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The famously raucous Hong Kong Sevens take place from Friday in a big test for the shiny new stadium at the heart of a major $3.85-billion (R70-billion) sports park in the southern Chinese city. Officials are keeping their fingers crossed that the premier event in Hong Kong’s sporting and social calendar goes off without a […]

EPCR chiefs Dominic McKay and Jacques Raynaud give hope to Cape Town as a future host city for the Investec Champions Cup final and tell the boys how amazing South Africa has been for club rugby up north. The post Keo & Zels: SA rugby’s best ‘Chasing the Star’ appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Coach Andy Farrell says “a hell of a lot of good players” won’t make the British & Irish Lions squad for their tour of Australia in July and August. Farrell, seconded from his role as Ireland coach, was speaking after naming his five assistant coaches for a trip that features three Tests against the Wallabies. Ireland’s

Formers Stormers flanker and Junior Boks captain Junior Pokomela has returned to the game as a member of the Vodacom Bulls management team. After spending nine months without a club following his release from the Stormers, Pokomela has reportedly been appointed as team manager of the Bulls U19 side. The Stormers won 22 of Pokomela’s

SA Rugby announced on Wednesday that FNB has become the principal partner of all national teams with the bank’s logo taking centre stage on the front of all team jerseys. The agreement sees the FNB logo move from the shoulders of the Springboks to the front of the playing jersey, but also onto the front

The Cheetahs have reinforced the backline with Stormers import Clayton Blommetjies for the SA Cup clash against Eastern Province on Saturday. The Stormers playmaker, offered the chance to play for his former team while visiting his wife in Bloemfontein, has been picked to start at flyhalf. The 34-year-old has made just one appearance for the Stormers

Captain Selvyn Davids says the Blitzboks are “going to have a real go” at winning the Hong Kong Sevens for the first time in 30 attempts. The Springbok Sevens never managed to win the event at the previous venue, Hong Kong Stadium, dating back to 1993, and are hoping for better luck at the impressive

The British & Irish Lions have appointed five assistant coaches for their tour of Australia in July and August. Simon Easterby, John Fogarty and Andrew Goodman (all from Ireland), Richard Wigglesworth (England) and John Dalziel (Scotland) will all work under head coach Andy Farrell. There is no Wales coaching representative. Easterby was Ireland’s interim head

Wallabies sensation Joseph Suaalii returns for the Waratahs, while veteran playmaker James O’Connor earns his first start of the season for the Crusaders. Sidelined for four matches of the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season with turf toe, Suaalii slots back into outside centre for the Waratahs’ trans-Tasman clash, with O’Connor stepping up at flyhalf as

Ulster welcome back two players with Test experience for Friday night’s Vodacom URC match against the Stormers in Belfast. Winger Robert Baloucoune, who has four Test caps and was part of the Ireland team that beat the Springboks 19-16 in Dublin in 2022, is set to make his first appearance of the season having recovered