Blitzboks ready to let Gino out the bottle

Head coach Philip Snyman has a plan for this week’s Hong Kong Sevens and key to it is 19-year-old Gino Cupido, who is fired up to make his Blitzboks debut.

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Bulls flyer banned for aerial strike

Sebastian de Klerk has been handed a two-match suspension for a dangerous tackle during the Vodacom Bulls’ win against Leinster last week. The Bulls winger received a red card for

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Pick n Pay joins SA Rugby family of partners

Pick n Pay has signed a four-year contract as a Tier 1 sponsor of SA Rugby, with the company’s logo set to feature in gold on the back of the

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Top four on a collision course

The Griffons and Griquas’ unbeaten status will be on the line when they clash in a highly anticipated round 5 SA Cup match in Welkom on Saturday afternoon. The Northern

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Lions coach Farrell ‘open’ to picking son Owen

British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell is “open-minded” when it comes to selecting France-based players, including son Owen, for the upcoming tour of Australia. Farrell has suggested 75

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NZ Rugby caught with pants down

NZ Rugby was left embarrassed when the logo of a major sponsor it was suing appeared on All Blacks Sevens kit. A week after NZ Rugby took legal action against

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Convicted prop keeps playing

Mohamed Haouas’ three-month sentence for drunk-driving requires him to follows a strict schedule when training and playing matches for Montpellier. The 31-year-old out-of-favour France prop was arrested in December –

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Hong Kong Sevens settles into new home

The famously raucous Hong Kong Sevens take place from Friday in a big test for the shiny new stadium at the heart of a major $3.85-billion (R70-billion) sports park in

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SA rugby’s best ‘Chasing the Star’

EPCR chiefs Dominic McKay and Jacques Raynaud give hope to Cape Town as a future host city for the Investec Champions Cup final and tell the boys how amazing South

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75 players still in Lions contention

Coach Andy Farrell says “a hell of a lot of good players” won’t make the British & Irish Lions squad for their tour of Australia in July and August. Farrell, seconded

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