Former Wallabies star George Smith was held in police custody for 18 days before being released without charge after his arrest for alleged assault in Japan. Japanese media reported that Smith was apprehended by police on New Year’s Eve after he allegedly refused to pay a 10,000 yen (R1,112) taxi fare and attempted to flee, before punching the pursuing taxi… Read more →
Blitzboks coach Neil Powell says he’ll use the Sydney Sevens tournament to measure the progress his team has made since the Cape Town event last December. According to Powell, the team has prepared sufficiently at their training base in Stellenbosch and this week in Sydney has just been about fine-tuning that preparation. ‘We looked back at what went wrong in… Read more →
Howard Mnisi will make his long-awaited return from injury when the Lions take on the Bulls in a Super Rugby warm-up at Ellis Park on Saturday. Mnisi, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the Lions’ Super Rugby opener in February last year, has been named at inside centre for the match against the Bulls. Coach Swys de Bruin has… Read more →
Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has been interviewed for the Zimbabwe national team coaching job. De Villiers is widely expected to land the job but said that if he failed he would still be willing to assist Zimbabwe with their preparations for their World Cup qualifiers later this year. ‘I think it will be an honour if the ZRU… Read more →
Junior Boks Manie Libbok and Embrose Papier will start as the Bulls’ halfback pairing in Saturday’s Super Rugby warm up against the Sharks in Polokwane. Springboks Lood de Jager, Jesse Kriel, Handré Pollard and Warrick Gelant have all been given an extra week’s rest and were not considered for selection. Coach John Mitchell has named a youthful but experienced side… Read more →
Tuks coach David Manuel says his team is embracing the power play law change ahead of the 2018 Varsity Cup season.
SARugbymag.co.za chats to Paarl Gim 1st XV coach Pieter Rossouw about the upcoming season. What are the lessons you learned from last year? We had a really good preparation and a solid start to the season. We had a really tough run of fixtures against the top 20 schools in the country and this year it will be the same…. Read more →
The Stormers have granted utility back Craig Barry permission to return to the Cheetahs until the end of the Pro14 season. Barry was initially loaned to the Cheetahs on a short-term deal stretching between November 2017 and June 2018. However, following his excellent form in recent weeks, the Stormers informed the Cheetahs that last Saturday’s match against the Kings would… Read more →
Dan Biggar and Liam Williams have joined Wales’ injury list ahead of the Six Nations. Flyhalf Biggar will miss the opening three matches of the Six Nations with a shoulder injury, which he suffered in the Ospreys’ loss to Clermont on the weekend. The 28-year-old joins flyhalf Rhys Priestland on the sidelines, leaving coach Warren Gatland with a headache at… Read more →
Lions wing Courtnall Skosan suffered a serious knee injury at practice on Monday. Scans later confirmed that he had torn his anterior cruciate ligament. The Lions will play the Bulls in a pre-season match on Saturday at Ellis Park (15:00 kick-off). Photo: Anton Geyser/Gallo Images
