Western Province edged the Sharks on the third day of the FNB U18 Craven Week in Gqeberha, while the Leopards, Eastern Province and Free State were also among the winners at Grey High School on Wednesday. Day three of the FNB U18 Craven Week witnessed several tight contests, with three of the four matches decided by 12 points or fewer. WP and Free State claimed victories to extend their winning runs in the tournament, while the hosts and Leopards registered their first victor

The Golden Lions edged the Blue Bulls on day two of the FNB U18 Craven Week, while Border, Griquas and Western Province XV were also among the winners at Grey High School in Gqeberha on Tuesday. The second day of the tournament served up a series of fascinating contests, with 42 tries scored over the course of the four matches – and 10 of those coming in the Jukskei Derby. The Bulls raced to 12-0 lead after their lineout set the platform for two tries. The Lions clawed their

Free State were the biggest winners on day one of the FNB U18 Craven Week at Grey High School in Gqeberha on Monday, while Western Province, Boland and the Sharks also recorded victories. South African rugby's leading schoolboys and girls descended on Grey High School this past Monday to compete in the opening round of the FNB U18 Craven Week and FNB U18 Girls Week tournaments. The FNB U18 Craven Week got off to an explosive start, with 41 tries scored across the four matches

Eastern Province, South Western Districts and Western Province claimed big wins in the first round of the FNB U18 Girls Week tournament at Grey High School in Gqeberha on Monday. The final phase of the FNB Youth Weeks programme commenced on Monday, when the FNB U18 Craven Week and FNB U18 Girls Week tournaments kicked off at the same venue for the first time. Boland, the Valke, EP, the Griffons, Golden Lions, SWD, WP and the Limpopo Blue Bulls recorded victories to begin thei

The Blue Bulls edged the Golden Lions while the Limpopo Blue Bulls recorded the biggest victory of the opening round of the FNB U16 Girls Week at Kearsney College in Botha's Hill near Durban on Tuesday. Several teams laid down a marker in the first round of the tournament, with the Pumas, Griffons, Boland, South Western Districts and Limpopo Blue Bulls scoring a host of tries on their way to securing some emphatic victories. Meanwhile, Border, Western Province, and the Bulls

The Golden Lions, Blue Bulls and Western Province were among the biggest winners on the opening day of the annual FNB U16 Grant Khomo Week staged at Kearsney College near Durban on Monday. The opening day of the U16 tournament served up a number of entertaining and high-scoring contests, with the Lions, Sharks XV, Pumas, Border, the Blue Bulls, Western Province, the Leopards, Free State, Iqhawe, the Limpopo Blue Bulls and the Blue Bulls XV securing victories. WP inside centre

On Thursday, Yiech Pur Biel, Chef de Mission, presented the Refugee Olympic Team (EOR) for Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) at the 146th IOC Session. The first-ever EOR to compete at a YOG will comprise six athletes and have full gender-parity. In the fourth appearance for the EOR – following the Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games – the athletes will compete in athletics, judo and taekwondo. In his address to the IOC Session, Biel said of the newly announce

South Africa's top junior players are set to light up the FNB U16 Grant Khomo Week and FNB U16 Girls Week tournaments staged at Kearsney College in KwaZulu-Natal next week, when 38 teams from across the country will converge on the town of Botha’s Hill near Durban. In a change to the format used in previous years, both Under-16 tournaments will be staged at a single venue this year and will mark the start of SA Rugby’s annual Youth Weeks programme. The two U18 weeks – the FNB

South African lifestyle golf apparel brand BooYaa Golf has been named the Official Membership Apparel Sponsor of the Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship (NB3 JGNC), one of the most prominent junior golf championship platforms in the United States. The partnership will see every NB3 member receive exclusive BooYaa Golf apparel as part of their membership benefits, including a premium BooYaa Golf hat and shirt. NB3 tournament staff will also wear BooYaa Golf appar

Cricket arrived in Mpophomeni in a big way on Thursday as Cricket South Africa (CSA) and KwaZulu-Natal Inland Cricket Union hosted the area's first-ever KFC Mini-Cricket Community Festival in celebration of International Day of Play. Over 300 learners from seven local primary schools gathered at Mpophomeni Sport Ground for a morning dedicated to fun, movement, learning and discovery through cricket, marking an important milestone in efforts to introduce and grow the game in t

