Hospitality sales open for HSBC Cape Town Sevens
It’s South Africa’s biggest party – a meeting for 57 000 friends under sunny skies with a rugby tournament attached. And now hospitality sales have opened to the season’s best networking event; the HSBC Cape Town Sevens.

Bulls make wholesale changes for Munster clash
Vodacom Bulls Director of Rugby Jake White has announced his side to face Munster in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash in Limerick on Saturday evening, showing a number of changes to the team that started against Glasgow.

Etzebeth to debut for Sharks against Glasgow
Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth will make his run-on debut for the Cell C Sharks on Saturday when they host Glasgow Warriors in their Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash at Hollywoodbets Kings Park.

Springbok Women’s starting team unchanged for Fiji
Springbok Women coach Stanley Raubenheimer retained his starting XV for their second Rugby World Cup clash in New Zealand and made only one change to the replacements for Sunday’s match against Fiji, which kicks off at 06h45 (SA time) in Auckland.

SA franchises look to remain in Top-8
The South African franchises will be committed to remaining in the top eight on the Vodacom United Rugby Championship log as they prepare to enter round five of the competition this weekend, where the Emirates Lions and Cell C Sharks have valuable home games, and the DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls continue their Northern Hemisphere tours.

Ospreys in Swansea DHL Stormers register draw against monsoon
The DHL Stormers ensured that they remained unbeaten in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Friday night as they secured a 16-16 draw against Ospreys in their second away game of the competition in Swansea in their round-five clash.

Alberts, Van der Merwe boost Lions for Ulster clash
Experienced Springbok forward Willem Alberts was included in the Emirates Lions’ starting fifteen for Saturday's crunch Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash with powerful Irish side Ulster in Johannesburg.

Delport steps down as Bok Women's Sevens coach
SA Rugby president, Mr Mark Alexander, thanked Paul Delport for his services to rugby after the former Springbok Sevens captain decided to step down as Springbok Women’s Sevens coach following Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town last month, where South Africa finished 14th overall.

Charlie bounces back from disappointment to star in NZ
When it was announced that Rugby World Cup 2021 will be hosted by New Zealand a couple of years ago, Springbok Women loosehead prop Sanelisiwe Charlie barely took notice, let alone started online searches about the faraway destination.

SA Rugby U19 action to resume after layoff
The SA Rugby Under-19 Cup is back after the COVID pandemic disrupted the competition over the last few seasons. This year, the Vodacom Bulls, Toyota Cheetahs, DHL Western Province and Cell C Sharks U19s will battle it out for honours over a single round of matches from 29 October until 12 November.