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Explosive Wallabies back Joseph Sua’ali’i is in a race to be fit to face the British & Irish Lions. The former rugby league star suffered a concussion while making a tackle for the Waratahs against the Reds in Super Rugby Pacific last Friday. The Waratahs said Sua’ali’i had developed pain in the days following the […]

Stormers tighthead prop Neethling Fouche says a three-match ban enabled him to “freshen up a bit” ahead of the Vodacom URC playoffs. The 32-year-old was harshly red-carded for what was deemed a dangerous tackle on Ulster centre Ben Carson at Kingspan Stadium in round 14 of the URC, and given a four-match ban. The Stormers’

Cheetahs coach Frans Steyn wants Griquas to prepare for an all-out attack in Kimberley on Saturday when the teams clash in the SA Cup semi-final. The Cheetahs conceded two late tries to lose to the same opponents at the same venue last week as the league phase of the competition came to a conclusion. The

One of English rugby’s most-capped internationals has announced that he will retire from the professional game at the end of this season. Harlequins scrumhalf Danny Care, who won 101 caps for England over 16 years, quit international rugby after last year’s Six Nations. The 38-year-old featured at two World Cups and was part of England’s

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