with the names of 23 lucky fans chosen from across South Africa. “Springbok fans are behind every tackle, every