Sizophila Solontsi and Nomawethu Mabenge will make welcome returns to Test rugby after being named in the Springbok Women’s starting team to face Cameroon in the 2024 Rugby Africa Women’s Cup opener in Madagascar on Saturday. (more…)
The SA Cup will kick into a higher gear this weekend when the two top teams on the table, Suzuki Griquas and the Airlink Pumas, will battle it out for top spot in Kimberley on Friday afternoon.
The Springbok Women's Sevens team will approach this weekend's HSBC SVNS Singapore event with one eye on a strong tournament performance, and the other eye firmly focused on Madrid and Paris.
Philip Snyman captained the Springbok Sevens in a golden era where HSBC SVNS titles and Olympic and Commonwealth Games podium finishes where the order of the day.
It is with great regret that Griqualand West Rugby Union announces the arrest of one of its professional players, Kudzwai Dube, for alleged violent behaviour and assault at a liquor store.
Zachary Porthen will lead the Junior Springboks against New Zealand on Thursday, in the opening round of the inaugural Under-20 Rugby Championship at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Bokarina, Queensland in Australia.
The exposure of playing in the HSBC SVNS 2024 season has benefitted the Springbok Women's Sevens team tremendously and although it has not always shown in the results, the improvement of the team has been real and heartwarming.
The Springbok Women are well aware of the potential reward at the end of their next journey to Madagascar, but they will not make the mistake of focusing only on the ultimate prize and to then be tripped up by something unexpected because they looked too far ahead.
Experienced Springbok Women’s players Nomawethu Mabenge, Lusanda Dumke and Sizophila Solontsi have been included in the national squad for the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Madagascar next month, where qualification for the 2025 Rugby World Cup in England is at stake.
They have “been there and done that” in their Springbok Sevens careers of close to a decade, but for Dylan Sage and Siviwe Soyizwapi, a return to the familiar HSBC SVNS circuit is almost like a new beginning and an experience they are embracing with a broad smile on their faces.