South Africa’s three Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-finalists face their biggest task of the season this weekend as they line up against top opposition in the quarter-final of the cross-hemisphere series, where victories will be non-negotiable to advance to the semi-final stages.
Qatar Airways announced on Tuesday that the Qatar Airways Cup will be up for grabs when the Springboks take on the Barbarians in a historic clash on Saturday, 28 June at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu of the DHL Stormers and the Vodacom Bulls duo of Cameron Hanekom and Wilco Louw were rewarded for their consistent good form during the season by grabbing the three nominations for the South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship Player of the Season Award.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus expressed his excitement about the international season ahead as they wrapped up a successful second alignment camp in Cape Town on Friday afternoon. The two-day camp featured a series of boardroom sessions and an optional gym session on Friday, while a bunch of overseas-based players joined the boardroom sessions virtually. The
The Barbarians have revealed three Test centurions with a combined tally of 352 caps as the first players for their squad to take on the Springboks in Cape Town next month.
The DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls will kick off the 2025/26 Vodacom United Rugby Championship season at home against Leinster and Ospreys, while the Hollywoodbets Sharks and Emirates Lions start their campaigns in Glasgow and Cardiff when the new season commences in the final weekend of September.
The Hollywoodbets Sharks will host the visiting Scarlets at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on Saturday evening in the final round of the pool stages of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus on Thursday named a group of 54 local and overseas-based players to attend the team’s second alignment camps, with Juarno Augusts, Vincent Tshituka, and Ntokozo Makhaza invited to their first national alignment camps.
The South African rugby community was shocked and saddened to hear the news of the passing of Cornal Hendricks and Mr Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, paid tribute to the former dual-international who wore the green and gold with distinction. The 37-year-old Hendricks died of a heart attack on Wednesday evening. Apart from playing