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The Blitzboks beat Great Britain in the final of the Sevens Repechage on Sunday night to successfully seal a place in the Paris Olympics. Tries from Quewin Nortje and Shilton van Wyk gave the unbeaten Springbok Sevens a 14-5 victory over Great Britain, as the South Africans booked their ticket to the 2024 Olympic Games. […]

South Africa’s top schoolboys will be in action at the U18 Craven Week, which will be staged at Hoërskool Monument in Krugersdorp over the next six days. The second tournament in SA Rugby’s 2024 Youth Weeks programme will run from 24 to 29 June, with 16 teams competing across the matches played on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Rassie Erasmus accepts Aphelele Fassi’s act of foul play against Wales was “reckless but an accident”, during an otherwise pleasing effort from the Springbok fullback. The four-Test Fassi, making his first appearance for the Boks since 2022, was sent off in the 30th minute of a huge win for the world champions at Twickenham on

Aphiwe Dyantyi has agreed to join the Vodacom Bulls from the start of the Currie Cup, while the Sharks are looking to bolster their pack with a Springbok. According to Sunday newspaper Rapport, Dyantyi will complete his move to Pretoria on 1 July, after signing a two-year contract with the Vodacom Bulls. The move comes after

Jake White says Willie le Roux will be ready to continue his journey towards becoming a Springbok centurion in the two-Test series against Ireland, but Canan Moodie is likely to miss the opener in Pretoria. Le Roux sat out the URC final between the Vodacom Bulls and Glasgow Warriors on Saturday night due to HIA

Former Springbok flyhalf Jaco van der Westhuyzen believes Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is poised to become the world champions’ first-choice playmaker. Feinberg-Mngomezulu made his Bok debut on Saturday as Rassie Erasmus’s troops convincingly beat Wales in their opening Test of the season at Twickenham. Coming off the bench, the 21–year-old impressed immediately by kicking a penalty from

Edwill van der Merwe hopes his Man of the Match outing on debut for the Springboks is the first of many, as Vincent Koch expects “good things” from the world champs in 2024. The Boks hinted at a new attacking approach for the next World Cup cycle as Rassie Erasmus’ charges opened their 2024 campaign

A disappointed Jake White has circled the date of next season’s trip to Glasgow, vowing the Vodacom Bulls will rebound from their shock URC final defeat to Warriors. DYLAN JACK reports. The Vodacom Bulls surrendered a 13-0 first-half lead to suffer a 21-16 loss to Glasgow at a sold-out Loftus Versfeld on Saturday night. It was

Warriors captain Kyle Steyn explained how coach Franco Smith set the tone for Glasgow’s title-winning campaign by promising the team a “wee dram of whiskey”. Glasgow Warriors scored 14 unanswered second-half points to come from behind and beat the Vodacom Bulls in the 2023-24 URC final at a sold-out Loftus Versfeld on Saturday night. The

Edwill van der Merwe was voted MVP after marking his Test debut with a try as the Springboks eased to a comfortable victory over Wales at Twickenham. One of four players making their first appearances for the Springboks, Van der Merwe crowned his day with a 40-metre sprint to score under the posts, as Rassie