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Wales fullback Leigh Halfpenny has brought down the curtain on an 18-year career that delivered 101 Test caps. The 37-year-old last wore the red jersey in 2023 but leaves the game as one of Welsh rugby’s most decorated players and a Lions legend after being crowned player of the series in the 2013 triumph over […]

Attack coach Neil de Bruin says the Vodacom Bulls cannot afford to underestimate URC basement dwellers Zebre on Saturday, or risk dropping out of the playoffs race. The seventh-placed Bulls host a Zebre outfit at the foot of the table, with 34 points separating the teams before the Loftus clash and two rounds left of

Assistant coach Melusi Mthethwa says “it doesn’t get bigger” than Saturday’s winner-takes-all U20 Rugby Championship finale between the Junior Springboks and New Zealand. Kevin Foote’s youngsters will look to wrap up the title when they face fierce rivals at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha. Speaking ahead of the clash, which will go a

Morné van den Berg and Jaque Fourie say the in-form Lions have returned from a week’s break revved up in the race to the Vodacom URC playoffs. Following six consecutive wins, Ivan van Rooyen’s Pride are all but assured of a first-ever appearance in the quarter-finals of the URC. They are set to cross swords

Springbok and Vodacom Bulls centre Jan Serfontein has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The 33-year-old on Tuesday called time on a 15-year professional career that took him from World Junior Player of the Year to the Bulls, Boks and Montpellier. It ends a career that included 35 Test caps, a 2015

The Vodacom Bulls are primed to unleash serious speed and attacking flair in Saturday’s Vodacom URC battle against Zebre at Loftus Versfeld. Bulls attack coach Neil de Bruin on Tuesday confirmed that Springbok star Canan Moodie is edging closer to a return from a hamstring injury. Moodie was injured against the Dragons in mid-April and

Steve Borthwick was backed on Tuesday by the RFU to be England’s coach at the 2027 World Cup following a review of the team’s dismal Six Nations campaign this year. England finished a lowly fifth in the competition, managing just a solitary success in their tournament opener against Wales before losing four games in a

Cameron Hanekom and Kurt-Lee Arendse get in their reps as the Vodacom Bulls hit the gym with gusto for a return to URC action this week. Johan Ackermann’s Herd are seventh on the log and targeting back-to-back wins at Loftus against Italian clubs, starting with Zebre on Saturday before a visit from Benetton. STATE OF

Head coach Leo Cullen has been dealt a major blow for the Vodacom URC meeting between Leinster and the Lions at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. The Leinster boss confirmed that Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw is ruled out due to injury. Henshaw was stretchered off early in the Investec Champions Cup semi-final win against Toulon

New Zealand Rugby has appointed a familiar face with experience of the All Blacks structures to oversee and support new head coach Dave Rennie. Don Tricker will join NZR as its new high-performance director, with Rennie reporting directly to him. Currently vice-president of player health and performance at the San Diego Padres baseball team in