Rugby

Birthday Tribute | Tiaan Strauss | 28 June 2026 | Western Province | Springboks | Wallabies | Rugby Union Picture the scene. It is 1995. South Africa is weeks away...

The defending champions have arrived. And they've arrived with a message that leaves nothing open to interpretation. The Junior Springboks opened their 2026 World Rugby U20 Championship campaign in Tbilisi,...

Josh Neill pulled on an Ireland jersey in Tbilisi on Saturday and started at blindside flanker for Ireland Under-20 against England at the World Rugby Junior World Championship. He was...

There is a photograph that stops you cold. Pat Lambie, mid-roar, fist clenched, green jersey blazing under the Kings Park floodlights. October 8, 2016. South Africa versus New Zealand. The...

A week after coming off the Springbok bench in Port Elizabeth, Faf de Klerk has been handed the captain's armband for the Barbarians. The scrum-half will lead one of rugby's...

Birthday Tribute | 25 June 2026 | Sharks · South Africa · Rugby He is 29 years old, living in France, and playing second-tier rugby in the Pro D2 —...

Rassie Erasmus did not stumble upon six uncapped players on Saturday night. He built toward them, methodically, across months of alignment camps, warm-up fixtures, and careful observation. When he named...

Birthday Tribute | Akker van der Merwe | 17 June 2026 | Bulls · South Africa · Rugby Union Picture a ruck on the floor at Kings Park, two Springbok...

Siya Kolisi leads the Springboks against the Barbarians at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha on Saturday, with kick-off at 15h00 SAST. The full matchday 23 is as follows:...

Picture the young Siya Kolisi. He sleeps near the front door of his grandmother's two-room house in Zwide township, Port Elizabeth, on a makeshift bed of sofa cushions wedged together...