A minute’s silence will be held in the Millennium Stadium before the Dove Men Challenge, Wales versus Australia rugby international on Saturday as a tribute to Gary Speed who died tragically at the weekend. More than 60,000 fans will be asked to show their respect for the late Wales Football Manager and former international captain, [...]

Shane Williams was the first name on the team sheet today – as promised by Wales head coach Warren Gatland – when the side was announced to take on the Wallabies in the Dove Men Challenge match at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. Williams is one of nine players retained in the starting line-up from [...]

The Springbok Sevens won the first ever play-off for third place in the HSBC Sevens World Series after they beat hosts Australia 17-7 at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast earlier today. Chris Dry, Paul Delport and Boom Prinsloo scored a try each for South Africa, who had Bernado Botha yellow carded for a high [...]

Springbok Sevens playmaker Cecil Afrika will undergo a scan to assess the rib injury he suffered against Japan on day one of the Gold Coast Sevens in Brisbane. The Australian tournament is the opening round of the HSBC Sevens World Series and South Africa is one of only four teams who remained unbeaten after a [...]

Results of IRB Sevens 2011 at Gold Coast in Australia Fiji wins the first Sevens Rugby World Series Cup by beating New Zealand in Cup Finals by 26-12. South Africa takes 3rd place by beating Australia 17-5 Below is all the results at Gold Coast Sevens 2011:  45 20:05  NEW ZEALAND  12 - 26  FIJI  Final Cup [...]

IRB World Rankings – 21 November 2011 1(1) NEW ZEALAND 91.43 2(2) AUSTRALIA 87.42 3(3) FRANCE 84.70 4(4) SOUTH AFRICA 84.34 5(5) ENGLAND 81.58 6(6) IRELAND 80.65 7(7) ARGENTINA 80.28 8(8) WALES 80.18 9(9) TONGA 76.63 10(10) SCOTLAND 76.20 11(11) SAMOA 75.81 12(12) ITALY 73.99 13(13) CANADA 72.92 14(14) GEORGIA 71.09 15(15) JAPAN 70.45 16(16) [...]

Celebrate summer at the ultimate party of the year with Nelson Mandela Bay and the HSBC Sevens World Series. The local leg of the hottest, fastest, ground burning international sevens rugby is on 9 and 10 December and is without doubt the holiday event you can’t afford to miss. To complement this phenomenal tournament and [...]

The Blitz Bokke are hitting the ground running at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium this December as they compete against 15  other international Sevens teams in the local leg of this year’s HSBC Sevens World Series, so brush up on the ground rules around Sevens and how the laws differ from the 15-man game. So, [...]

The Millennium Stadium has been declared the best rugby venue of the year over competition from around the world. The honour was presented by the Expo Awards 2011 organisation which recognises excellence from both the professional and grassroots game. The stadium was announced as the Rugby Venue of the Year at an award ceremony held [...]

Sydney: The latest addition to the NSW Waratahs’ Super Rugby squad Sarel Pretorius says he wouldn’t rule out returning to South Africa to play for the Springboks if the opportunity arose. “Ever since being a little boy growing up in South Africa, it’s been my dream to play for the Springboks,” the talented halfback told [...]