Crucial clashes in third Rugby Festival - Round 4 Preview
The third SuperSport Rugby Challenge Festival will be crucial to the fortunes of the four teams playing at Impala Rugby Club in Rustenburg on Sunday, while Saturday’s action will see two of the front-runners in the highly competitive North Section battle it out.

Emirates Lions shuffle pack for Highlanders challenge
Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx will captain the Emirates Lions in their Vodacom Super Rugby clash against the Highlanders on Saturday because regular skipper and No 8, Warren Whiteley, is nursing a bruised knee.

Koen: Junior Springboks’ preparation on track for Argentina
Louis Koen, SA Rugby’s high performance manager and Junior Bok assistant coach, said the SA U20s team have taken big strides in their preparation in the last two weeks as their departure for the World Rugby U20 Championship in Argentina inches closer.

Bok trio back to boost DHL Stormers against Crusaders
The DHL Stormers have been boosted by the return of three Springboks – Siya Kolisi (captain and flank), Pieter-Steph du Toit (flank) and Damian de Allende (inside centre) – in the starting team to play the Crusaders in a Vodacom Super Rugby home match on Saturday.

Springbok Women to battle for World Cup spot in August
The Springbok Women will battle it out for a place in the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand in August when they face Kenya, Madagascar and Uganda in the Women’s Cup in Gauteng, which serves as the qualifier for the international spectacle.

Gelant, Liebenberg back for Vodacom Bulls to face Rebels
The Vodacom Bulls welcome back Springbok fullback Warrick Gelant and Hanro Liebenberg (looseforward) for Friday’s clash against the Rebels in Melbourne, where they will be looking for their sixth victory out of seven outings over the team from Victoria.

Match officials confirmed for Springboks’ Tests in 2019
World Rugby has announced the match official appointments for the 63 men's international matches on the road to Rugby World Cup 2019, with Paul Williams (NZ), Nic Berry (Aus) and Romain Poite (Fra) in charge of the Springboks’ Castle Lager Rugby Championship Tests.

RIP Dennis Harry Jacobs (1933-2019)
SA Rugby President Mr Mark Alexander paid tribute to former SARU and Northern Cape hero and one of the most talented and versatile sportsmen of his generation, Dennis Jacobs, who sadly passed away recently.

Experienced quartet commit future to Isuzu Southern Kings
Yaw Penxe, CJ Velleman, Tango Balekile and Sibusiso Sithole have all committed their future to the Isuzu Southern Kings as the Port Elizabeth-based side continues to build a strong squad going into the 2019/20 Guinness PRO14 season.

Du Preez to reach milestone in final leg of World Series
Branco du Preez will become the most-capped Springbok Sevens player of all time at the HSBC London Sevens next weekend when he runs out for his 70th tournament for the Blitzboks in the penultimate tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at Twickenham.