Kolbe returns in settled Bok team to face Ireland
Cheslin Kolbe will play his first Test at fullback when he makes a return to the Springbok team for the first time since July in a settled team to face the top-ranked team in the world, Ireland, at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday as Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber targets a strong start to the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour.

Blitzbok butterflies in Hong Kong
At a fairly young age of 24 years old, JC Pretorius has seen a lot during his exploits on the rugby fields of the world in the colours of the Springbok Sevens team.

Uncertainty on Nkosi, Van Staden joining Springboks
SA Rugby Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus and Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber have delayed the call-up of Springbok wing Sbu Nkosi and flank Marco van Staden until the results of medical scans are available following rib injuries suffered by the pair in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Sunday.

Bulls and Sharks U19s make winning starts
The SA Under-19 Cup kicked of the past weekend with wins for the Vodacom Bulls and the Cell C Sharks respectively. In a game staged in Durban on Saturday afternoon, the Cell C Sharks won a close-fought battle 21-19 against the visiting Toyota Cheetahs outfit, while the Pretoria side proved to strong for DHL Western Province in Cape Town, winning 24-3.

We can do this - Du Preez on success in Hong Kong
A card game is amongst the things done by the Springbok Sevens team to pass time on a long-haul flight, such as the one to Hong Kong where the Blitzboks arrived earlier today from a Cape Town-Johannesburg-Singapore transit. In this card game, the winner is called king, the loser a less flattering one.

Bulls and Stormers soar on the Highveld
The Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers finished the first block of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on high notes and cemented their places in the top four of the competition with big wins in two great local derbies in Gauteng at the weekend.

Bulls enjoy Sunday fun in the Pretoria sun
The Vodacom Bulls reaffirmed their title-challenging credentials with a 40-27 (halftime 16-10) victory over the Cell C Sharks to leapfrog back into the top four of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship.

Strong finish sees Stormers home in Johannesburg
The DHL Stormers scored 21 unanswered second-half points to return to winning ways in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship with a brilliant 31-22 victory (half-time 10-22) over the Emirates Lions in a thrilling local derby at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

Exciting mix named in Springbok and SA ‘A’ squads
Former Junior Springbok backs Manie Libbok and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu earned their first Springbok call-ups on Friday, while there was a recall for Jason Jenkins, who is back in the national set-up four years after making his Test debut, as head coach Jacques Nienaber named his 35-man squad for the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour.

Vodacom URC goes local before Test break
The Cell C Sharks and Emirates Lions will return to the field in a thrilling round featuring two local Vodacom United Rugby Championship derbies when they take on last year’s finalists, the DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls, respectively this weekend.