At the start of the 2026 season, the Springbok Sevens committed themselves that they will give everything to build a squad and a value system that will conquer all, and that job is not done yet.
Fair to say success tends to follow Springbok Sevens outside back Gino Cupido, and where top-class rugby has been played on the global stage in 2025 and 2026, he has left a footprint.
Junior Springboks captain Vusi Moyo hailed his side’s growing maturity and cohesion after their second big victory of the U20 International Series, over Fiji at Wynberg Boys’ High School in Cape Town.
Underdogs. Written off. Not given a chance. For Morné Steyn, that’s exactly where any South African rugby team thrives, and it’s this mindset which he believes the Fidelity SecureDrive Lions will carry with them into their Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-final against Leinster this weekend.
Few in the world of HSBC SVNS will know of Wegdraai, a town in the Northern Cape of South Africa with a population of 2200, but come next weekend in Spain, those attending the second leg of the World Championship will catch a glimpse of one of the town’s finest exports.
Junior Springbok head coach Kevin Foote has once more made a number of rotational and injury-enforced changes to his match-23 for the second round of the Under-20 International Series against Fiji on Tuesday at Wynberg Boys’ High School in Cape Town.
Springboks superstar Cheslin Kolbe has made the decision to return home after enjoying an illustrious career with Suntory Sungoliath in Japan.
There were a lot of positives, but as in any rugby match, things that did not go according to plan and will be a work-on before the Springbok Women’s next match in the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Kenya.
The Springbok Women will leave nothing to chance and are determined to start the defence of their Rugby Africa Women’s Cup title on the strongest possible foot when they play Madagascar in the first round at the RFUEA Grounds in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday.
Junior Springbok coach Kevin Foote praised his side’s maturity, squad depth and willingness to stay on task after South Africa opened the U20 International Series with a commanding victory over Chile at Rondebosch Boys’ High School in Cape Town.