Utility Springbok Ruan Pienaar has recovered sufficiently from his shoulder injury and has been picked in an extended Ulster squad to face Glasgow on Friday night. Pienaar scored 6 tries in 43 Tests for South Africa and made his debut as reserve in 2006 against New Zealand at Loftus Versfeld. His last match was played [...]

World Cup winning Springbok prop Gurthrö Steenkamp will make a first start for the Vodacom Blue Bulls in the Absa Currie Cup competition when they take on Western Province at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Steenkamp is back in action after a reconditioning spell on the sidelines following his Tri-Nations commitments with the Springboks and indicated [...]

The battle for semi-final home ground advantage in the Absa Currie Cup intensifies this weekend when the Vodacom Blue Bulls host Vodacom Western Province in this traditional north/south derby at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday at 15h00. The defending champions are currently in third position on the log with 38 points and are five points behind [...]

The Eastern Province Kings and the SWD Eagles will battle it out for pole position in the Absa Currie Cup First Division this weekend when these sides meet at the Nelson Mandela Stadium on Friday at 19h00. Both teams will host semi-finals next month as well as compete in the Absa Currie Cup promotion/relegation games [...]

Springbok coach Peter de Villiers encouraged the 50 players attending SARU’s National Under-16 High Performance Camp in Cape Town this week to believe in their rugby abilities and talents in their quest to become future professional rugby players. The Bok coach attended their training camp at the SACS High School in Newlands and interacted with [...]

The Sharks No 8 Ryan Kankowski will attend a SARU judicial committee on Wednesday at 12h00 after being cited for foul play during an Absa Currie Cup game against the Xerox Lions this weekend. Kankowski was cited under Law 10.4 (b) for stamping an opponent. The Sharks loose forward used his right foot in a [...]

The Lions will have to continue their quest for a play-off spot in this year’s ABSA Currie Cup without star fullback Jaco Taute. u/20 Springbok Taute left the field shortly after halftime in his team’s 22-20 victory over log leaders the Sharks in Johannesburg. With his arm wrapped in his jersey it looked like a [...]

SARU on Monday completed an extensive review of the international season to date in conjunction with Springbok coach Peter de Villiers. All aspects of onfield and off-field performance were examined by a committee chaired by Mr James Stoffberg, chairman of SARU’s rugby committee and vice president of SARU. The committee received reports from De Villiers [...]

The Springbok Sevens will on Tuesday assess the extent of injuries suffered by three of its players during the Platinum International Sevens tournament in Rustenburg over the weekend, where it took the honours after beating Zimbabwe in the final. Boom Prinsloo suffered concussion, MJ Mentz sustained an shoulder injury while Chris Dry has an fractured [...]

The Xerox Lions kept their Absa Currie Cup Premier Division semi-final aspirations alive following their thrilling 22-20 victory over The Sharks at Coca-Cola Park on Saturday. The Johannesburg side, who has now won five consecutive matches at home, are currently in fifth position on the Premier Division log with 35 points. They are two points [...]