‘Boks playing would boost national morale’
SA Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux says the governing body’s focus of the sport has now shifted to its return-to-play plans.
Kolbe raffles boots for charity
Springbok speedster Cheslin Kolbe is raffling a pair of boots he wore during the 2019 World Cup to raise money for feeding schemes in Cape Town.
Racing swoop in to land Beale
Wallabies utility back Kurtley Beale will join French giants Racing 92 on a two-year deal.
PRO14 to get under way in August
Plans are being considered to resume a curtailed PRO14 season in late August following the coronavirus pandemic.
Lions tour offers much-needed future attraction
The sudden halt in the rugby calendar has served to enhance the status of the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, writes DYLAN JACK.
Saffa on coping with lockdown in Italy
Check out this wide-ranging interview with South Africa-born loose forward Johan Meyer, who has been coping with Covid-19 lockdown in Italy.
Silver lining for return-to-play protocols
World Rugby has confirmed in its return-to-play guidelines that matches do not have to be played behind closed doors until a vaccine to the Covid-19 pandemic is freely available.
From the mag: Late Tackle
Rugby may be in lockdown, but in the latest SA Rugby magazine, we recap some entertaining moments from the past month as DYLAN JACK pokes fun at the game’s crazy underbelly.
Marx among Saffas stranded in Qatar
Springbok and Lions hooker Malcolm Marx is among a full flight of South Africans whose repatriation flight from Doha was cancelled at the last minute.
Cancellation of Tests could cost RFU millions
The Rugby Football Union will lose up to £107 million in revenue if England’s end-of-year Tests at Twickenham are cancelled because of the coronavirus.
