The 2024 Carling Currie Cup Bulletin #2
The Carling Currie Cup Premier Division got off to a cracking start with a statement victory for the defending champions, the Toyota Cheetahs, while the Airlink Pumas, Fidelity ADT Lions and Vodacom Bulls all made a positive starts on the road.
Springbok Sevens ‘A’ finish second in Mauritius
The Springbok Sevens ‘A’ side finished the Rugby Africa Sevens Series played at Labourdonnais Sports Grounds in Mauritius in second place on Sunday, with the overall result handing Uganda and Madagascar their passage to contest the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series for 2025.
Junior Boks realise importance of crunch England clash
Junior Springboks Asad Moos and JF van Heerden are under no illusion about the enormity of the task that await their team when they meet in-form England in a vital pool match of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship on Tuesday night at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town.
Match official appointments to 10 July 2024
Match official appointments for the final pool round of the World Rugby U20 Championship in Cape Town and Stellenbosch have been made.
Junior Boks shuffle team for big England clash
The Junior Springbok team to face England on Tuesday at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town in a vital Pool C match of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship, show several changes from the line-up that faced Argentina.
Du Toit: “We want win both Tests”
Springbok flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit relished the occasion of facing Ireland on home soil for the first time since 2016 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday, but agreed with Rassie Erasmus (coach) there were areas they had to work when they return to the training field on Monday.
Queens break Women’s Premier Division duck
The EP Queens secured their first win of the SA Rugby Women’s Premier Division season on Saturday, while there Sanlam Boland Dames and DHL Western Province recorded good victories in their round eleven fixtures.
Boks do the business against Ireland in Pretoria
The Springboks won a pulsating and drama-filled Test by 27-20 against Ireland at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria to go one-nil up in the Castle Lager Incoming Series, a match that will be talked about for a while by all of the 50,066 spectators in attendance.
Job done, but far from perfect, says Erasmus
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus let out a sigh of relief following the Springboks’ hard-fought 27-20 (halftime 13-8) victory over Ireland at Loftus Versfeld in the first of two Tests in the Castle Lager Incoming Series.
Kolisi thrilled to run out in front of home fans
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi was thrilled to be back on South African shores for what marks their biggest Test since their triumphant Rugby World Cup campaign in France when they line up against Ireland in Pretoria in the first of three Castle Lager Incoming Series matches, and said his charges were well aware about what it means to country and the team.