Isuzu Southern Kings go down fighting in Cardiff
The Isuzu Southern Kings went down fighting against the Cardiff Blues in Wales on Saturday after entering the break at 7-7 and then taking a brief 12-7 lead before the hosts scored back-to-back tries to break away on the scoreboard.

Davids and Arendse to join Blitzboks in Vancouver
Zain Davids and Kurt-Lee Arendse have been called up to the Springbok Sevens team to do duty in Vancouver, Canada this weekend as the Blitzboks start their preparations for round six of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

Defending champions hold off determined Toyota Cheetahs
Guinness PRO14 title contenders and the top side in the competition this season, Leinster, held off a determined Toyota Cheetahs outfit in Dublin on Friday for a 19-7 victory, which marked their 15th win in 17 matches.

Pollard steers Vodacom Bulls to win in Joburg
Handre Pollard piloted the Vodacom Bulls to a 30-12 derby win over the Emirates Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday, while the DHL Stormers clinched a second straight win thanks to their 16-11 triumph over the Cell C Sharks 16-11 in Durban.

Etzebeth, Du Toit colossal as DHL Stormers win in Durban
Following a heavy loss to the Vodacom Bulls in the opening round and last week’s last-gasp win over the Emirates Lions in Cape Town, the DHL Stormers played much better on Saturday in Durban to defeat the Cell C Sharks 16-11 in a tightly contested local coastal derby.

Blitzboks eliminated at HSBC Las Vegas Sevens
The Springbok Sevens team will face Fiji in Las Vegas on Sunday evening, not in the Cup competition of the HSBC Las Sevens as they had hoped, but rather in the semi-final for fifth place.

Video: Schoeman pleased with new recruits
The national Sevens Teams of Germany, Ireland, Uruguay traveled to Stellenbosch for a number of matches against the SA Rugby Sevens Academy, French Development Sevens and Stellenbosch Academy of Sport Sevens Academy.

Blitzboks’ lack of finishing unacceptable - Snyman
The Springbok Sevens team will have a serious look in the mirror after two fairly average performances against Japan and Chile on the first day of the HSBC Las Vegas Sevens tournament.

Microsoft joins SA Rugby as official cloud partner
SA Rugby announced on Friday that Microsoft South Africa, a global organisation that enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge, has joined their family of partners as the official cloud partner.

Powell plays a youthful hand in Las Vegas
For Springboks Sevens coach, Neil Powell, consistency has always been the key to success and resulted in two consecutive Sevens Series titles, but it can be debated if his squad selection for this weekend’s HSBC Las Vegas Sevens was a gamble or calculated risk.