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Head coach Kevin Foote says he can already see the value of the Junior Springboks’ short tour of Georgia. The Junior Boks got off to a good start with a live training session against the Lelo Saracens club in Tbilisi on Wednesday. The South Africans have experienced sub-zero conditions since their arrival in the Georgian […]

New Zealand flyhalf Richie Mo’unga could make a shock international switch and represent a Pacific Island nation at the 2027 Rugby World Cup. Mo’unga has been playing club rugby in Japan since guiding the All Blacks to the 2023 World Cup final.  The 30-year-old’s contract with the Toshiba Brave Lupus runs until 2026, ruling him

Richard Cockerill lauds the growth of Scotland flyer Duhan van der Merwe, who is set to light up the ‘Home of Rugby’ when he lines up against England this week. Van der Merwe has become England’s biggest Six Nations nightmare, and Steve Borthwick will be plotting ways to stop Scotland’s record try-scorer when they visit

The eighth episode of the URC’s Jukskei derby will play out at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday when the Vodacom Bulls host the Lions, and history promises a cracking contest. 2021-22 Once upon a time… an age-old rivalry spilled into the URC in January of 2022. Ellis Park was the arena and the Bulls tamed their

Georgia have overtaken Wales in the World Rugby rankings and coach Richard Cockerill believes the achievement warrants a playoff for a place in the Six Nations championship. “Opportunity is what we’re after,” Cockerill told Daily Mail as the Lelos have climbed to 11th in the rankings, one place ahead of Wales who are mired in

The Blitzboks are aiming to win the Canadian leg of the World Rugby Sevens Series for the first time since 2021 at BC Place in Vancouver this weekend. In that Covid-hit year, two back-to-back tournaments were held in Canada, at BC Place and the Commonwealth Stadium, with the Springboks Sevens winning both. Since then, though, they

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has included a Stormers rookie in a group of 26 players invited to attend virtual alignment camps in March. Jonathan Roche was on the list of players, primarily based abroad, named to attend the online alignment camps on 27 March, following the first in-person camp in Cape Town from 10-12 March.

Former Wales coach Warren Gatland is gutted with the results in his second stint at the helm and he cautioned potential successors to brace for unrelenting criticism. “They need a thick skin for a start,” Gatland told The Telegraph in an exclusive interview, referring to the negative press Wales received during a record run of

Franco Smith’s previous experience coaching at Test level positions him as an ideal candidate to lead Wales out of their current misery, according to former Italy attack coach Marius Goosen. The Wales job opened up after Warren Gatland stepped down earlier this onth following a defeat to Italy in Rome that marked a record 14th

Argentinian appeals judges have dismissed rape charges against French rugby players Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou, even as their accuser vowed to seek recourse to a higher court. The men, both 21, were arrested two days after winning their first Test caps for France against Argentina in the western city of Mendoza in July last