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Moana Pasifika coach Tana Umaga says the club’s uncertain future is affecting on-field performances after another heavy defeat in Super Rugby Pacific. The team, set up as a professional pathway for Tongan, Samoan and Cook Islands players, are hoping for a positive update from NZ Rugby over the possible purchase of their licence. Moana’s current […]

Cheetahs coach Frans Steyn was a relieved man after a missed Griquas conversion enabled his team to qualify for the Currie Cup Premier Division. The Free Staters edged Griquas 32-31 in Bloemfontein on Friday night, with an 84th-minute miss from replacement flyhalf Liam Koen proving decisive in a SA Cup result that carried massive financial

Junior Boks coach Kevin Foote praised his side after a 29-29 draw with New Zealand in the U20 Rugby Championship on Saturday. South Africa fought back from 15-8 down to hold a 22-15 lead at half-time at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. The reigning U20 world champions then scored a bonus-point try early in the

Heyneke Meyer’s SWD Eagles missed out on Currie Cup qualification as the Boland Cavaliers snatched the final SA Cup semi-final spot on points difference. SWD hammered the Leopards 69-19 in George on Saturday, but Boland’s ruthless 85-29 dismantling of Eastern Province in Wellington secured their place in both the SA Cup semi-finals and this year’s

A tentative timeline has been set for Ethan Hooker’s return to the Springboks following surgery to his injured shoulder. According to Rapport, Hooker will definitely miss the Nations Championship Tests against England, Scotland and Wales in July, but is targeting the opening Test of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series against the All Blacks at Ellis Park

Former Wallabies scrumhalf Will Genia believes Manie Libbok’s stint in Japan’s second division has honed the flyhalf’s attacking game. Genia works as skills coach with Libbok at the Hanazono Kintetsu Liners, where former Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper serves as attack coach. The 28-year-old Libbok joined the Liners from the Stormers at the end of last

The Stormers’ thrilling draw against Ulster delivered three log points but exposed costly flaws at a crucial stage of the Vodacom URC season, writes MARK KEOHANE. Writing for the Sunday Times, Keohane says the 38-38 result in Ulster strengthened the Stormers’ top-two push, but the failure to secure a bonus-point win leaves them vulnerable heading

Jan Serfontein says his body was screaming at him to stop, but the mental battle to walk away from rugby nearly broke him. The former Springbok centre has revealed the agonising internal struggle that preceded his shock retirement announcement, admitting he wrestled daily with conflicting voices telling him to quit and to carry on. “One

Leinster scored five tries, including three in the last 10 minutes, to beat the Lions at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. The 31-7 victory moved Leinster up to third on the Vodacom URC log, with the Lions dropping from third to fifth. Ivan van Rooyen’s men now travel to Munster for their final-league stage match

JP Pietersen believes Zekhethelo Siyaya has shown he is more than capable of filling the No 10 jersey, after the teenager starred in the Sharks’ emphatic Vodacom URC win over Benetton at Kings Park. The 18-year-old was handed a surprise start at flyhalf and produced a mature performance as the Sharks ran in eight tries