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Saru is set to buck the global trend and report a profit of more than R100-million for 2025. South African rugby’s continued investment into membership of northern hemisphere rugby competitions led to a R93-million group loss in 2024, but the organisation had already wiped out that deficit with a strong start to 2025, the annual […]

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, SA’s Vodacom URC Player of the Season, and Try of the Season winner Deon Fourie receive praise from their Stormers coaches and teammates. MORE: Sacha scoops up SA’s URC top gong The South African @Vodacom #URC Player of the Season is our @sachgome10. #iamastormer #URCAwards pic.twitter.com/vkBX5QB7Wo — DHL Stormers (@THESTORMERS) June 5, 2025

It was while he was working the hardest to come back from the biggest injury setback of his career that Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu had a very clear vision of the kind of player he truly wanted to be. When the young Stormers flyhalf did return to the field after extensive rehab from his 2024 knee injury,

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has been named South Africa’s 2024-25 Vodacom URC Player of the Season, capping a standout campaign for the Stormers. The 23-year-old playmaker, the 2024 SA Rugby Young Player, finished joint-fifth on the overall URC points-scoring list for the league stage and played a central role in the Stormers’ attack. His award, determined by

Vodacom URC CEO Martin Anayi expects significant on- and off-field benefits when the Bulls, Stormers, Lions and Sharks receive full membership status by the end of June. The move grants the SA Rugby Union (Saru) and its four franchises equity in the URC and EPCR competitions (Investec Champions Cup and Challenge Cup), fundamentally altering their

Winger Ntokozo Makhaza is one of nine uncapped players in a 54-man Springbok squad named by Rassie Erasmus for the start of the world champions’ 2025 season. The Boks face the Barbarians at Cape Town Stadium on 28 June, followed by three Tests against Italy (in Pretoria and Gqeberha on 5 and 12 July, respectively)

Victor Matfield and John Kirwan both believe that accidental head contact does not warrant a red card, even for 20 minutes. World Rugby recently approved the global trial of the 20-minute red card in elite competitions. Under this trial, a player who commits foul play that is not deemed deliberate or intentional will receive a

Skipper Ruan Nortje says the Vodacom Bulls must be “switched on from minute one” to beat a Bok-powered Sharks outfit for a place in the URC final, reports DEVIN HERMANUS. The Bulls and Sharks clash in an all-South African semi-final at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Jake White’s charges dispatched Edinburgh in Pretoria last week to

It may be the Vodacom URC semi-final, but every South African knows its a Springbok trial when the Vodacom Bulls host the Sharks at Loftus on Saturday. The post Keo & Zels: Loftus set for Bokbuster! appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. It may be the Vodacom URC semi-final, but every South African knows its

Seven South Africans have stormed into the 2024/25 URC Elite XV, showcasing the dominance of the nation’s unions throughout this season’s competition. Cameron Hanekom, recently crowned 2024-25 Next-Gen Player of the Season, headlines the group and is joined by fellow Bulls forwards Wilco Louw and Jan-Hendrik Wessels. It’s a second consecutive Elite XV selection for