Zachary Porthen resumes the captaincy of a reshuffled Junior Springboks starting line-up for Sunday’s final Under-20 Rugby Championship match against Argentina at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Bokarina on the eastern seaboard of Queensland in Australia.Porthen was not considered for the previous encounter with Australia because of a hand injury, but he is back in the starting line-up to lead ..read more

The top of the table in the Women’s Premier Division can look vastly different by Saturday night when the top four sides collide in what promises to be a very important round of action.One takes on two and three faces four on Saturday and by the end of round five, the top four could be totally scrambled, while the bottom four teams will want to use this opportunity to keep themselves in the race ..read more

Junior Springbok flyhalf Philip-Albert van Niekerk kicked a last-minute penalty goal to seal a remarkable 30-28 victory for the SA U20s after a sensational start and a strong second half in their final U20 Rugby Championship clash against Argentina in the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Austalia on Sunday.The Junior Boks would have been happy with the victory, but there is still a lot of room for improvement ..read more

The Bulls Daisies were made to work hard for their top-of-the-table victory over the Sanlam Boland Dames in Pretoria on Saturday, but the bonus point win cemented their spot at the top of the Women’s Premier Division log, while the Border Ladies moved up to fourth with a tight win over DHL Western Province in East London.Elsewhere, the Sharks Women and Free State Women were victorious on the ..read more

Ruan PienaarThey say that rugby is a team sport, not about the individual. Still, there is no denying that the former Springbok scrumhalf and utility back Ruan Pienaar has been a revelation since his return to Bloemfontein. His fast, crisp, accurate and assertive play is a match made in heaven for the running rugby that the Toyota Cheetahs are so well known for.Ruan made his first-class debut for the ..read more

In the Toyota Cheetahs’ last SA Cup match of the season, the team will face their neighbours, the Suzuki Griquas, on Friday, 17 May, at Shimla Park on the campus of the University of the Free State. The game will be live on SuperSport Rugby.Due to the re-sowing process and the field in Toyota Stadium not being ready for play, the match has been relocated to Shimla Park.The gates open at 12:00 ..read more

JF van Heerden will captain a Junior Springbok side showing several changes when they take on Australia in the second round of the Under-20 Rugby Championship at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Bokarina, Queensland on Tuesday.Van Heerden takes over the captaincy from Zachary Porthen, who has been ruled out of contention for this match due to a hand injury he sustained in the 13-13 draw against New Zealand ..read more

The Junior Springboks are targeting an improved performance against Australia when the two teams meet in the second round of the new Under-20 Rugby Championship at the Sunshine Coast Stadium in Bokarina, Queensland in Australia on Tuesday morning (SA time).Speaking during an online media conference from the team’s base in Twin Waters on the Australian eastern seaboard, Junior Bok assistant coach ..read more

Mr Mark Alexander, the President of SA Rugby, sent condolences to the family of Mariska Loots, a former Springbok Women’s player who passed away on Wednesday at age of 38.Loots, who played scrumhalf, toured Wales and England in 2005 with the Springbok Women and played against Wales ‘A’ in her international career. She started playing rugby for the Goodwood Gazelles in Cape Town and ..read more

Springbok Women head coach Louis Koen made nine changes to his starting team and 11 overall when he named his squad to play Kenya in the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup at Stade Makis in Antananarivo on Wednesday.Free State Women outside back Sikholiwe Mdletshe will earn her first cap after being named on the left wing, while regular starter Sinazo Mcatshulwa returns at flanker for South Africa’s ..read more