Two-time World Cup winner Mazalole Mapimpi is back as Vodacom United Rugby Championship action returns this week after a month-long international break, with the Hollywoodbets Sharks taking on Connacht in Galway, Ireland, on Saturday evening.
Springbok scrumhalf Cobus Reinach will earn his 50th Test cap when he takes the field against Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday in a settled team named by national coach Rassie Erasmus. The starting XV for the final match of the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour – which kicks off at 17h10 (SA time)
Six Springboks players – Malcolm Marx, Pieter-Steph du Toit, and Ox Nche, as well as Thomas du Toit, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, and Cheslin Kolbe have been named in the 2025 World Rugby Men’s 15s Dream Team on Tuesday.
Springbok lock RG Snyman was still in awe of reaching the significant career milestone of earning his 50th Test cap in the team’s 24-13 victory against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday night – his home ground for Irish club Leinster – and said it was an occasion he will always remember.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus admitted on Saturday that although the Boks’ performance in their victory against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium was not perfect, they were pleased to break their 13-year winning drought in Dublin.
Double Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx became the fourth South African to be crowned the World Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Year on Saturday in a historic occasion for South African rugby, with two Boks winning the award back-to-back for the first time in history.
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and Irish-born assistant coach Felix Jones said they have to be at their best against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.
Towering lock RG Snyman will join the select group of players to earn 50 Test caps for South Africa when the Springboks run out at the Aviva Stadium against Ireland on Saturday, in a matchday squad that reflects only two personnel changes to the team that defeated France 32-17 two weeks ago.
SA Rugby President Mr Mark Alexander congratulated Springboks Pieter-Steph du Toit, Malcolm Marx, Ox Nche, and Ethan Hooker on their nominations for prestigious World Rugby Awards for 2026.