Messages of support and condolences have poured in from the rugby world for former Springbok winger Cornal Hendricks, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday. SARU president Mark Alexander paid tribute to Hendricks, who played 12 Tests (scoring five tries) and won a Commonwealth Games gold medal with the South African sevens team in […]
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Former All Blacks scrumhalf Justin Marshall has slammed World Rugby for failing to implement the 20-minute red-card law globally. The law allows a team to replace a red-carded player with another player after 20 minutes, which sees the player – but not the team – punished. While the trial was quickly adopted by Super Rugby
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The International Rugby Players association says players were not consulted about World Rugby’s controversial new SVNS Series format. The format has changed drastically since the global lockdown in 2020, with World Rugby on 2 May revealing a new three-division competition model from next season that reduces the number of teams in the top tier from
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Johan Grobbelaar says there is no lack of motivation as the Vodacom Bulls aim to lock in second place with a big win against the Dragons. The Bulls have secured a home URC quarter-final and they have a four-point lead over third-placed Glasgow going into the last round of the league stage. A bonus-point win
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Former Springbok wing Cornal Hendricks has passed away. The 37-year-old reportedly suffered a massive heart attack on Wednesday. Hendricks made his Test debut in 2014 and went on to earn 12 caps for the Springboks, scoring five tries. Domestically, he represented Boland, the Cheetahs and Bulls. In 2016, Hendricks signed a two-year deal with Western
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The Irish Rugby Football Union will axe its men’s sevens programme at the end of the 2024-25 season. The Ireland men’s sevens team competed at the 2021 and 2024 Olympic Games, finishing 10th and sixth respectively. They finished second on the 2023-24 SVNS Series standings, before dropping to 11th this past season. The IRFU said
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Sharks flank James Venter has identified Scarlets hooker Marnus van der Merwe as a breakdown threat ahead of Saturday’s Vodacom URC match at Kings Park. The Welsh club’s domination of that facet of the game in their 32-19 win against the Lions at Ellis Park last weekend did not go unnoticed in Durban. “We’ve identified
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Asenathi Ntlabakanye says the players are responsible for the Lions’ disappointing season and must take decisive action. For the third straight season, the Lions have missed the playoffs. After back-to-back ninth-place finishes, they’ve dropped to 13th this campaign. Despite starting well with an unbeaten run in the first four rounds, they’ve since lost 10 of
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With Currie Cup qualification confirmed, attention shifts to this weekend’s SA Cup semi-finals in Nelspruit and Kimberley. The Pumas host the Boland Kavaliers at Mbombela Stadium at 7pm on Friday, with defending champions Griquas taking on the Cheetahs at 3pm on Saturday. The Pumas won all nine of their league-stage matches, including a 34-32 victory against
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England flank Tom Curry will travel Down Under with the British & Irish nursing a wrist injury that requires surgery. Sale Sharks director of rugby Alex Sanderson said Curry would only go under the knife after the Australian tour. “‘It is a ligament injury … Clearly he is able to manage it and play through whatever
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