For many young South Africans, the journey into cricket doesn’t begin on a perfectly manicured pitch or in front of a crowd. It begins with access; to equipment, to safe spaces and to someone who believes they belong in the game. Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) recently launched ‘Ready to Play’ programme is built on that simple, but powerful idea. The idea that every child, regardless of background, deserves the chance to pick up a bat, bowl a ball and feel what it means to be p

For Switch Schools SA20 Player of the Tournament Tshepiso Motswi cricket really is a blessing. The talented allrounder from Nkowankowa Hub hails from a village in Nwamitwa in rural Limpopo. She had never left her province before coming to Pretoria for the Switch Schools SA20 Finals held at Cricket SA’s High Performance Centre last week. But instead of being over-awed by the occasion, not least with the competition being broadcast on SuperSport Schools, Motswi thrived under th

Jasper Mocke. A new wave of young ocean talent is set to rise with the launch of South Africa’s first national Schools Surfski Series, powered by ForexPeople SA in partnership with the South Africa Surf Ski Academy in Durban. The initiative aims to introduce hundreds of schoolchildren to the exhilaration of surfski paddling, build healthy outdoor habits and create a credible national pathway for junior athletes. Surfski is one of South Africa’s great sporting success stories

Jeppe High School for Boys are the new champion of the Switch Schools SA20 competition. The team from Johannesburg defeated St Andrew’s School of Bloemfontein in the final at the Tuks Oval in Pretoria by six wickets. Last year, Diocesan College of Cape Town was crowned the inaugural champions of the competition. The team from the City of Roses was the only undefeated side left in the tournament before the final. Jeppe suffered only one defeat against Selborne College of East

The title of champions of the Switch Schools SA20 Final Showdown Volume 2 will belong to either St Andrew’s School of Bloemfontein or Jeppe High School for Boys from Johannesburg. These two sides will face each other in the final of the tournament On Saturday at the Tuks Oval in Pretoria. Saints enter the final as the only undefeated side after their convincing semi-final victory of 98 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. The team from Bloemfontein blasted the

After a heavily rain-affected second day of the Switch Schools SA20 Final Showdown Volume 2, only St Andrew’s School of Bloemfontein is left unbeaten. Saints’ final pool match against Paarl Boys’ High ended in a no result after rain interrupted play with the team from Bloemfontein struggling at 7/3. They will face Selborne College in one of the semi-finals tomorrow. In the other semi-final Jeppe High School for Boys will take on Cricket South Africa’s Hub Invitational-side. J

The Nkowankowa Hub and Queens High recorded wins over Chatsworth Hub and Saints Christian School in their first matches at the Switch Schools SA20 Volume Two Final Showdown in Pretoria on Wednesday. Both matches were played on the Tuks C Field. Motlalepule Joan Sebele claimed a sensational 4/4 in four overs to put Nkowankowa on the path to a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Chatsworth. In a nail-biting contest, Koketso Mokgara scooped up three wickets to help Queens Hi

Cricket South Africa (CSA) is pleased to announce the South Africa Under-19 Women’s participation in the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Women’s T20 International (T20I) Invitational tournament in Lagos from 18-29 March. As part of their preparations for the ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh and Nepal in January next year, the SA U19 Women will face senior national sides Rwanda, Ghana, Sierra Leone and hosts Nigeria in a league phase format. All matches will take p

The stage is set for an anticipated finish to Switch Schools SA20 Volume 2 as Phase 3 brings the #BestOfTheBest to the University of Pretoria from 4-7 March. After months of incredible action across the country, 14 outstanding school teams – eight boys’ and six girls’ – will converge on Tuks in pursuit of national glory. Adding to the intrigue, new champions will be crowned as neither defending champions Bishops Diocesan College (boys) nor Steyn City School (girls) have quali

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced the establishment of the Retshegofetse Sennelo Bursary Fund at Krugersdorp High School (KHS) to honour the life, talent and promise of Retshegofetse Sennelo, a gifted young cricketer whose life was tragically cut short. Retshegofetse was a Grade 12 learner at Krugersdorp High School and a key member of the school’s first cricket team. A talented all-round sportsman, he had already achieved provincial recognition for his cricketing abil