Two South African Under-18 teams and their age-group counterparts from England, France, Ireland and Georgia will face off in Cape Town and Paarl next month, with the annual U18 International Series confirmed by SA Rugby on Thursday.
The Springbok Sevens team will start their third consecutive charge at Olympic gold with a clear endorsement from their coach, Philip Snyman.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named a strong 33-man squad led by double Rugby World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, which kicks off against the Wallabies in Brisbane on Saturday, 10 August.
The Bulls Daisies locked in top spot on the log and semi-final hosting rights in the Women’s Premier Division by beating DHL Western Province in Pretoria in a performance that can arguably be rated as their best of the season, while the race for the final spot in the top-four is still on.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus admitted his selection for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship would be “interesting” after seven debutants appeared in a commanding over Portugal in Bloemfontein.
The two top sides in the Women's Premier Division will clash in Pretoria in a repeat of last year’s final, while matches in Durban, East London and Uitenhage could have crucial consequences for the remaining semi-final contenders.
The Hollywoodbets Sharks play their third match of the 2024 Carling Currie Cup on Friday when they host the Airlink Pumas at Hollywoodbets Kings Park.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus reduced his squad from 41 to 25 players for the Portugal Test after the expanded squad wrapped up their main preparations for the closing match of the Castle Lager Incoming Series.
Wandile Mlaba, who was called up to the Junior Springbok squad earlier this week, is set to make his SA U20 debut off the bench in Friday’s final encounter of the World Rugby U20 Championship against Wales in Cape Town.
Six months ago, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris was the last thing on Siviwe Soyizwapi's mind as he was still recovering from a knee injury and the Springbok Sevens were tumbling out of the automatic qualification spots on the HSBC SVNS log.