Blitzboks Team of the Year 2018
Ricardo Duarttee and Mfundo Ndhlovu, who were members of the Blitzboks’ HSBC SVNS World Championship winning squad, have...
The South African rugby community was shocked and saddened to hear the news of the passing of Cornal Hendricks and Mr Ma...
Springbok Sevens head coach Philip Snyman heaped praise on his squad after a commanding weekend of sevens rugby displaye...
The Springbok Sevens team saved their best for last to win the final tournament of the season, the HSBC SVNS World Champ...
The Springbok Sevens team qualified for the playoffs of the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles with victories o...
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Two former captains, Marithy Pienaar and Veroeshka Grain, are amongst a group of five players who have decided to call it a day on their Springbok Women’s Sevens careers after several seasons of service in the Green and Gold.
Some of Marvel’s most iconic Super Heroes will join forces with South Africa’s most powerful rugby stars to turn every one of the South African derbies in the 2019 Vodacom Super Rugby season into an action-packed adventure in and outside the stadiums.
The experienced Kyle Brown was grateful and humbled by becoming the most-capped South African in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series this weekend, but said the Springbok Sevens team’s success means more than personal achievement.
More than 45,000 people packed into Cape Town Stadium for the first-ever #SuperHeroSunday Vodacom Super Rugby double-header.
South African referee AJ Jacobs is one of two new match officials who were on Monday included on the 2019 Vodacom Super Rugby panel.
Rassie Erasmus, SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby, Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and 2018 Player of the Year Pieter-Steph du Toit took time out of their busy schedules to inspire the SA Rugby Academy squad as they approached the end of week one of the 2019 programme.
The Isuzu Southern Kings and Toyota Cheetahs will be ready for action after a handful of inspiring performances in the last few weeks when they face two Irish Guinness PRO14 playoff contenders, Munster and Connacht, this weekend.
Springboks Duane Vermeulen and Schalk Brits will make a return to Vodacom Super Rugby this weekend, while three former Blitzboks, Rosko Specman, Dylan Sage and Ruhan Nel, will be making their debuts when the Vodacom Bulls host the DHL Stormers on Saturday in Pretoria.
The late-night fixture between the Jaguares and Emirates Lions in Buenos Aires (23h40) finishes the first round of action and the team from Johannesburg will be going all-out to record their first win in Argentina.
Robert du Preez’s Cell C Sharks will be the first local side in action this weekend when they go into battle against the Sunwolves from 12h55 on Saturday at the Singapore National Stadium.
Two former captains, Marithy Pienaar and Veroeshka Grain, are amongst a group of five players who have decided to call it a day on their Springbok Women’s Sevens careers after several seasons of service in the Green and Gold.
Rassie Erasmus, SA Rugby’s Director of Rugby, Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and 2018 Player of the Year Pieter-Steph du Toit took time out of their busy schedules to inspire the SA Rugby Academy squad as they approached the end of week one of the 2019 programme.
Team announcement
Duarttee and Ndhlovu to boost SA effort in MauritiusRicardo Duarttee and Mfundo Ndhlovu, who were members of the Blitzboks’ HSBC SVNS World Championship winning squad, have been included in the Springbok Sevens ‘A’ squad for the Rugby Africa Sevens Cup in Mauritius, where Springbok Sevens head coach Philip Snyman will get a glimpse of what the future holds for the sevens programme.
Obituary
SA Rugby pays tribute to Cornal HendricksThe South African rugby community was shocked and saddened to hear the news of the passing of Cornal Hendricks and Mr Mark Alexander, President of SA Rugby, paid tribute to the former dual-international who wore the green and gold with distinction.
Reaction
Snyman: Blitzboks’ true colours glittered in LASpringbok Sevens head coach Philip Snyman heaped praise on his squad after a commanding weekend of sevens rugby displayed at the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles, with the Blitzboks finishing as the only undefeated side and crowned winners on Sunday.
Review
Brilliant Blitzboks crowned kings of Los AngelesThe Springbok Sevens team saved their best for last to win the final tournament of the season, the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles, with a 19-5 victory over Spain in the final wrapping up a flawless weekend in California early on Monday morning (SA time).
Review
Unbeaten Blitzboks book semi-final spot in LAThe Springbok Sevens team qualified for the playoffs of the HSBC SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles with victories over France, Great Britain and Argentina in their pool and will face New Zealand in the semi-finals on Sunday.
