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Star All Blacks wing Mark Tele’a won’t be able to represent the Springboks at the 2027 World Cup in Australia. The 28-year-old announced on social media that he will play his club rugby in Japan from next year, ruling himself out of All Blacks selection due to NZ Rugby’s policy that only those playing in […]

Connacht expect a big scrum battle against the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday even with Neethling Fouche sitting in the stands. The Stormers tighthead prop copped a harsh four-match ban for a tackle on Ulster centre Ben Carson in Belfast in the previous round of the competition. The Stormers went on to lose 38-34

An All Blacks wing has signed for a Japanese club, depriving them of a key player ahead of the 2027 World Cup. Mark Tele’a, who has scored 13 tries in 19 Tests and was named World Rugby’s Breakthrough Player of the Year in 2023, confirmed the move on social media but did not say which

The second edition of the U20 Rugby Championship takes place at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium next month. Double-headers involving South Africa, New Zealand, Argentina and Australia will be played on 1, 6 and 11 May in Gqeberha. In last year’s inaugural tournament on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, New Zealand edged out the Junior

Flyhalf Keagan Johannes says the Vodacom Bulls must keep their composure when put under pressure and starved of possession. The Bulls failed to do that during the first half of last Saturday’s Challenge Cup quarter-final in Edinburgh. As a result, they trailed 24-7 at the break and a spirited second-half fightback was not enough to

Director of rugby John Dobson says a progressive approach to data analysis like French Top 14 club Toulouse can complement the Stormers’ successful game model. In an interview with Rugby365, Dobson highlighted the value of analytics following his recent visit to the six-time European champions. “What was powerful was their facilities and data analysis,” Dobson

On this Easter weekend of festivities the boys take comfort that the good will and good times will come from Cape Town. The post Keo & Zels: Stormers to lead SA’s winning ways appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. On this Easter weekend of festivities the boys take comfort that the good will and good

Georgian rugby bosses are pushing for the country’s domestic outfit Black Lion to join the Vodacom URC, with World Rugby reportedly backing these efforts. According to the UK’s Daily Mail, this move comes as the nation seeks greater exposure to top-level competition, despite its national team currently ranking one spot higher than 12th-placed Wales. “We

With four home games to turn things around, assistant coach Barend Pieterse and flanker Ruan Venter insist the Lions can still make the Vodacom URC playoffs. The 14th-placed Pride return to URC action in round 15 against Benetton Ellis Park on Saturday, after an underwhelming European tour that included three successive defeats. Ivan van Rooyen’s

Two leading Ireland internationals are among several notable absentees in a 29-man Connacht tour squad to face the Stormers and Lions in the Republic. The Irish province will be without centre Bundee Aki and winger Mack Hansen for their two-match Vodacom URC tour, with both ruled out due to injury. Aki (heel) and Hansen (ankle)