The 2022 Carling Currie Cup Bulletin #7
Carling Currie Cup action returns this weekend, with the table-topping Cell C Sharks travelling to Nelspruit for their clash with the Airlink Pumas on Friday evening, with two games scheduled for Central South Africa on Saturday, when Tafel Lager Griquas host the Vodacom Bulls in Kimberley, and the Toyota Cheetahs face the Sigma Lions in Bloemfontein.

Rowntree sounds warning to teams visiting SA
Former England prop Graham Rowntree has sounded a warning to teams in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship who are heading to South Africa for a string of matches from next week.

Shimlas remain unbeaten after Bloem Derby
Shimlas remained unbeaten - the only team in the competition - after a tense round of matches in the FNB Varsity Cup on Monday, with Tuks edging Ikeys, Maties returning to winning ways, while UJ and UWC grabbed their first wins of the season.

Expanding women's game a priority for SA Rugby
SA Rugby's Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, on Tuesday underlined the strategic importance of the women's game in South Africa as a big priority and said only paying lip service to the game is a thing of the past as the Springbok Women and Springbok Women’s Sevens teams prepare for a season that includes two Rugby World Cup tournaments.

Tourists under pressure to win before they get to SA
With no South African teams involved in the next round of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, the six games to be played this weekend will provide a pointer to what can be expected from the four teams that will start tours of South Africa the following week.

Winning starts for Bulls, Lions and WP U20s
The 2022 SA Rugby Under-20 Cup kicked off over the past weekend with a good victory for DHL Western Province in Durban, and a runaway win for the Vodacom Bulls in Pretoria to elevate them to the top of the log.

Exceptional uptake for RWC Sevens 2022 tickets
Close to 60,000 tickets have been snapped up as sales opened for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 tournament, which takes place in Cape Town from 9 to 11 September.

Bulls, Sharks earn valuable away wins in Italy
The Vodacom Bulls and Cell C Sharks secured valuable away victories for the South African Vodacom United Rugby Championship teams on their short one-week tours of Europe this weekend, while the DHL Stormers lost out narrowly in what marked their first defeat this year.

RWC Sevens tickets on sale NOW!!!
Tickets for the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 – to be hosted in Cape Town from 9-11 September – will go on sale tomorrow (Monday) morning at 09h00 (SAT) and will be exclusively available from www.rwcsevens.com.

Stormers pipped by Connacht in Galway
The DHL Stormers fell away in the second half of their Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against Connacht at The Sportsground in Galway on Saturday, going down 19-17 in a match that just as well could have gone their way.