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England have a “high ceiling” despite their Six Nations travails and captain Maro Itoje is determined to lead the team back to the top. Three straight defeats have left England coach Steve Borthwick’s job seemingly hanging by a thread while the team has come in for heavy criticism. But Itoje believes that despite his team […]

Six Georgia national team players have been suspended for doping violations. This follows a joint investigation by World Rugby and the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). Five of the six players have been found guilty of “sample substitution” while the sixth has been charged and suspended until the disciplinary process has run its course. Wada unearthed

Attack coach Dawie Snyman says the Stormers will be banking on experience and cool heads in the cauldron that is Loftus Versfeld. The Cape side welcomes back seasoned campaigners Neethling Fouché, Deon Fourie, Damian Willemse and Ruhan Nel for Saturday’s Vodacom URC showdown with the Bulls, with Nel taking over the captaincy. TEAM: Returning quartet

Johan Ackermann says form will mean little when the Vodacom Bulls and Stormers clash in Saturday’s north-south derby at Loftus. The Bulls have named a Springbok-laden lineup for the Vodacom URC clash as they look to continue their recent resurgence. In contrast, the Stormers arrive in Pretoria under pressure after suffering three successive defeats. However,

The Sharks have fended off strong competition from English clubs to retain the services of a Springbok prop. The Durban-based club confirmed on Friday that veteran Springbok prop Vincent Koch has signed a contract extension that will keep him at Kings Park until 2028. ‘Mr Incredible’ had attracted interest from the Sale Sharks and Bath,

Blitzboks captain Impi Visser says the regular season finale in New York this weekend is what the team have been training for all season. The Springbok Sevens squad had set out to to finish at least in the top four of each of the six tournaments which make up the SVNS series – along with

The Stormers welcome back four key players for Saturday’s Vodacom URC derby against the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld. Stormers centurions Neethling Fouché, Deon Fourie and Damian Willemse are all in the starting lineup, along with Ruhan Nel who takes over the captaincy for the north-south clash, which kicks off at 2pm. Nel will line up

It would sum up an unpredictable 2026 Six Nations were Wales to beat Italy in their tournament finale. Wales are on a 15-game losing streak in the Six Nations, with Italy the last team to lose to them – on 11 March 2023. Come Saturday’s kick-off in Cardiff it will be 1,099 days since that

Pieter Rossouw believes the depth of schoolboy rugby in South Africa has grown significantly. The former Springbok wing, nicknamed “Slaptjips” for his unique running style, has been Paarl Gimnasium’s director of rugby since 2015. He says the landscape is no longer dominated by just a handful of elite schools as the chasing pack continues to

Springbok great Naas Botha has confirmed that he and his family have relocated to the USA. Botha and his wife Karen issued a joint statement after reports surfaced earlier this week suggesting the family had settled in Kansas. Two of the couple’s three daughters are believed to have received sports scholarships there. “South Africa will