New player welfare model confirms kick off
The Carling Currie Cup will kick off as scheduled, as one of the results of a ground-breaking alignment between employers and players to maximise player welfare, while facilitating a 12-month-long South African season.

Nominees are in Vodacom URC Player of the Season
The Vodacom Bulls duo of Kurt-Lee Arendse and Cameron Hanekom are up against the Emirates Lions’ versatile Sanele Nohamba for the coveted Vodacom United Rugby Championship Player of the Season Award for 2024.

Gumede joins Bok squad; Kolbe sent for medical tests
Celimpilo Gumede (loose forward) received his first Springbok call-up on Monday and immediately got stuck into the action at the team’s afternoon training session in Pretoria following the release of double Rugby World Cup-winning wing Cheslin Kolbe, who will undergo a medical examination for a knee niggle.

Vodacom Bulls in the way of an all-Irish final
In the first season of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship the Irish teams had to play a spectating role as the DHL Stormers squared off to the Vodacom Bulls in the Cape Town final, but 24 months on there is a good chance the South African sides will be spectators this time.

Erasmus names exciting Bok training squad
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named an exciting squad of 35 players for the team’s first official training camp of the season, which starts in Pretoria on Monday where the focus will be on the opening Test of the season against Wales on 22 June.

Bulls book home semi-final as Stormers falter
The Vodacom Bulls will host Leinster in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship semi-final at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria next Saturday after holding their nerve in a tense quarter-final against Benetton, but the DHL Stormers’ hopes of progressing to the top four for a third consecutive season were dashed by Glasgow Warriors in Scotland.

Boland on fire as Daisies stay top
Sanlam Boland Dames rebounded in the best possible way in the SA Rugby Women's Premier Division on Saturday by scoring 11 tries in an impressive victory over the Free State Women in Bloemfontein, while the Bulls Daisies and DHL Western Province kept their good form with wins over Border Ladies and the Sharks Women respectively

All to play for as second half kicks off
The eighth round of SA Rugby’s Women’s Premier Division will take place in Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein and Nelson Mandela Bay on Saturday in what will be a frantic scramble by most teams to secure semi-final positions by August when the play-offs will be contested.

Wide appeal as five nations focus on playoffs
There will be a number of historic firsts as the latest edition of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship transitions from a spellbinding league finish into a Finals Series on Friday that will have wider appeal from a geographical viewpoint than ever before.

No place to hide in Vodacom URC quarter-finals
The Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers will fly the South African flag in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarter-finals against Benetton and the Glasgow Warriors respectively on Saturday, with semi-final berths be at stake as the competition reaches the knock-out stages.