A group of 41 players will attend this year’s SA Rugby Academy programme, which will also kick-start the Junior Springboks’ preparations for the World Rugby Under-20 Championship in South Africa later this year.
Springbok assistant coach Felix Jones will part ways with the team at the end of the 2023 season due to personal reasons after seeing out his contract following the conclusion of the Rugby World Cup in France.
Springbok Women interim coach Louis Koen has made three changes to the starting team for Saturday’s Test against Spain in Madrid, with one uncapped player included on the bench, in one of three changes to the finishers.
Seven stops into the 2023 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, and there has already been five different tournament winners, with only New Zealand and Argentina having won more than once, while Australia, South Africa and Samoa have also stood on the top step of the podium since the season kicked off in Hong Kong last November.
They may have arrived in Hong Kong with their backs to the wall, but the Springbok Sevens team know where to make the necessary improvements to get back on track with only four tournaments left in the 2023 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
The performance of the Springbok Women forwards against Canada last Saturday brought smiles to the faces of their coaching staff, especially that of Laurian Johannes-Haupt, who is assisting interim coach Louis Koen on their two Test tour to Spain.
Former Springbok Schalk Burger Jnr says he’s confident Jake White’s team will turn the corner on this losing streak as the Vodacom Bulls try to regroup following another defeat in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship this past weekend.
Romario Shepherd and Alzarri Joseph guided the West Indies to a series-clinching seven-run win against South Africa in the third Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium on Tuesday.
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos admits it was a difficult game but felt his side deserved their victory over Liberia on Tuesday night.
Enjoy highlights of Bafana Bafana secured their place at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals following their 2-1 victory over Liberia in Monrovia on Tuesday evening.