Return of schools rugby an important step

The resumption of schools rugby is a welcome relief for all who love the game, writes former Springbok STEFAN TERBLANCHE.

Schools, club rugby gets green light

SA Rugby has confirmed that schools and club rugby will resume in April. 

SA Rugby working on schools rugby contingencies

Rassie Erasmus says SA Rugby is working closely with the SA Schools Rugby Association (Sasra) to draw up contingency plans for the 2021 rugby season. DYLAN JACK reports.

Erasmus hails EPD webinar series

Junior Springbok assistant coach Bafana Nhleko and his SA Schools counterparts have wrapped up a productive series of Elite Player Development (EPD) webinars with schools coaches from across the country.

Watch: Future star Sacha Mngomezulu

Check out this highlights reel of future star Sacha Mngomezulu in action for Bishops and Western Province.

Erasmus: Next year holds much promise

SA Rugby director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has encouraged schoolboy players, especially matrics, to not lose sight of their ambitions following the cancellation of the youth rugby season.

Louw: Schoolboy rugby is taken too seriously

Former Springbok flank Francois Louw believes that the joy of playing schoolboy rugby is often missed out on due to the level of expectations and emphasis on results.

Schoolboy rugby: ‘If you’re good enough, you can still make it’

If I could only play one game of rugby again, it would undoubtedly be for my schools 1st XV, writes former Springbok STEFAN TERBLANCHE in the latest SA Rugby magazine.

Koen: Young stars must persevere

Despite a year disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, former Springbok flyhalf Louis Koen insists there is hope for young players who have missed out on certain opportunities in 2020, writes CRAIG LEWIS.

Concern mounts about impact of lost season

Some doyens of the local schools rugby community are voicing growing concerns about the negative effects the cancelled 2020 season will have on players’ prospective careers.