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Sale Sharks are reportedly not done raiding the Lions’ den, with a Springbok hot-stepper in their sights to join Marius Louw at the English Premiership outfit next season. Rapport suggests that Sale are eyeing Lions winger Edwill van der Merwe as their next South African recruit. The 28-year-old is weighing up his options, with both […]

Grey College came back to beat Oakdale in Bloemfontein while Paarl Gim overpowered Stellenberg in the Cape Winelands, reports ALLAN SCHULZ. Grey kept Oakdale scoreless in the second half, rallying from a two-point half-time deficit for a 25-10 win against Oakdale. Grey’s pack struggled in the first half, but gained parity in the second and

Wales caretaker coach Matt Sherratt felt for his players after a 68-14 thrashing by England in Cardiff. Defeat in their final game of this year’s Six Nations extended Wales’ losing streak to 17 Tests – a record for a tier-one country in the professional era. Saturday’s humiliation was also Wales’ heaviest defeat in Cardiff and

Shaun Edwards praised France’s 80-minute defensive effort as they beat Scotland 35-16 in Paris on Saturday to be crowned Six Nations champions. In what was the former Wigan and Britain rugby league legend’s 250th Test as a player and coach in both codes, Edwards said the “stars aligned for me tonight”. “We showed resilience in

The 2024 SA Rugby awards celebrated the Springboks’ achievements over the past eight years, while reinforcing their intent to create more history, writes MARK KEOHANE.  Writing for TimesLIVE, Keohane describes the event in Cape Town last week as a fitting tribute to a team that has dominated world rugby, with Cheslin Kolbe deservedly taking the

France fullback Thomas Ramos scored 20 points as France bulldozed Scotland 35-16 in Paris on Saturday to claim the Six Nations title. After England’s record 68-14 rout of Wales earlier in the day in Cardiff, Les Bleus needed to beat the visitors at the Stade de France and they did so with a four-try, bonus-point

Loose forwards Chandler Cunningham-South and Henry Pollock each scored two tries as England powered to the top of the Six Nations table with a record win against Wales in Cardiff on Saturday night. England were ruthless in scoring 10 tries in a thumping victory against Wales to put all the pressure on France in the

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Dan Sheehan scored a hat-trick of tries as Ireland maintained their slender hopes of retaining the Six Nations on Saturday by beating Italy in Rome. The Irish triumphed 22-17 for the bonus-point victory they needed to go three points clear of favourites France, but Simon Easterby’s charges still need results to go their way later

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