Rugby fever is mounting in the Eastern Cape with just 60 days to go until the Springboks launch their 2026 season against a star-studded Barbarians side, led by former All Blacks coach Scott Robertson. The Boks again face the famous BaaBaas in their first match of the season – for the YesPlay Cup it was announced
Mark Alexander will serve a final four-year term as SARU President after standing unopposed at Monday’s nomination deadline.
The South African ‘A’ team will make its long-awaited return to the rugby calendar this June, facing the Zimbabwe Sables in a high-stakes curtain-raiser at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
The Vodacom Bulls have confirmed that lock forward Ruan Nortje has accepted an offer to join an overseas club in Japan at the conclusion of the current season, bringing a close to an extraordinary chapter at Loftus Versfeld.
DHL Stormers club captain Salmaan Moerat will bid farewell to Cape Town at the end of the current season to take up a significant career opportunity in France. A cornerstone of Western Province rugby, Moerat is a proud product of the regional system. He famously captained Paarl Boys’ High and the DHL Western Province U18
SA Rugby has appointed former England head analyst Joe Lewis as the Springboks’ new performance analyst.
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has kept the specifics of Siya Kolisi’s team talk under wraps, but the intent was clear: South Africa’s football stars must adopt a championship mentality to succeed at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Ticket sales for the inaugural Nations Championship Tests in South Africa – where the Springboks will face England, Scotland, and Wales – will go on sale on 2 April, SA Rugby announced on Thursday, exactly 100 days before the Boks start their campaign against England in Johannesburg (4 July).
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus added two new players to the group who will attend the first virtual Springbok alignment camp on Tuesday, with former Junior Springboks Carlü Sadie (prop) and JJ van der Mescht (lock) being among the 21 players from around the world who have cracked the nod.