England will play midweek tour matches in Kimberley and Potchefstroom during their three Test series against the Springboks in June, the South African Rugby Union (SARU) confirmed on Monday. The series is a return to “traditional-style” touring which will see an England midweek team play matches on the platteland as well as Tests in Durban, [...]

Veteran Springbok flyhalf Butch James, a member of the Rugby World Cup winning team in 2007, has decided to retire from Test rugby with immediate effect. James is the most capped Springbok flyhalf, having played 37 of his 42 Tests for South Africa in the No. 10 jersey since making his debut against France in [...]

Morgan Piek – This latest news on  former Springbok Victor Matfield’s return to the rugby field is that he will be placed by either the Toyota Cheetahs or The Sharks. When I heard about this I could not believe what I was hearing. Apparently he will be placed in either of the two franchises in [...]

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) on Sunday announced the appointment of former Springbok loose forward Rassie Erasmus into a senior management position at the organisation. Erasmus has been appointed at SARU to fill the vacant position of General Manager: High Performance Teams. He will also be seconded to the Springboks when they are in [...]

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has named a group of players that will be attending the first planning camp in Pretoria next week.   This will be the first of three camps planned during the following two months of Vodacom Super Rugby, in preparation of the Castle Incoming Tour against England in June.   Players from [...]

Pat Kuhn and Tobie Titus were elected as members of the Executive Council (Exco) of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) at the organisation’s Annual General Council Meeting in Cape Town on Friday. They will serve a four-year term on the 12-person Exco. Mr Kuhn was re-elected, while Mr Titus will take up his position [...]

Gilbert Rugby South Africa are proud to announce that they have been re-awarded the contract to be the Official Ball and Equipment Supplier to the Springboks. Gilbert has been the Official Ball and Equipment Supplier to South African Rugby Union (“SARU”) since 1995. This agreement is an exclusive agreement for all matches that are played [...]

  Paul Roos Gymnasium is the leader with most Rugby players to represent South Africa in the 15 man rugby union code which totals to 49 (to be confirmed), but is 2nd with most Springboks produced by school which totals 36 Springboks since inception of the Springboks on 20 October 1906. Springbok rugby turned 100 [...]

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) will be launching a Springbok smartphone application in 2012 which aims to put key information and entertaining content directly into the hands of supporters at the push of a button. The development of this app is being put out to tender. The Request for Proposal (RFP) document is available [...]

Ashley Johnson (b. 16 May 1986 in Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa is a professional Rugby Union player who presents Free State Cheetahs at provincial level, Toyota Cheetahs in the international Super Rugby series and the Springboks. He is usually used in the No.8 position, although he has often been moved to Blind-side and Open-side [...]