The 2024 Carling Currie Cup Bulletin #1 – Kick-off edition
The Carling Currie Cup Premier Division returns this weekend, with some big clashes between traditional rivals that will no doubt deliver thrilling action in South Africa’s oldest domestic provincial competition.

SA Schools surge past 'A' team in second half
The SA Schools side overturned a two-point deficit at halftime with a strong second half surge to win their annual clash against the SA Schools 'A' team by 38-22 in an entertaining encounter played at Monument High School in Krugersdorp on Thursday.

EP and Bulls share spoils in U16 Girls Week finale
Boland, Western Province and the Sharks extended their respective winning streaks, while Eastern Province drew with the Blue Bulls on the second day of the U16 Girls Week staged at Jeppe High School on Thursday.

Farrell names Ireland team for Pretoria Test
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has named the his match-23 to face the Springboks in Saturday’s first Test at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.

Bok Sevens A call up replacements to Mauritius
The injured Jaden Baron and James Murphy have been replaced in the Springbok Sevens A-side by Ricardo Duarttee and Armand Maritz respectively for the second and final Mauritius Sevens tournament to be played in Port Louis this weekend.

Pollard: “It will take a team effort to beat Ireland”
Springbok flyhalf Handre Pollard said on Wednesday it will take a full team effort by South Africa to beat Ireland in Pretoria on Saturday in the first of two Tests against their northern hemisphere arch-rivals, and added that he and his team-mates are excited about the challenge of facing the Six Nations champions on home turf.

Loose forward battle a key factor in Stellenbosch
Junior Springbok flanker Thabang Mphafi is looking forward to the loose trio battle with Argentina when the two teams meet Thursday evening in Stellenbosch in their second Pool C game of the World Rugby Under-20 Championship.

Four teams finish unbeaten at U18 Girls Week
Border, Eastern Province, the Golden Lions and Western Province continued their dominant run when they claimed big wins in the final round of the U18 Girls Week staged at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Erasmus names experienced squad for Irish opener
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named an experienced squad featuring 20 Rugby World Cup-winners – the entire starting 15 and five players on the replacements’ bench – for their opening Castle Lager Incoming Series Test against Ireland at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday, in what is expected to be a humdinger of an encounter between the top two ranked teams in the world.

Junior Boks tweak side for Argentina encounter
Junior Springbok coach Bafana Nhleko has tweaked the starting fifteen for Thursday’s World Rugby U20 Championship encounter with Argentina in Stellenbosch by making five changes to the run-on side that started in the win over Fiji.