Head coach Johann van Graan could roll the dice at scrumhalf as Bath prepare for a daunting Investec Champions Cup semi-final at Bordeaux-Begles. BBC reports that a mounting injury crisis at No 9 has left Bath short on options ahead of Sunday’s clash, and may force Van Graan into a 7-1 bench split. England international […]
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Rassie Erasmus has praised Eddie Jones after the Japan coach recently accused Ireland bosses of using their influence with World Rugby for favourable Test match scheduling. In the inaugural Nations Championship this year, the Brave Blossoms must travel 10 hours to Newcastle, Australia, to host Andy Farrell’s Ireland on 11 July, rather than playing at
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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
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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’
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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