Cape Town – Namibia’s Welwitschias have pulled out of this year’s Vodacom Cup competition due to financial constraints. SARU’s head of communication, Andy Colquhoun, confirmed to the Volksblad newspaper that Namibia pulled out of the competition. Their absence will, however, not disrupt the schedule negatively. Teams will now instead receive byes where they would have [...]

Wales and British & Irish Lions legend Graham Price visited the Millennium Stadium today (THURSDAY) to collect a mountain of rugby kit donated by the Welsh Rugby Union for LV=SOS Kit Aid. The Kit Aid initiative gives unwanted rugby kit to underprivileged children in the UK and overseas to provide those of all abilities and [...]

The International Rugby Board are considering altering their disciplinary procedures after finding themselves unable to take action over an allegation of foul play during last month’s World Cup final. The decision relates to the allegation that France centre Aurelien Rougerie made contact with the eye or eye area of New Zealand captain Richie McCaw. Video [...]

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Welsh rugby returns to home soil in more ways than one this week as the Millennium Stadium welcomes a brand new pitch ahead of the Wales match against Australia on Saturday, 3 December. Just as the Wales squad have returned to the green, green grass of home after the 2011 Rugby [...]

All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have today announced the All Blacks team for the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final against France at Eden Park, Auckland, on Sunday October 23, naming an unchanged starting XV from the side that beat Australia 20– 6 in last weekend’s Semifinal.  [...]

Morgan Piek A week on from the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, the semis were played this past weekend and the finalists have been decided. The hosts, New Zealand as expected made the last round of the tournament, along with the total outsiders, France. When the quarter-finalists were decided no one could have possibly [...]

Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has named his team to do battle with the Springboks in the third quarter-final of the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup. Deans named his strongest possible team with star-players like Kurtley Beale, Digby Ioane and Pat McCabe all returning for the all-important knockout match in Wellington on Sunday. Radike Samo also [...]

All Blacks Coach Graham Henry and his Assistant Coaches Steve Hansen and Wayne Smith have today announced the All Blacks team for their Quarterfinal match of the 2011 Rugby World Cup against Argentina at Eden Park, Auckland, on Sunday October 9. The highlight of the team announcement is the naming of 31–year–old fullback Mils Muliaina [...]

Sunday, 9 October at Wellington Regional Stadium Below is a statistical preview of the Rugby World Cup quarterfinal match between South Africa and Australia in Wellington on Sunday. South Africa’s first match in a RWC tournament was against Australia in the opening match of the 1995 tournament held in South Africa. The match was played [...]

Bakkies Botha has been forced out of the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup campaign because of an Achilles tendon injury. The announcement was made on Thursday after the 76-Test veteran suffered the injury during training 24 hours earlier. The lock leaves New Zealand on Friday to become the second Springbok player in a week to be [...]