Springboks set to repeat 2019 squad split
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber said the Boks intend repeating the plan that saw them clinch the Castle Lager Rugby Championship title in 2019 by splitting the squad for the opening two Tests of the competition as they zoom in on the southern hemisphere showpiece.

EPCR pool draws for 2023/24 season completed
The two South African teams in the 2023/24 Champions Cup, the DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls, will respectively face the current continental champions, Stade Rochelais, and England’s top side, Saracens, in the pool phase of next season’s competition.

Captains ready to shine in World Rugby U20 Champs
The 12 captains gathered at Cape Town City Hall on Wednesday to officially launch the World Rugby U20 Championship 2023, which kicks off in South Africa on Saturday.

Currie Cup Finals match official appointments
The match officials for the two Currie Cup Finals for the 2023 season, in Bloemfontein and Wellington on Saturday, have been confirmed, with Cwengile Jadezweni taking charge of his second successive Premier Division final, while Paul Mente will handle the whistle in the First Division decider.

Kolisi in high spirits as Boks put in the hard yards
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi was in high spirits on Wednesday about his recovery from knee surgery as his team-mates continue to put in the hard yards on the training field for the forthcoming Castle Lager Rugby Championship and said he hoped to be back on the field in one of the team’s Rugby World Cup warm-up games before the global showpiece kicks off in September.

Currie: “Mindset all important for Junior Boks”
After two months of preparing in Stellenbosch, the Junior Springboks walked into a vibrant Southern Sun Newlands on Tuesday afternoon, with staff welcoming them with song and dance as the players checked into the team hotel, their home for the forthcoming World Rugby U20 Championship.

Change in venue for U18 Craven Week
SA Rugby, in consultation with the local organising committee, have decided to move the 2023 Craven Week for Under-18 boys to Outeniqua Park in George.

Daisies in full bloom as Eagirls show intent
The Bulls Daisies made it six in a row in the Women’s Premier Division with a ruthless display of skill at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday by beating their Gauteng opponents, the Mastercard Golden Lions Women, by 72-7, while DHL Western Province scored an important win on the road against the EP Queens in Nelson Mandela Bay in round seven of the competition.

SA Rugby pays tribute to Du Plessis brothers
SA Rugby President Mr Mark Alexander paid tribute to Rugby World Cup-winning brothers, Jannie and Bismarck du Plessis, both of whom have retired from rugby following careers spanning 20 years, and thanked them for their loyal service to rugby.

The 2023 Currie Cup Bulletin #30
The Airlink Pumas will defend their Currie Cup Premier Division crown against the Toyota Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday after the teams from Mpumalanga and the Free State won their respective semi-finals this weekend.