South African teams look to bounce back
After last weekend’s ignominious record of zero from four, the South African sides will be hard pressed on getting back to winning ways in the sixth round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship this weekend.

Pathway eased entry into sevens for new recruits
A decade ago, a number of 20-year-olds joined the SA Rugby Sevens Academy – as it was known at the time – and not too long after joining the set-up in Stellenbosch, engrained their names in the history books of the Springbok Sevens.

Remarkable remix of a chart-topper in life
In changing the tune from suffering a tragic injury on the rugby field to becoming a music producer of note, Anthony Kasirivu has emerged as a chart-topper in life.

RIP Hannes Strydom (1965-2023)
Mr Mark Alexander, President of the South African Rugby Union, paid tribute to former Springbok lock Hannes Strydom, a member of the Rugby World Cup-winning squad in 1995, who sadly passed away in a car accident on Sunday evening, aged 58.

Strong starts from Irish and Scottish teams
With nearly a third of the league phase of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship season now behind us, the top six is starting to look like a closed club made up of Irish and Scottish teams.

Bleak Vodacom URC weekend for South Africa
Difficult conditions, a lack of discipline and a little bit of unluckiness were part of the mix as all four South African teams came up short in the fifth round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship this weekend.

Dazel pleased with Bok Women's Sevens progress
Seven months ago, in the final of the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series played at Markotter Stadium in Stellenbosch, it took a try after the buzzer for the Springbok Women's Sevens team to secure a victory over Belgium's women's squad, a win that installed them as a core team in the 2023/34 HSBC SVNS Series.

Sharks look to turn fortunes around at home
The Hollywoodbets Sharks are back in Durban this week with the sole aim to get their Vodacom United Rugby Championship campaign back on track, while the other three South African franchises are nearing the end of their early-season tours in the Northern Hemisphere.

Weston: Clear direction to boost Bok Women Sevens
In 2017, Shona-Leah Weston rugby career with the Springbok Women took a tumble, literally and figuratively.

Good wins for Bulls and Lions in Wales
The Vodacom Bulls and Emirates Lions held the torch for the South African franchises in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship with hard-fought victories in Wales this weekend, as the DHL Stormers and Hollywoodbets Sharks found the going tough in Italy in the fourth round of the competition.