Tournament news

Although the Springboks Sevens claimed the Emirates Dubai 7s in impressive fashion last weekend, influential squad member Zain Davids was quick to emphasise the need for further improvements during the second 2022 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series tournament, also to be staged in Dubai on Friday and Saturday.

Vodacom United Rugby Championship

The South African teams resume their respective Vodacom United Rugby Championship campaigns with the landscape having changed a bit since they last played seven weeks ago.

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Welfare and accessibility are at the heart of Game On Global, a programme of optional community law variations launched by World Rugby and national member unions today.

Team news

Springbok Sevens stalwart Muller du Plessis has been ruled out with a leg injury while Ryan Oosthuizen will be given as much time as possible to recover from his ankle niggle as the Blitzboks got their preparations underway for this coming weekend’s second HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series tournament in Dubai.

Vodacom United Rugby Championship

While most of the attention in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship this weekend was on the ongoing drama to get the four sides out of South Africa, elsewhere Ulster rocked the competition with their win over top side Leinster in Dublin.