Sports

All Blacks great Mils Muliaina says an American team competing in Super Rugby could help attract South African players back to the southern hemisphere competition. Amid reports that World Rugby is exploring a US-based team to boost interest ahead of the 2031 World Cup in America, Muliaina believes adding such a franchise to Super Rugby […]

Western Province have secured the services of a star Blitzbok for this year’s Currie Cup. Netwerk24 reports that Shilton van Wyk will be loaned to WP for the domestic tournament that is set to start in the last weekend of July, with the final reportedly scheduled for 20 September. The 25-year-old, who last played fifteens

Stormers playmaker Damian Willemse capped a standout performance in his 100th appearance with a try and two conversions against Dragons at Cape Town Stadium. PLUS: Stormers to have a chat with Manie The Fans’ Man of the Match this week could only be Damian Willemse. Join our WhatsApp channel to vote each week. https://t.co/Xt3sl6agGf pic.twitter.com/1bw8SqT1uG

Scarlets hooker Marnus van der Merwe will have the perfect opportunity to press his case for a Springbok call-up when he takes on the Sharks in Durban this week. That will likely see him going head-to-head with the man currently in possession of the Bok No 2 jersey, double World Cup winner Bongi Mbonambi. It

Suleiman Hartzenberg is relishing a milestone achievement in his Stormers career as the Cape outfit welcome back a key member in the pack to face Cardiff on Friday night. Attack coach Dawie Snyman on Monday confirmed in a Stormers conference that tighthead prop Neethling Fouche is available for the Capetonians’ final match of the Vodacom

Emirates Lions scrumhalf Morné van den Berg continues to live his passion for his team as he chases his biggest rugby dreams.   It is not too hard to imagine that every single time Morné van den Berg pulls on an Emirates Lions jersey, he’s taking himself back to being a young boy in the

Eben Etzebeth is set to miss Saturday’s clash against Scarlets due to a leg injury, but John Plumtree is confident the Sharks skipper will be available for the URC playoffs. Etzebeth left the field on a golf cart during last week’s victory over Ospreys at Kings Park with what appeared to be a serious knee

Jake White confirms that Vodacom Bulls prop Gerhard Steenekamp is back in training but faces a managed return to action following complications from knee surgery. The 28-year-old Steenekamp, who has made 12 appearances this season for the Bulls with nine starts, hasn’t featured for the Pretoria outfit since early March when an minor procedure developed

Japanese rugby chiefs have announced a shake-up of eligibility rules aiming to give local players more game time but casting doubt over the future of naturalised internationals. Foreign-born players have played a prominent role for Japan’s national team, who stunned South Africa at the 2015 World Cup and reached the quarter-finals on home soil four

Match venues and kick-off times have been confirmed for the 2025 Rugby Championship. The mini-tour format remains in place with each team playing six matches, three home and three away. Each team hosts a two-match tour, plays an away two-match tour, and plays a one-match home and away series against the third remaining team. This