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Bulls head coach, Johan Ackermann, has named a Springbok-laden team for their United Rugby Championship semi-final against Glasgow Warriors on Saturday. Marcell Coetzee will captain the team as he earns his 100th Bulls cap and will lead the team for the 77th time. He will lead a side that features 11 Springboks in the starting line-up, including hooker Johan Grobbelaar, who makes his 150th appearance in blue. Ackermann has retained […]
Springboks and Lions prop, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, has been handed an 18-month bad for breaching anti-doping rules - a ruling that will rule him out of the 2027 Rugby World Cup. Ntlabakanye, tested positive for the banned substance dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in 2025 and continued playing while the matter was under investigation. The 27-year-old "self-declared" use DHEA, believing it was permitted. However, after being charged by the South African Institute for Drug-Free […]
Springbok coach, Rassie Erasmus, has named a 40-man squad for the world champions' second in-person alignment camp, set to take place in Cape Town next week. The group includes two uncapped players, Sibabalwe Mahashe and Zekhethelo Siyaya. Several other players, including Embrose Papier, Francke Horn, Andre-Hugo Venter, and Henco van Wyk, who have all attended alignment camps in the past, have also been included Erasmus says the camp is […]
The Bulls have confirmed the signing of Springbok flyhalf, Curwin Bosch, on a three-year deal ahead of the new season. The 27-year-old, who earned two caps for South Africa in 2017 and 2018, will arrive in Pretoria in July following a two-season stint with French Pro D2 club CA Brive. He previously played for the Sharks between 2016 and 2023. Bosch headlines a list of new signings announced by the […]
Springbok and Bulls centre, Jan Serfontein, has announced his retirement from professional rugby with immediate effect. The 33-year-old calls time on a 15-year professional career that saw him rise from World Rugby Junior Player of the Year to spells with the Bulls, the Springboks and French club Montpellier. "Every player knows that there’s a time to call it a day," said Serfontein. "We used to drive up from Port Elizabeth […]
The South African 'A' rugby team will return to action this year, when they square up against the Zimbabwe Sables, as a curtain-raiser to the Springboks’ season opener against the Barbarians in Gqeberha on 20 June. The SA 'A' side last played in 2022, when they took on Munster and the Bristol Bears in the UK, under the guidance of Springbok assistant coach, Mzwandile Stick. Zimbabwe, who are also preparing […]
The Stormers have confirmed that lock, Salmaan Moerat, will leave Cape Town at the end of the season to take up an opportunity in France. While the franchise has not disclosed which club he will be joining, Moerat has been widely linked with a move to Top 14 giants, La Rochelle. The announcement of his departure comes a day after the Bulls confirmed that utility back, David Kriel, will be […]
SA Rugby has appointed former England technical analyst, Joe Lewis, to the Springbok management team as a performance analyst. He is set to join the team ahead of the international season, which kicks off with a clash against the Barbarians and includes two new competitions in the Nations Championship and Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Tour. Lewis previously worked as a national age-grade video analyst for Wales and as a head analyst […]
The Springboks will begin their quest for an unprecedented fifth Rugby World Cup title on Sunday, 3 October, when they face Italy in their opening pool match. World Rugby announced the fixtures for the 2027 Rugby World Cup on Tuesday. The expanded tournament will be staged across eight venues in Australia and will feature 24 nations for the first time, with the introduction of a round of 16 ahead of […]
