Smart ball to be trialled at U20 Champs in SA
World Rugby is collaborating with Sportable and Gilbert to undertake the world’s first trial of smart ball technology in a live match officiating capacity at the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa in June.

Match officials confirmed for mid-year Tests
Five referees who have been included on the Rugby World Cup 2023 match official panel have been appointed to take charge of the Springboks’ Castle Lager Rugby Championship and RWC warm-up Tests in the build-up to the international extravaganza in France in September and October.

Chumisa Qawe to lead Bok Women to Madagascar
Chumisa Qawe will lead the Springbok Women to the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Madagascar this month where they will play Cameroon, Kenya and Madagascar over the next two weeks.

Lions' Quan Horn is the 2022/23 Ironman
Emirates Lions fullback Quan Horn and Benetton centre Joaquin Riera have added their names to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship Awards list picking up the Ironman and Try of the Season Awards respectively.

DHL Stormers keep playing for their people
A week before the DHL Stormers qualified for their second successive Vodacom United Rugby Championship final, head coach John Dobson played down his coaching stature compared with other coaches in the competition.

Blitzbok fixtures for HSBC London Sevens confirmed
South Africa have been grouped with HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series leaders New Zealand, as well as hosts Great Britain and USA in a tough Pool A at this weekend's HSBC London Sevens at Twickenham.

Close margins in Premier Division, WP win big
There were close margins in Durban and Despatch in Saturday's SA Rugby Women's Premier Division second round matches, but not so in Hawston where DHL Western Province notched up 50 points in their clash with Boland Dames.

Vodacom URC set to embrace meritocracy – Anayi
The Vodacom United Rugby Championship is set to return to a meritocracy in qualifying for the Heineken Champions Cup, while better travel arrangements are on the cards for South African sides as the competition looks to improve from the opening two seasons.

Impressive Stormers to host second Grand Final
The DHL Stormers will have an opportunity to defend their Vodacom United Rugby Championship title after securing their second successive home final following their victory against Connacht in Cape Town and Munster’s surprise win over Leinster in Dublin in the semi-finals this weekend.

Ngcobo: Toulouse result not reflective of effort
The Springbok Sevens team put in a huge effort at the HSBC France Sevens this weekend, but sadly the results did not show that, so from the perspective of Blitzbok head coach Sandile Ngcobo, it was not all doom and gloom.