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A brutal first-half display set up the Lions’ convincing Currie Cup win against the Bulls XV at UJ Stadium on Saturday. The hosts’ triumphed 42-19 to move to the top of the log, while the winless Bulls remain rooted to the bottom. The Lions were on the front foot from the off, with captain Ruan […]

Coach Mike Vowles believes the Sharks XV are on the verge of getting the rewards their performances deserve. The Sharks opened the Currie Cup with an away win against the Pumas in Nelspruit before suffering back-to-back defeats on the road to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein and the Stormers XXIII at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.

Stormers XXIII coach Tom Dawson-Squibb was ecstatic after Saturday’s bounce-back win, buoyed even more by a possible personnel boost for next week’s Cheetahs clash. Five tries, including a debut score from teenager Markus Muller, powered the Stormers to a 36-28 bonus-point victory against the Sharks XV at Cape Town Stadium in round three of the

The SA U18 and SA U18 A squads for this month’s U18 International Series in the Western Cape have been named. The two South African sides will take on their U18 counterparts from England, Ireland, France and Georgia in three rounds of top-class international competition at school venues in and around Cape Town. The series

Luqobo “Bibo” Makwedini had mapped out a journey to represent the Springboks at the 2031 World Cup before his tragic death in France last month. The 20-year-old prop, who died after suffering cardiac arrest during a training session with French club Béziers on 10 July, was laid to rest in his home town of Komga

Paarl Gimnasium scored four tries in a convincing win against Paarl Boys’ High at Faure Street Stadium on Saturday. Outside centre and Man of the Match Derik Cloete grabbed a brace as Gimmies triumphed 25-11 in front of a 25,000-strong crowd in Paarl. It was Gimmies’ 15th consecutive victory after their only defeat of the

Richie Mo’unga scored the match-winning try on his return to New Zealand rugby as Canterbury edged Auckland in their NPC opener. The All Blacks flyhalf came off the bench early in the second half for his first NPC appearance since 2020. He endured a mixed start to his comeback, spilling his first high ball before

The Stormers XXIII bounced back to winning ways in the Currie Cup with a bonus-point victory against the Sharks XV at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The hosts led 19-14 at half-time, scoring five tries and flyhalf Kyle Smith kicking 11 points in the match to help power them to a 36-28 win in

SA Rugby president Mark Alexander says the Springboks and All Blacks have forged rugby’s greatest rivalry through mutual respect, friendship and a shared pursuit of excellence. Alexander was speaking at the All Blacks’ official welcome event at Cape Town Stadium on Friday ahead of the eight-match Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour. “This occasion is more than

Thirty-eight-year-old Wallabies playmaker Quade Cooper says he never retired and hopes to play at next year’s World Cup on home soil. The 80-Test flyhalf took up a coaching role with Japanese club the Kintetsu Liners for the 2025–26 season, with many assuming he had hung up his boots. But Cooper, who was a shock omission