Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber likened his team’s hard-fought 22-21 Castle Lager Rugby Championship victory over Argentina on Saturday to a typical Rugby World Cup arm wrestle.
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named a squad of 26 players for the trip to Buenos Aires for their opening Rugby World Cup warm-up game on Saturday, 5 August, with several players who did not feature against the Pumas at Emirates Airline Park, boarding the airplane early on Sunday morning.
Peter Karmis has not won on the Sunshine Tour since August 2018, but the 42-year-old showed he still has the bottle for it on Saturday as clinched a thrilling one-stroke victory in the FNB Eswatini Challenge at the Nkonyeni Lodge and Golf Estate.
South Africa clinched a comfortable 87-32 victory over Sri Lanka while Fiji stunned Zimbabwe with a 52-48 at the Netball World Cup 2023 in Cape Town on Saturday.
Orlando Pirates winger Siphelo Baloni is relishing the chance to repay the Buccaneers by promising to continue his impressive form into the 2023/24 season.
Riyad Mahrez has completed his transfer from Manchester City to Saudi Pro League outfit Al-Ahli.
It wasn’t the 62 that he opened the tournament with, but Matthew Spacey’s second round of 70 at the Nkonyeni Lodge and Golf Estate on Friday was still enough to take him into a four-stroke lead going into the final round of the FNB Eswatini Challenge.
Springbok captain Duane Vermeulen and assistant coach Mzwandile Stick stressed the importance of closing off the home leg of their 2023 season on a high note before the team enters their Rugby World Cup warm-up games and said a victory would be special for many reasons.
South Africa got off to the perfect start with a 61-50 victory over Wales while defending champions New Zealand put on a dominant performance to cruise to a comfortable 76-27 win over Trinidad and Tobago at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Friday.
The weekend’s Women’s Premier Division action will see mouth-watering clashes in Ceres, Cape Town and Durban on Saturday, while in the top four sides will meet in Bloemfontein and George in the First Division semi-finals.