Nineteen players with Rugby World Cup experience have been included in the Springbok Women squad for WXV 2 named by interim head coach Louis Koen on Friday for the inaugural World Rugby showpiece tournament, to be played in the Western Cape next month.
New Zealand ran in 14 tries to thrash Italy 96-17 for a bonus-point victory in the Rugby World Cup at the OL Stadium in Lyon.
Springbok fullback Willie le Roux is expecting a “brutal” battle against Tonga in their final Rugby World Cup pool match in Marseille on Sunday.
Handre Pollard will play his first Test since August 2022 and Marco van Staden will wear the No 16 jersey as replacement hooker for the first time when the Springboks meet Tonga in Marseille on Sunday, as coach Jacques Nienaber rotated his starting team for their final Rugby World Cup pool match.
Salmaan Moerat says he will take a leaf out of former DHL Stormers captain Steven Kitshoff’s book and let his actions speak louder than his words as he prepares to lead this team in the upcoming Vodacom United Rugby Championship season.
College Rovers and Naka Bulle powered their way to impressive victories over the weekend to secure home ground advantage in the African Rainbow Community Gold Cup semi-finals.
Springbok fly-half Handre Pollard could be in line to face Tonga in South Africa's final Rugby World Cup pool game at the Orange Velodrome on Sunday.
Wales became the first team to reach the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals after recording a 40-6 victory over Australia at Parc OL on Sunday evening.
The Springbok Women showed good progress over the last five weeks, learned valuable lessons on their way and will enter next month's WXV 2 tournament well prepared and as ready as can be.
The Springbok coaches will weigh the team’s goalkicking options in the wake of the narrow defeat by Ireland (13-8) after returning from Paris to their Toulon training base on Sunday.