The Hollywoodbets Sharks team to play Glasgow Warriors at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on Saturday (15:45) has been bolstered by the return of a number of Springboks for this first Vodacom United Rugby Championship home game of the campaign. Five Springboks forwards, including a Springbok front row, and three more in the backline, underline the threat

SA Rugby has postponed a planned Special General Meeting (SGM) to consider a proposal to conclude a private equity investment in the sport’s commercial rights at the request of Mr Gayton McKenzie, the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture. The meeting was scheduled to take place in Cape Town on Thursday but will now be

Mr Mark Alexander, President of the South African Rugby Union (SARU), expressed his gratitude to member unions and voiced his satisfaction with the outcomes of the recent engagements with provincial rugby leadership during a national roadshow discussing a proposed equity transaction. Mr Alexander, alongside CEO Rian Oberholzer and a legal and financial team, has thus

South African match official Morne Ferreira will referee his first Test abroad next month after he was appointed by World Rugby to take charge of the match between Spain and Fiji in Valladolid. World Rugby announced the match officials for the November Test window on Friday, which includes the Springboks’ three Tests, in Edinburgh, London

The membership of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) will be given the opportunity to determine the sport’s commercial future later this month. A Special General Council (SGC) meeting of the 14 full member unions has been scheduled for Thursday, 17 October, at which a formal offer is planned to be presented for consideration. If

Springbok fullback Aphelele Fassi said players such as Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi and Pieter-Steph du Toit, along with several other seniors in the Bok squad, inspired him immensely to further his international career after becoming a regular feature in the squad this season. Etzebeth became the most capped Springbok of all time on Saturday when

Eben Etzebeth, winning a Springbok record 128th cap, thanked his teammates for an “unbelievable performance” as his team clinched the Rugby Championship with a joyous 48-7 victory over Argentina at a heaving Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday. A crowd of 43 578 celebrated as the Springbok scored seven tries to claim the southern hemisphere crown for

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi said the team would play for Eben Etzebeth – who will become the most capped Springbok of all time with 128 Tests – and to make the entire country proud when they line up against Argentina in Nelspruit on Saturday (17:00). The Boks hope to clinch the Rugby Championship title which

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus released three players, Ben-Jason Dixon, Johan Grobbelaar, and Canan Moodie, to their local franchises, before the Rugby Championship decider between South Africa and Argentina at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday. The Boks will have Thursday off to rest and gear up mentally for the match, where the 2024 champions