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Motherwell's Chuma Isaac captains SA U20 Women against USA in Springbok audition
Madibaz loose forward Chuma Isaac captained the SA U20 Women's side against the United States in Stellenbosch, with the 19-year-old Motherwell native viewing the experience as a key step towards senior Springbok selection.
All Blacks embark on first full South African tour in 30 years
New Zealand begin an eight-match tour of South Africa on Friday, restoring a tradition dormant since the mid-1990s. Marketed as Rugby's Greatest Rivalry, the venture includes fixtures against all four URC franchises and four Tests against the Springboks, with the final encounter scheduled for Baltimore in September.
Hart sees Rugby's Greatest Rivalry tour as Rennie's real World Cup audition
Hart frames the Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series as a World Cup development exercise for Rennie rather than a genuine title shot, while acknowledging the Boks' squad depth and physicality as the standard every team is measured against.
SuperSport secures broadcast rights for All Blacks' full SA tour
CANAL+ has confirmed SuperSport will broadcast all eight matches of the All Blacks' first full South African tour in 30 years, covering both the four-Test Springbok series and the URC fixtures, starting with the Stormers hosting New Zealand in Cape Town tonight at 19h00.
Bok Women head to Suva with rankings on the line and a point to prove
Ahead of the first Test in Suva, assistant coach Franzel September sets out the tactical priority — disrupting Fiji's momentum game through physicality and discipline — while a potential rankings drop adds urgency to the result.
Four Stormers with points to prove against the All Blacks
Louw spotlights four Stormers — Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Mchunu, Roos and Gelant — who each carry personal motivation into the historic All Blacks clash, whether it's a senior breakthrough, a case for Bok recall, or a return to form.
Faf de Klerk returns to start as Cheetahs ring changes for Stormers XXIII clash
Faf de Klerk starts at nine for the Cheetahs against the Stormers XXIII on Sunday, with Frans Steyn also reshuffling his midfield and back three.
Mallett: Role clarity is the secret behind Bok depth
Mallett argues Erasmus's rotation policy works not because of talent depth alone, but because every Bok understands their positional role with absolute clarity — a product of alignment camps and deliberate selection of inexperienced teams against quality opposition.
SuperSport confirms broadcast rights for all eight Rugby's Greatest Rivalry fixtures
SuperSport has secured broadcast rights for all four Tests and four provincial matches in Rugby's Greatest Rivalry series, with the All Blacks making their first full tour to South Africa since 1996.
Etzebeth and De Jager return as Erasmus balances Argentina respect with All Blacks preparation
Eben Etzebeth and Lood de Jager will start against Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday as they return from injury, with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu also named in a side balancing immediate objectives with Greatest Rivalry planning. Rassie Erasmus insisted the Springboks would not disrespect Los Pumas by looking past Saturday's fixture, despite mounting excitement over the four-Test series against New Zealand beginning on 22 August. The coach acknowledged the depth of his squad would prove crucial across the All Blacks series, describing it as a war of attrition requiring both nations to dig deep into their playing resources.
Rassie expects fierce grind as inexperienced Boks face Argentina in Buenos Aires
Rassie Erasmus expects a fierce, grinding contest in Saturday's one-off Test against Argentina in Buenos Aires, with both teams carrying limited experience in their selected combinations.
Stormers vs All Blacks: A Fascinating but Lopsided Season Opener
Rich frames the opener as structurally loaded in the All Blacks' favour — off-season timing, no Springboks available — but argues the game still matters as the first real test of Rennie's pass-heavy reinvention against South African line-speed and an aerial game that Super Rugby simply didn't provide.
Buenos Aires is a fitness test, not a real contest — but the stakes are high
Rich frames the Buenos Aires Test as a fitness and form audition for Erasmus's returning veterans ahead of the All Blacks series — the Argentina threat is real enough to respect, but the real question is whether Etzebeth, Kolisi, De Jager and Feinberg-Mngomezulu come through ready to front New Zealand at Ellis Park.
Erasmus draws line in the sand: Argentina first, All Blacks later
Erasmus pushes back on Greatest Rivalry hype, insisting the Argentina Test demands full respect while using it as a fitness audition for Etzebeth, De Jager and Feinberg-Mngomezulu ahead of what he describes as a World Cup pool's worth of rugby against the All Blacks.
Greatest Rivalry tour kicks off with a legal fight over its own branding
Meagher's piece frames the Springbok-All Black 'Greatest Rivalry' series through a commercial lens — big marketing, a limited-edition jersey, and a pre-tournament legal battle in South Africa over the series' own branding. Worth reading for the full breakdown of what's at stake off the field.
Rassie backs Rugby Championship shift to February window
SARU and Erasmus are both publicly backing a Rugby Championship shift to February, framing calendar harmonisation as essential to player welfare and competitive integrity — and Argentina's scheduling constraints show exactly why the problem is harder than it looks.
Greatest Rivalry tour: blockbuster spectacle wrapped in commercial noise
Meagher cuts through the RGR marketing noise to argue the series earns its hype on genuine merit — the rarity of full tours, the quality of both sides, and a schedule starved of top-tier rugby doing most of the heavy lifting.
SA Rugby confirms new player welfare agreement amid 12-month season demands
Professional rugby players in South Africa have secured a new two-and-a-half-year employment deal establishing uniform welfare protections across the sport. The South African Rugby Industry Collective Agreement mandates 12 non-contact weeks per season, comprehensive medical cover and load management protocols designed to address the unique pressures of a calendar that runs from January through December. The agreement covers all professional players from Springbok level down to provincial development squads.
Porthen sets his sights on Louw's standard ahead of Buenos Aires test
Porthen names Louw as the standard he's chasing, explains his session-by-session improvement mindset, and looks ahead to his sixth Test cap off the bench in Buenos Aires.
SA Rugby, players and employers agree new two-and-a-half-year collective deal
MyPlayers, SA Rugby and SAREO have signed the SARICA collective employment agreement, guaranteeing professional players 12 non-contact weeks per year alongside a suite of welfare and remuneration standards across South Africa's 12-month playing calendar.