Rugby

The countdown to the Investec Champions Cup rugby clash between the DHL Stormers and crack French outfit Stade Rochelais in Gqeberha on December 13 started when organisers announced ticket sales would open on Wednesday.

It will be the opportunity of a lifetime for Gelvandale Rugby Academy players when they compete at the Day of Dolphin tournament in Swakopmund in Namibia on November 1, academy founder Enrico Grootboom says.

Plans are being hatched for the star-studded Maori All Blacks, renowned for playing an exhilarating brand of coast-to-coast rugby, to face a South Africa XV in Gqeberha during 2026.

The first decisive step in the Springboks’ grand plan to conquer Europe was taken on Monday when they named a 36-man squad bristling with power among the forwards and pace to burn among the backs.

More fire is needed in the bellies of the under-performing Bulls players when they are on defensive duty against Connacht in a crunch United Rugby Championship clash in Ireland on Friday, coach Johan Ackermann said.

Exciting times await EP's U21 rugby team even though they failed in their mission to reach the SA Rugby Shield playoffs in 2025, coach Shaun “Trok” Oliver said.

Two make-or-break home matches will offer the Sharks an opportunity to get their season back on track after they failed to win any of their opening three United Rugby Championship fixtures, coach John Plumtree says.

Villager advanced to the Pick n Pay Gold Cup national club rugby semifinals when they pipped a never-say-die Gardens side 40-35 after a thrill-a-minute tussle in Cape Town on Saturday.

Eastern Province's Kwaru made history on Friday when they won the Premier Division final of the inaugural Betway Women’s Club Championship, beating Walker Bay Babes 17-14 (halftime 12-7) at Alberton Rugby Club, south of Johannesburg, to bring the curtain down on a watershed week for women’s rugby in SA.

The in-form Stormers will be ready to counter a quality Scarlets side who have a good kicking game when the teams clash in the United Rugby Championship on Friday, defence coach Norman Laker says.

Gardens must go flat out and produce a lion-hearted “one million per cent” team effort when they face Villager in a do-or-die Pick n Pay Gold Cup knockout clash in Cape Town on Saturday, coach Julian Daniels says.

Walker Bay and Kwaru will make history at Alberton Rugby Club south of Johannesburg on Friday when they face off in the Premier Division final of the inaugural Betway Women’s Club Championship.

The Eastern Cape junior women’s teams had a day to forget on the second day of the U20 Women’s Week rugby tournament at Queens High in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Building squad depth hampered the Springboks in their quest to deliver a perfect gaBuilding squad depth hampered the Springboks in their quest to deliver a perfect game and attain the level of consistency they always craved to achieve, coach Rassie Erasmus says.ame and attain the level of  consistency they always crave to achieve, coach Rassie Erasmus said.

It will be a clash between two giants of SA club rugby when top Kariega side Gardens face crack Cape Town outfit Villager in a Pick n Pay Gold Cup quarterfinal showdown in Cape Town on Saturday, Gardens vice-president Royden Johnson says.