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Title-holders Bordeaux-Begles will be without two key figures on and off the field in Sunday’s Investec Champions Cup semi-final against Bath. The defending champions have been dealt a blow with the news that prop Jefferson Poirot is ruled out after picking up a two-week ban for a high tackle. Poirot, who was capped 36 times […]

The Sharks’ Vodacom URC top-eight race is over, but Zekhethelo Siyaya’s speed and elusiveness against Edinburgh here shows the 18-year-old fullback is one for the future. SCHALK: Sharks only got themselves to blame Zekhethelo Siyaya too smooth with it!@vodacom #urc pic.twitter.com/kGoOKegGAs — The Sharks (@SharksRugby) April 29, 2026 The post Watch: Sharks flyer ‘too smooth’

Former Springboks Schalk Burger and Jean de Villiers didn’t pull their punches following another lukewarm Vodacom URC campaign by the Sharks. The Durban side have no chance of making the top 8 regardless of what happens in their remaining home games against Benetton and Zebre. That despite boasting one of the most star-studded squads in

Swys de Bruin has recalled experienced duo Sizophila Solontsi and Nomawethu Mabenge as the Springbok Women ramp up preparations for their Rugby Africa Women’s Cup title defence in Kenya. The pair are among 36 players invited to a training camp in Stellenbosch starting on 10 May, with De Bruin set to trim the squad to

George North has announced he will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season, bringing the curtain down on one of the greatest careers in Welsh rugby history. The 34-year-old Welsh icon said the time was right to step away after fulfilling what he described as a lifelong dream in the game. “I

Toulon are getting their heavy artillery ready for Saturday’s blockbuster Investec Champions Cup semi-final against Leinster at the Aviva Stadium. For the first time in 11 years, Toulon are back in the last four of Europe’s premier club competition, and director of rugby Pierre Mignoni is leaving little to chance ahead of the trip to

Tapiwa Mafura says Zimbabwe are determined to do far more than simply make up the numbers when they return to the Rugby World Cup for the first time in decades next year. The former Lions back believes the Sables can become genuinely competitive on rugby’s biggest stage as excitement builds around Zimbabwe’s first World Cup

Japie Mulder has warned the Springboks against underestimating the All Blacks ahead of this year’s highly anticipated Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series. Despite the Boks entering the four-Test showdown as the world’s top-ranked side, Mulder believes writing off the All Blacks would be a serious mistake. The former Springbok centre, who helped South Africa beat New

Frans Steyn has delivered a stark warning to his struggling Cheetahs squad, admitting “jobs are on the line” as the Bloemfontein side battle to avoid a humiliating failure to qualify for the Currie Cup. Just days after reports emerged linking the Cheetahs with a possible future return to the Vodacom URC, the proud Free State

Toulon scrumhalf Ben White says his French teammates hold the key to ending Leinster’s march to another Investec Champions Cup final. Saturday’s blockbuster semi-final at the Aviva Stadium pits Toulon against a Leinster outfit packed with Ireland internationals, many of whom have tormented White and Scotland for years. White has suffered through five defeats to