The Hollywoodbets Sharks welcome back a few players to balance those lost to injury as they turn their focus to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship and their week 10 clash with Cardiff Rugby at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday.
The Junior Springbok season will kick off in all earnest with the invitation of a big group of players to the first SA Rugby Under-20 Academy camp, which will be held at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport from 26 January to 16 February.
Women’s rugby will explode into action this weekend with the first round of the 2025 Women’s Premier Division kick-starting a massive year for the sport, culminating in the Rugby World Cup in England in August and September.
“To be the best you have to beat the best. We want to be the best team in Perth this weekend so we know what we need to do.”
When he wore the green and gold for the Springbok Sevens the first time – on 28 January 2017 in Wellington, New Zealand – Zain Davids was the proudest man alive and on Friday, eight years later, he will again be on cloud nine when he runs out in his 50th HSBC SVNS tournament for the Blitzboks in Perth.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has all the makings of a Springbok legend, writes Jon Cardinelli.
A year ago, an excited and determined David Brits arrived in Perth with the Springbok Sevens squad keen to debut for his country in the abbreviated version of the game.
The dream of a European Champions Cup run may be over for South African sides, but the Bulls, Sharks and Lions will all enter the Challenge Cup Last 16 and have another shot at glory.
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Bulls coach Jake White is sweating an another knee injury for flyhalf Johan Goosen picked up in the 48-7 Champions Cup win over Bordeaux in Pretoria on Saturday.
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It will be a case of sink or swim for the five South African franchises participating in the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup competitions this weekend as the pool stage reaches a close with the first playoff round, which will play out in April, moving into view.
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