Smit: British & Irish Lions battle most tense of my career
Former Springbok captain John Smit says the opening Test of the 2009 British & Irish Lions series was the most nerve-racking clash of his record-breaking career.

Game-changing Gardner: The Players’ Fund’s playmaker
Every team needs a playmaker, and Tori Gardner fills that role for Rugby’s Caring Hands.

Southern Kings suspend playing activities for 2020
The board of the Southern Kings has voluntarily withdrawn the team from participation in any planned domestic rugby competitions in 2020.

Entertaining rugby as Guinness PRO14 returns
Munster went into the penultimate round of the Guinness PRO14 hoping to score the win that would put them in pole position in their conference, but instead an exciting last weekend of league play sees them fighting for the right just to make it into the play-offs.

Sorrow to Success: Players Fund recipients conquer adversity
The Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund is an organisation that doesn’t want new ‘members’, for ‘members’ all suffered the misfortune of sustaining catastrophic head, neck or spinal injuries on the rugby field.

Productive EPD webinar series wraps up
Junior Springbok assistant coach Bafana Nhleko and his SA Schools counterparts wrapped up a productive series of Elite Player Development (EPD) webinars with schools coaches from across the country last Friday.

Appetising Saturday double-header as Guinness PRO14 resumes
With the local franchises still to resume contact training, SA fans still have a wait ahead of them until their favourite sport is back, but this weekend’s timeous return of the Guinness PRO14 will provide plenty of fodder to fill rugby starved empty stomachs.

Gallery: Blitzboks hit the gymnasium
The Blitzboks returned to training last week after a long break due to the COVID-19 pandemic - we decided to take a look behind the scenes at their gym session on Thursday with this exclusive gallery.

Gail Force: The Players’ Fund’s MVP
General Manager Gail Baerecke has been the key driving force of the Chris Burger Petro Jackson Players’ Fund for the past 15 years.

Video: "Chasing the Sun" - historic RWC series coming soon
Chasing the Sun is a powerful SuperSport documentary made in collaboration with the Springboks and tells the rousing tale of their path to redemption and RWC glory in 2019. The five-part series will debut on Sunday 4 October at 18:00 and conclude on 1 November.