SA Rugby and Engen host another successful GIR Festival
SA Rugby and Engen hosted yet another successful Get Into Rugby Festival, this time in Pretoria, with the Springboks lending a hand as close to 150 kids got a taste of playing with the oval ball.

Mbonambi captains Boks, Steenekamp makes debut
Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi will captain the national team for first time on Saturday when he leads a new-look combination against Argentina in Buenos Aires in the first of three Rugby World Cup warm-up games. The team shows 14 changes to the starting line-up, while the 23 includes talented prop Gerhard Steenekamp, who could make his Springbok debut.

Koen pleased with Springbok Women alignment camp
Springbok Women interim head coach Louis Koen expressed his satisfaction and gratitude towards all stake holders at the end of his team's first alignment camp as they start to prepare for the WXV 2 tournament later this year.

Upskilled elite coaches ready to graduate to the next step
A programme to broaden and deepen the reserve of top black coaches in the country bore fruit on Monday with the graduation of 11 ‘students’ from an Elite Coaching Programme run by SA Rugby.

Boks ready to get down to business in Buenos Aires
The Springboks have arrived in Buenos Aires following an overnight journey from Johannesburg in the early hours of Sunday morning and assistant coach Deon Davids said the players were ready to get down to business as they prepare for their opening Rugby World Cup warm-up game against the Pumas on Saturday at Velez Sarsfield.

First Division finalists confirmed as WP and Sharks score significant wins
The SWD Eagirls will defend their Women’s First Division title against the Free State Women in Bloemfontein on Saturday, as DHL Western Province and the Cell C Sharks scored significant victories in the Women’s Premier Division, while the Bulls Daisies again secured a full house of points to remain the only undefeated team in the competition.

Springboks dig deep to weather Puma onslaught
The Springboks edged past Argentina in Johannesburg on Saturday to secure second place in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship, but an inaccurate Los Pumas will rue missed opportunities despite putting the Springboks under the pump in the dying stages.

Boks do enough to outlast the Pumas in Joburg
The Springboks outlasted a fast-finishing Argentina by 22-21 at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Saturday to finish the Castle Lager Rugby Championship on a high, but Bok coach Jacques Nienaber will be the first to admit that it was a rusty effort.

Nienaber: Argentina grind gives Boks RWC taster
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber likened his team’s hard-fought 22-21 Castle Lager Rugby Championship victory over Argentina on Saturday to a typical Rugby World Cup arm wrestle.

Nienaber names 26-man squad for BA trip
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named a squad of 26 players for the trip to Buenos Aires for their opening Rugby World Cup warm-up game on Saturday, 5 August, with several players who did not feature against the Pumas at Emirates Airline Park, boarding the airplane early on Sunday morning.