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Hacjivah Dayimani will reportedly leave South Africa next season to join Springbok captain Siya Kolisi at French giants Racing 92. A standout for the DHL Stormers since moving to Cape Town from the Lions in 2021, Dayimani has been superb in the team’s run to back-to-back Vodacom URC finals in 2022 and 2023. Despite Dayimani’s […]

The passion burns as strongly in a clash between players from South Africa and New Zealand, whether it’s an age-group level or a Test match, writes MARK KEOHANE. The Junior Springboks and their Kiwi opponents played out to an exciting 13-13 draw in the inaugural U20 Rugby Championship opener in Australia on Thursday. The match

Follow the live action as the Blitzboks face Spain and Samoa on day one at the Singapore Sevens tournament. Tweets by SVNSSeries Tweets by Blitzboks    The post LIVE: Singapore Sevens appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Follow the live action as the #Blitzboks kick off their pool campaign at the penultimate stop on

The Vodacom Bulls have announced that one of SA rugby’s most exciting outside backs has put pen to paper on a deal with the Pretoria outfit from next season. Boeta Chamberlain will make Loftus Versfeld his new stomping ground from 2024-25, following five years with the Sharks in Durban. ALSO: Saffa boss extends stay at

Johann van Graan has re-committed his future to English Premiership outfit Bath after the head of rugby put pen to paper on a contract extension. Van Graan, who joined the club from Munster in 2022 and guided the team to Champions Cup qualification in his first season, has signed a new contract until the end

Coach Bafana Nhleko said the Junior Springboks have plenty to work on after sharing the spoils with New Zealand in their U20 Rugby Championship opener on Thursday. The traditional rivals played out an exciting 13-13 draw in very wet and windy conditions at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Bokarina, Queensland, with a heavy downpour before

Props Rabah Slimani and Giorgi Beria expect a bruising contest up front when Clermont locks horns with the Springbok-powered Sharks side in the Challenge Cup on Saturday. The Sharks will make history when they face the three-time winners at London’s Twickenham Stoop, as the first South African team to feature in the last-four of the

World Cup-winning Springbok head coach Rassie Erasmus received an honorary doctorate from the North-West University (NWU) on Thursday. The NWU Council approved the decision during their ordinary meeting on 16 November 2023. The request for the awarding of the degree Philosophiae Doctor (Honoris Causa), in the discipline Coaching Science, was made by the NWU’s Faculty

South African franchises must launch a full-on assault against Europe’s top clubs next season, writes SIMON BORCHARDT. The Champions Cup is billed as ‘The One To Win’ but that certainly wasn’t the case for French Top 14 club Lyon, South Africa’s Bulls and English Premiership club the Exeter Chiefs this season. Lyon, fighting a relegation

Led by the fearless Bob Skinstad and featuring Cape royalty in Breyton Paulse and Percy Montgomery, the DHL Stormers put the Vodacom Bulls to the sword at Loftus Versfeld in the 1999 Super Rugby season. The Bulls won the Currie Cup in 1998 against DHL Western Province and much was expected of the men from