Feinberg-Mngomezulu praises Springbok set-up
Sacha Feinberg Mngomezulu of South Africa during the 2024 Rugby Championship match between South Africa and New Zealand at Cape Town Stadium, South Africa on 07 September 2024 @Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
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Feinberg-Mngomezulu praises Springbok set-up

Mercurial flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has praised the Springbok set-up for helping him to develop his game and is hopeful he can kick-on in international rugby in 2025.
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January 7, 2025
Sharks face injury woes ahead of Toulouse showdown
Bongi Mbonambi of Hollywoodbets Sharks and Ox Nche of Hollywoodbets Sharks during the Champions Cup 2024/25 rugby game between the Sharks and Exeter Chiefs at Kings Park in Durban on 7 December 2024 © Gerhard Duraan/BackpagePix
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Sharks face injury woes ahead of Toulouse showdown

The Sharks will be sweating over a number of key players as they prepare to welcome Toulouse to King’s Park for a crunch Champions Cup clash on Saturday.
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January 6, 2025
New ball for Springboks and SA Rugby
epa11541537 Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus is seen during a Rugby Championship match between the Australian Wallabies and the South African Springboks at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, 10 August 2024. EPA/DARREN ENGLAND NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
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New ball for Springboks and SA Rugby

SA Rugby unveiled Rhino as its new match ball partner on Wednesday, with the world’s No 1 rugby training equipment supplier coming on board after signing a seven-year partnership to provide match balls at international level for the Springbok men and women’s teams, as well as for all domestic competitions.

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January 3, 2025
Nominees revealed for SA Rugby Awards 2024
Pieter-Steph du Toit, Damian De Allende, Eben Etzebeth, Cheslin Kolbe and Ox Nche
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Nominees revealed for SA Rugby Awards 2024

World Rugby’s Men’s 15s Player of the Year for 2024, Springbok flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit, is one of five nominees for SA Rugby’s Men’s Player of the Year for the past season, along with Damian De Allende, Eben Etzebeth, Cheslin Kolbe and Ox Nche.

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December 20, 2024
Plumtree boosted by return of key players
Hollywoodbets Sharks coach John Plumtree during the Investec Champions Cup match at Mattioli Woods Welford Road, Leicester. Picture date: Saturday December 14, 2024.
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Plumtree boosted by return of key players

The Hollywoodbets Sharks team announced by Head Coach John Plumtree has been bolstered by the return of some of their Springboks for Saturday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship action when they host the Vodacom Bulls in a massive South African derby at Hollywoodbets Kings Park.

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December 20, 2024
Gratitude and relief for new Blitzbok Reynders
Zander Reynders of South Africa is tackled by Niall Comerford of Ireland during day one of the 2024 HSBC Cape Town Sevens at Cape Town Stadium in South Africa on 7 December 2024 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
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Gratitude and relief for new Blitzbok Reynders

There were smiles for miles around the DHL Stadium after the Springbok Sevens team won the HSBC SVNS Cape Town for the first time since 2015, with the broadest coming from Blitzbok debutant Zander Reynders.

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December 11, 2024
Smiling Snyman praises players for Cape Town triumph
South Africa team celebrate with trophy after victory in the Final over France during day two of the 2024 HSBC Cape Town Sevens at Cape Town Stadium in South Africa on 8 December 2024 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
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Smiling Snyman praises players for Cape Town triumph

Springbok Sevens coach Philip Snyman was beaming with pride after the Blitzboks won the HSBC SVNS Cape Town for the first time since 2015 on Sunday evening.

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December 9, 2024
Human: Blitzboks owe supporters a big one in Cape Town
Dewald Human of South Africa is challenged by Tepaea Cook-Savage of New Zealand during day two of the 2023 HSBC Cape Town Sevens at Cape Town Stadium on 10 December 2023 ©Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
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Human: Blitzboks owe supporters a big one in Cape Town

The Springbok Sevens team assembled in Cape Town without Ryan Oosthuizen, who picked up a concussion in Dubai last weekend and was ruled out of the HSBC SVNS Cape Town this weekend.

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December 4, 2024
Toyota Cheetahs touring squad for Rounds 1&2 for EPCR Challenge Cup
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Fred Porcu/INPHO/Shutterstock/BackpagePix (13854110at) RC Toulon vs Toyota Cheetahs . Toyota Cheetahs' Victor Sekekete in the maul European Rugby Challenge Cup Round of 16, Stade Felix Mayol, Toulon, France - 01 Apr 2023
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Toyota Cheetahs touring squad for Rounds 1&2 for EPCR Challenge Cup

The Toyota Cheetahs will travel to Amsterdam for their first 2024/25 EPCR Challenge Cup match against the French side from Perpignan, USAP.

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December 4, 2024