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Sharks coach John Plumtree says he’s looking forward to the challenge of playing back-to-back matches against the Lions. There is much at stake in the Vodacom URC for both teams as they prepare to clash at Ellis Park on Saturday and again at Kings Park seven days later. The Sharks are fourth on the log and […]

The Springboks will face Australia in Johannesburg and Cape Town in the Rugby Championship as SA Rugby locks in the world champions’ home Test venues for 2025. Rassie Erasmus’ men will also return to the Eastern Cape for the first time since 2021 when they take on Italy at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in

Julian Redelinghuys is sad he won’t get to see Steven Kitshoff join the Springbok centurion club, but says his former teammate can be “super proud” of his career. Kitshoff, a two-time Springbok world champion and Stormers legend, officially retired on Tuesday due to a serious neck injury after 13 years at the elite level of

A two-time world champion tactician will rejoin the Springbok management team as Rassie Erasmus confirms his backroom staff for 2025. Double World Cup-winning Bok assistant coach Felix Jones will reunite with Erasmus and his team in an assistant coach position from 1 March, following a short stint with England. Erasmus unveiled his support staff on

Jaden Hendrikse will start at scrumhalf in one of three changes to the Sharks starting XV for Saturday’s Vodacom URC match against the Lions at Ellis Park. Fit-again Hendrikse comes in for Grant Williams, who moves to the bench. In the forward pack, injured tighthead prop Trevor Nyakane is replaced by Ruan Dreyer, while Deon

Cobus Wiese says the Vodacom Bulls owe their supporters a big performance against the Stormers at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Under coach Jake White, the Bulls have tried to make Loftus a fortress, but it was famously breached by the Glasgow Warriors in last season’s Vodacom URC final, and again twice this season, by the

World Rugby has blamed the “global economy” for having to retrench more than 10% of their staff following a “strategic review”. The Daily Mail reports that around 35 “fringe staff” in areas like communications, marketing and branding have been told they will lose their jobs. Reporters at two websites owned by World Rugby – RugbyPass

Known for his cheeky social media posts, Rassie Erasmus is always up for a laugh and here shares Adrian Garvey’s toilet humour from their playing days with the Springboks. WATCH: Air Rassie lands in Potch Photo: Tertius Pickard/Gallo Images The post Watch: Rassie reveals joker in Bok pack appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Known

For Glasgow’s Henco Venter it was never a case of if he would play professional rugby – just a matter of when. Born in Bloemfontein, the 1.93m flanker played his youth rugby for the Free State, and was named in the Varsity Cup Dream Team in 2015. His father coached him in high school and

Tana Umaga has made it clear that Moana Pasifika would “love” to sign Richie Mo’unga, while Jeff Wilson believes the New Zealand flyhalf must carefully consider his future. Mo’unga, who has over 50 Test caps, put his international career on hold after New Zealand’s Rugby World Cup final defeat to the Springboks, signing a three-year