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Co-captain Impi Visser backs the Blitzboks to make amends for their disappointing Hong Kong campaign at this weekend’s Singapore Sevens. Pool defeats to Australia and New Zealand saw South Africa fail to qualify for the quarter-finals in Hong Kong. Beating Uruguay and Kenya on Sunday to finish ninth was small consolation for a team that […]

The boys are bullish for this weekend’s EPCR Challenge Cup but fear there’s no hope for the Lions.   The post Keo & Zels: Sharks lash Lyon, Bulls bury Bayonne appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. The boys are bullish for this weekend’s EPCR Challenge Cup but fear there’s no hope for the Lions. The

An All Blacks prop misses the rest of the Super Rugby Pacific season. The Blues confirmed on Wednesday that Ofa Tu’ungafasi, who came off the bench in all five of their 2024 end-of-year Tests, requires neck surgery. No timeframe was given for the 32-year-old’s rehabilitation, putting him in doubt for the All Blacks’ three-Test series

Fans fought at Loftus on Tuesday after Mamelodi Sundowns’ CAF Champions League quarter-final win against Esperance. According to IOL, the skirmish was started by visiting supporters in the upper East Stand, who threw objects onto the field and at Sundowns fans in the lower stand. The Tunisian fans then ignited flares, while Sundowns’ supporters retaliated

Tonga captain Ben Tameifuna wanted Springbok loosehead prop Ox Nche’s jersey after scrumming against him at the 2023 World Cup. The two went head to head during the Pool B match in Marseille, which the Springboks won 49-18. At 150kg, tighthead prop Tameifuna outweighs Nche by 20kg, but it was the South African who dominated.

Harlequins coach Danny Wilson has taken a swipe at Saracens ahead of this weekend’s round-of-16 Champions Cup playoffs. Saracens, who have won the elite European competition three times, are resting their England players – Jamie George, Maro Itoje, Tom Willis, Ben Earl and Elliot Daly – for Saturday’s match in Toulon as they prioritise the

Duhan van der Merwe has been ruled out of Edinburgh’s round-of-16 Champions Cup playoff against the Lions on Friday night. The club confirmed that the South African winger will be sidelined until May after suffering an ankle injury against the Dragons last Friday. Edinburgh have two Vodacom URC league-stage fixtures scheduled for next month –

The Hurricanes have asked shareholders for an additional NZ$1-million (R10.5-million) in capital after a NZ$700,000 (R7.4-million) loss in 2024. The Super Rugby Pacific franchise is owned by the Wellington Rugby Football Union (50%), offshore investors Y11 Sport & Media Group (34.38%), Coastlands chief executive Richard Mansell (12.5%) and Horowhenua Kapiti Rugby Football Union (3.12%). “We’re

Cheetahs coach Frans Steyn downplayed Clayton Blommetjies’ struggles but stressed the importance of beating Griffons in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Stormers back Blommetjies made his debut for the Cheetahs in their 47-35 win against Eastern Province on short notice after being drafted into the squad by Steyn during a visit to his wife in the Free

Vodacom Bulls flank Jannes Kirsten expects a forward-dominated Challenge Cup round-of-16 playoff against Bayonne on Saturday. The 31-year-old has plenty of top-tier European experience having made 22 appearances for the Exeter Chiefs in the Champions Cup (including trips to La Rochelle and Montpellier in France) and one for the Bulls since returning to South Africa.