Lions dig deep to shut out Bulls in Pretoria
The Emirates Lions held on with everything they have to shut out a determined Vodacom Bulls outfit for a superb 29-25 victory in their Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday.

Springbok Women include eight uncapped players for Spain tour
Nolusindiso Booi will lead a Springbok Women squad with eight potential debutants to Europe later this month – including a number of younger players and a former South African netball player – for Tests against Canada and Spain in Madrid.

Rian Oberholzer returns to SA Rugby as interim CEO
SA Rugby on Friday confirmed that former CEO, Rian Oberholzer, had returned to the role in an interim capacity to fill the vacancy left by the departure of Jurie Roux.

Nienaber happy as Boks wrap up week two of camp
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber expressed his satisfaction with the strides made at their physical and rugby development camp in Cape Town and said they were ticking the desired boxes, as the second week of the camp concluded on Friday.

Lots of changes for Vodacom URC Derby Day
All four South African teams preparing for Saturday's Coastal and Jukskei Derbies in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship have been named, with a number of tweaks to the different starting line-ups.

Snyman: We can go all the way in Vancouver
The Springbok Sevens team arrived from the USA in a cold Vancouver this week battered and bruised, having lost four of five matches at the HSBC LA Sevens last weekend, while Jaiden Baron, Masande Mtshali and Travis Ismaiel returned home after picking up injuries last weekend that ruled them out of action.

Pressure rises for SA sides in Vodacom URC
The pressure on the South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship franchises will strike a new level this weekend as the competition hits the fourth-last pool round and the race for playoff spots moves up a few notches.

Bok Women to play Canada and Spain in Madrid
The Springbok Women will face Canada and Spain later this month in a first outing for the national side since the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand last September.

Bounce back non-negotiable for Blitzbok leadership
Those who watched last weekend's HSBC LA Sevens would have been excused if they wondered which masked player the Springbok Sevens team had on the field, but they would probably have been more puzzled on what Blitzbok team was on display as one the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series premier participants stumbled and slid through a weekend of disappointing results.

Full round of action will have big impact on playoffs
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship returns to a full round this weekend and it is getting to that time of the competition where almost every game could have a big impact on where the teams will finish and who will play where in the playoff phase.