The Barloworld Toyota Pumas and the Platinum Leopards survived the threat of relegation on Friday evening and will compete in next year’s Absa Currie Cup Premier Division. At a sell-out Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, it was the Witbank side that stunned the hosts during their 46-28 victory in Port Elizabeth in the second-leg of the [...]

Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Final: Scorers: The Sharks – Tries: Patrick Lambie (2), Charl McLeod; Conversions: Lambie (3); Penalties: Lambie (3). Vodacom Western Province – Try: Schalk Burger; Conversion: Willem de Waal; Penalty: De Waal. Leading Absa Currie Cup Premier Division Scorers: T C P D Pts Willem de Waal Vodacom WP 0 33 [...]

The Sharks are the Absa Currie Cup champions for 2010 after they defeated Vodacom Western Province 30-10 at The Absa Stadium Durban on Saturday. The 20-year-old Patrick Lambie, who celebrated his inclusion to the Springbok End- of-Year touring squad after the final, was the star performer for the hosts after scoring 25 points in this [...]

Experienced centre Adi Jacobs has been drafted into the Springbok camp as a precaution because of injury concerns over Jean de Villiers and Juan de Jongh. Jacobs joins the squad in Johannesburg on Sunday and a decision on whether he will formally be added to the tour squad will be taken following further medical assessments. [...]

Scrumhalf Ricky Januarie has been withdrawn from the Springbok end-of-year tour squad after sustaining an injury during Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup final in Durban. The Vodacom Western Province player suffered an injury to a knee during the first half of the match. He was examined by Springbok team doctor, Dr Craig Roberts, following the final [...]

The selectors on Saturday named six uncapped players in a Springbok squad of 30 for their five-match tour of Britain and Ireland next month. SA Under-20 stars Elton Jantjies (flyhalf) and Patrick Lambie (flyhalf/fullback) were promoted to the senior squad after highly impressive debut seasons, while The Sharks trio of wing Lwazi Mvovo and backrowers [...]

The Sharks are the new ABSA Currie Cup Champions after they convincingly beat the Western Province 30-10 in Durban on Saturday. The Sharks were simply too strong for the WP and dominated each and every collision on the field. Impeccable handling from the Sharks meant they could build phase after phase and with rock solid [...]

The Wallabies and especially young superstar James O’Connor showed great character when they beat the All Blacks 26-24 in a highly entertaining Bledisloe Cup match in Hong Kong. The match was ultimately won three minutes after the hooter by a try and conversion from O’Connor. The Wallabies dominated the first 30 minutes of the first [...]

The EP Kings failed to cross the final hurdle when they lost 28-46 in front of a capacity crowd at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth and failed to earn promotion into the ABSA Currie Cup Premier Division. Both teams started with clean sheets after the previous week’s match in Witbank was drawn 36-36 [...]

The Leopards scored 12 points in the final five minutes of a crucial ABSA Currie Cup Promotion/Relegation match to beat the SWD Eagles 32-28 in George and retain their position in SA’s premier domestic competition. With only five minutes left the Eagles still led 32-16 and looked set to move up to the bigger league [...]