Springbok Women assemble for Japan challenge
The Springbok Women had demanding training sessions on the first day of their pre-departure camp in Pretoria on Monday, as Stanley Raubenheimer and his coaching staff wasted no time to start preparing the 30 players for the two-Test tour to Japan later this month.
Boks determined to go to Cape Town to win Wales series
Springbok fullback Warrick Gelant and flank Deon Fourie yesterday attributed their 13-12 defeat against Wales in their second Castle Lager Incoming Series test to mistakes and said the team was determined to go to Cape Town and win the series.
Junior Bok midfield dynamo relishes Summer Series final challenge
Junior Springbok outside centre Ethan James has been ever-present in the side's unbeaten run at the Under-20 Six Nations Summer Series in Verona, and the Cape-based midfielder is expected to wear the No 13 jersey again on Tuesday when South Africa face Wales in the final match of the tournament in Treviso.
Relive the action from Wales' victory in Bloem
Wales scored a late try to square up the Castle Lager Incoming Series in Bloemfontein.
Wales make history with heroic win in Bloemfontein
Wales have made history by beating the Springboks in a Test in South Africa for the first time after they won a proper arm-wrestle by 13-12 at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday afternoon, squaring up the Castle Lager Incoming Series at 1-1.
"We’re heading for a final," says Nienaber
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber got the answers he was looking for as well as the heartache of an agonizingly late defeat by Wales as his team slipped to a 13-12 defeat at a packed Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein in the second match of the three-Test Castle Lager Incoming Series on Saturday.
WP close out 2022 Craven Week with victory
DHL Western Province kept their unbeaten record at the SA Rugby Under-18 Craven Week at Rondebosch Boys’ High School intact with a 29-21 win over the Blue Bulls in the unofficial final of the tournament on Saturday, giving the host union the bragging rights at this showpiece event of the schools’ rugby calendar.
Pollard: “Boks will not take a step back”
Springbok flyhalf Handre Pollard, who will become the 64th player to lead the national side when the Boks host Wales in their second Castle Lager Incoming Series Test in Bloemfontein on Saturday, said they expected an epic encounter against the visitors but they would not take a step back.
Raubenheimer names Bok Women’s squad for Japan tour
Springbok Women coach Stanley Raubenheimer named a squad of 30 players for the two Test series against Japan later this month, which include the recently-capped Azisa Mkiva and Nokubonga Siko after both players made their international debuts against Namibia in the Rugby Africa Women's Cup in June.
SA Schools squads named for 2022
The SA Schools selectors on Friday named two squads of 23 players each to represent the SA Schools and SA Schools A teams in 2022, with Kathleho Lynch (SA Schools) and Cobus van Dyk (SA Schools A) named as coaches.