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Skipper Siya Kolisi leads the Springboks at training in Johannesburg, as the world champions set the wheels in motion for the 2025 season. The Boks face the Barbarians on 28 June in Cape Town, before playing Tests against Italy (5 and 12 July, in Pretoria and Gqeberha respectively) and Georgia (19 July in Nelspruit). MORE: […]

A former All Blacks midfielder has signed a two-year with Moana Pasifika. Ngani Laumape joins the Super Rugby Pacific franchise from the Kobelco Kobe Steelers. The 32-year-old had a three-season stint in Japan where he played alongside Ardie Savea, who captained Moana Pasifika to a seventh-placed finish in this year’s Super Rugby tournament. “One of

A Super Rugby Pacific star is set to join Leicester Tigers at the end of the season. According to The Telegraph, Crusaders and Wallabies flyhalf James O’Connor has turned down an offer from French Top 14 club Racing 92 and signed a one-year deal with Leicester instead. The 34-year-old, who has 64 Test caps, will

Leinster boss Leo Cullen faces a wait on several injured players, including star flanker Josh van der Flier, to face the Vodacom Bulls in Saturday’s URC final at Croke Park. Van der Flier, World Rugby’s 2022 Player of the Year, is nursing a hamstring injury and according to a club update on Monday, will be

British & Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell will have to do without the services of a seasoned Scotland prop for the much-anticipated tour to Australia. Scotland tighthead Zander Fagerson has been ruled out of the nine-match tour with a calf injury, Farrell announced on Monday. The Glasgow Warriors scrum anchor will be replaced in

Springbok tighthead prop Wilco Louw anchored a dominant Vodacom Bulls scrum that bulldozed the Sharks at Loftus to book a 2024-25 URC final berth. The 30-year-old’s battle with world champion Ox Nche was brutal, but Louw’s power at the set piece tilted the contest. Every scrum from last night’s #VURC semi-final The power from the

The PR machine’s switched on. You can hear it in the predictable panic from the same old voices, “a rebel league will tear the game apart. It’ll destroy Test rugby”, writes ZELÍM NEL. The people panicking are the ones who’ve built careers gatekeeping access to the top table. Where have these people been? Test rugby

Jake White says the Vodacom Bulls are holding a “lotto ticket” going into Saturday’s URC final against Leinster at Croke Park, and is banking on his senior players to make it count. The Bulls face a formidable Leinster side playing its first URC decider, coming off a big win over defending champions Glasgow. The two

Handre Pollard is knocked out trying to tackle Rob du Preez, after crashing into the goalpost during a Premiership semi-final between Leicester and Sale Sharks. Photo: Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images The post Watch: Pollard poleaxed in playoff appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Handre Pollard is knocked out trying to tackle Rob du Preez, after crashing

A weekend that showcased SA talent saw Leicester flyhalf Handre Pollard and Bath prop Thomas du Toit book a showdown in the Premiership final. English Premiership:  Johann van Graan’s Bath booked their place in the Premiership final with a 34-20 win against the Bristol Bears at the Recreation Ground. Bok prop Thomas du Toit and