Dragons provide Welsh boost with first major upset
Life beyond Johann van Graan hasn’t started well for Munster, who were at the receiving end of the first big upset of the new Vodacom United Rugby Championship season at the weekend. There were several significant points about the Dragons’ shock win over the Irish powerhouse province that were worth talking about, not the least of them being what it might mean for the morale of Welsh club rugby.

Lions shock Bulls in SA Rugby Under-21 Cup
The Lions scored a surprise 27-20 victory over the front-running Vodacom Bulls in their SA Rugby Under-21 Cup derby played in Johannesburg, while the Toyota Cheetahs managed to edge the Cell C Sharks 23-19 in their Bloemfontein encounter, with both games taking place on Friday after a short break in the competition last weekend.

Boks want to take winning momentum into year-end tour
With the Castle Lager Rugby Championship for 2022 a thing of the past, the Springboks are keen to carry the winning momentum they built up in the last three Tests into their year-end tour in November following, their final round victory by 38-21 against Argentina in Durban on Saturday.

Full house of Vodacom URC victories for SA teams
The DHL Stormers started the defence of their Vodacom United Rugby Championship title in perfect fashion with a bonus-point win, and although the three other South African teams had their supporters on the edge of their seats, the Emirates Lions, Vodacom Bulls and Cell C Sharks came away with tight victories on a perfect weekend for the four teams from the Republic.

Boks win but come up short in title chase in Durban
The Springboks finished the Castle Lager Rugby Championship like they started it, with a win – this time by 38-21 (halftime 17-7) over Argentina – but they failed to score the points needed to dethrone New Zealand as champions of the Southern Hemisphere, in front of a packed house of 45982 people at Hollywoodbets Kings Park in Durban.

Boks take positives after “full go” falls short
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber and captain Siya Kolisi took the positives from a third successive Castle Lager Rugby Championship victory, despite falling short of defeating Argentina by the 39 points they needed to pip New Zealand to the title.

Highlights: Boks finish on a high in Durban
Relive the action from Durban, where the Boks finished the Castle Lager Rugby Championship on a high with a 38-21 win over Argentina on Saturday,

Solid opening win for Stormers over Connacht
The DHL Stormers opened the defence of their Vodacom United Rugby Championship crown with a well-deserved 38-15 win in an entertaining match played at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch on Saturday afternoon.

Bulls sneak home against impressive Edinburgh
Nail-biting until the very end – with the teams’ kickers basically determining the result – as the Vodacom Bulls won their second Vodacom United Rugby Championship match on the bounce by 33-31 (half-time 15-14) over an Edinburgh side that refused to let the Pretoria heat or altitude get to them, with Scotland speedster Darcy Graham grabbing a hat-trick of tries in the process.

Lions scrape through against Ospreys in Swansea
It was a very close shave, but the Emirates Lions managed to repel wave after wave of attacks by the Ospreys at the end to clinch a deserved 28-27 victory in their Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash in Swansea on Saturday night.