Match schedule revealed with 50 days to go
The Blitzboks will face Germany or Chile and the Springbok Women’s Sevens team are up against France in their opening encounters of the Rugby World Cup Sevens, as the first match-ups for the highly anticipated tournament have been revealed with 50 days to go until the three-day pinnacle event kicks off in Cape Town, South Africa on 9-11 September.

Soyizwapi, Plaatjies to lead SA Sevens teams at Commonwealth Games
Siviwe Soyizwapi and Asisipho Plaatjies were on Thursday named as captains of the South African Men and Women’s Sevens teams for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where the two squads will participate in the Rugby Sevens programme as part of Team South Africa.

EPCR pool fixtures for 2022/23 announced
Stade Rochelais, who won a first Heineken Champions Cup in such dramatic fashion in May, will launch the defence of their title at Stade Marcel Deflandre against another former tournament winner, Northampton Saints, when the 2022/23 EPCR season kicks off on the weekend of 9/10/11 December.

Junior Bok Women lay good foundation in Paarl
Junior Springbok Women head coach Laurian Johannes-Haupt expressed her satisfaction after the recently completed SA Rugby Under-19 Girls camp and said solid foundations were laid during the week at Paarl Gymnasium.

Match Officials announced for 2022 Rugby Champs
The Emirates World Rugby match officials have been appointed for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship 2022, with the Springboks kicking off their campaign against New Zealand on 6 August in Nelspruit, where Angus Gardner will be the referee.

RWC Sevens 2022 makes moves with HAVAL
Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 is delighted to welcome HAVAL as an Official Partner. In the week when the full line-up of 40 teams heading to Cape Town has been confirmed, excitement continues to build for a world-class festival of rugby sevens, which takes place on 9-11 September 2022.

Bok Women expect to be tested in all areas in Japan
The Springbok Women side departed South Africa on Tuesday for a two-Test series against Japan, fully aware of the challenges that will await them in the Far East, where they will face the host nation on 24 July in the Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Iwate, and on 30 July in Kumagaya Rugby Stadium in Saitama in the Taiyo-seimei Japan Rugby Challenge Series 2022.

Players' Fund's Mandela Day disability drive
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, it has the power to unite people in a way that little else does.” In the spirit of Mandela Day this July, we ask you to link hands with Rugby’s Caring Hands.

Full RWC Sevens line-up of 40 teams confirmed
The full 40-team line-up for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 has now been confirmed, following an enthralling weekend of action in Bucharest.

Etzebeth and Mbonambi thrilled to celebrate milestones with victory
Eben Etzebeth and Bongi Mbonambi were delighted celebrate their special Springbok career milestones with a Castle Lager Incoming Series victory against Wales at DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday and said they were proud as individuals, as well as for the team and the country.