The DHL Stormers will be looking to build on their brilliant Vodacom Super Rugby victory in Pretoria before the break when they host the MTN Lions at DHL Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon. But the MTN Lions will also be heading into this match on the back of a win, as they beat... Continue Reading →

With 3 league fixtures to play, the DHL Stormers currently lead the South African Super Rugby Conference, 5 ahead of the Vodacom Bulls and 9 ahead of the Sharks. The Chiefs currently lead the overall log, 4 points ahead of the 2nd placed DHL Stormers. The DHL Stormers remaining fixtures are against the Lions(H), Cheetahs(A)... Continue Reading →

South Africa's Jan Serfontein has been named the IRB Junior Player of the Year 2012 following a thrilling Junior World Championship final at Newlands against New Zealand, which saw his side crowned champions for the first time. Serfontein is the first South African to win the Award, and the first to receive an IRB age... Continue Reading →

South Africa Crowned JWC 2012 Champions Hosts South Africa have finally ended New Zealand’s dominance of the IRB Junior World Championship after second half tries from scrum half Vian van der Watt and centre Jan Serfontein secured a 22-16 win to the delight of a sold-out Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on Friday. The two... Continue Reading →

Junior Springboks coach Dawie Theron made two injury-enforced changes to his starting team that will play New Zealand in the final of the IRB Junior World Championship 2012 at DHL Newlands Rugby Stadium on Friday and also included fit-again captain Wiaan Liebenberg to lead the team from the side of the scrum. Liebenberg, who missed... Continue Reading →

This week in Port Elizabeth it has been hard for us reporters who have been on the Bok beat for many a year to fail to see the disparity between the Springbok mood before this dead-rubber Test against England and the exact same scenario three years ago against the British and Irish Lions. In 2009,... Continue Reading →

Fullback Kurtley Beale returns to the Qantas Wallabies line-up for the first time since last year’s Bronze Final against Wales at the Rugby World Cup, after today being named in the side for Saturday’s third Castrol EDGE Wales Tour Test at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. Last year’s John Eales Medal winner has endured a disrupted... Continue Reading →

New Zealand produced a stirring revival with decisive tries either side of half time to overcome Wales 30-6 in the first semi-final at Newlands on Sunday, ensuring the defending champions reached their fifth successive Junior World Championship final. Their reward is to play hosts, South Africa, who overpowered Argentina 35-3 in front of nearly 20,000... Continue Reading →

Injured Qantas Wallabies captain James Horwill is to undergo surgery on his injured hamstring in Sydney tomorrow. This decision has been made after further consultation with specialists today. The right hamstring, which Horwill ruptured during last month’s Fx Pro Super Rugby match between the Queensland Reds and the Brumbies, has not improved to the extent... Continue Reading →

Junior Boks Head coach Dawie Theron lauded his team’s defence and ability to adapt to the conditions as they reached the final of the IRB Junior World Championship 2012 by beating Argentina 35-3 on Sunday. The Junior Boks scored four tries in this semi-finals match at DHL Newlands, three of them in a commanding first... Continue Reading →