England pick Daly at 13

Elliot Daly will replace the injured Henry Slade at outside centre in England’s Six Nations match against Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.

De Villiers hits out at SA referees

Peter de Villiers has slammed the quality of South Africa’s referees after his EP Elephants suffered their third heavy defeat in the Preparation Series on Wednesday evening.

Potgieter to make Cheetahs debut

Former Springbok loose forward Jacques Potgieter will make his first start for the Cheetahs against the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday.

Am to captain Sharks against Lions

Lukhanyo Am will lead the Sharks in this Saturday’s Preparation Series clash with the Lions in Johannesburg.

Bulls bring back Boks for derby

Cornal Hendricks and Trevor Nyakane have returned to the Vodacom Bulls starting lineup for their Preparation Series clash with the Stormers in Pretoria on Friday.

‘Stander retirement will motivate Ireland’

England forwards coach Matt Proudfoot has paid tribute to the retiring CJ Stander while admitting his announcement will galvanise Ireland ahead of their clash in Dublin on Saturday.

Watch: Aplon on the road back to fitness

Vodacom Bulls fullback Gio Aplon has provided an update on his fitness four-and-a-half months into his recovery from a knee injury.

Throwback Thursday: When Willemse outplayed Pollard

Ahead of Friday’s North-South derby between the Vodacom Bulls and Stormers in Pretoria, look back to when Damian Willemse bamboozled the Bulls defence in Siya Kolisi’s 100th Super Rugby game.

Proudfoot: Curry can match McCaw

England forwards coach Matt Proudfoot says loose forward Tom Curry could emulate the career of former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw.

Turning a blind eye to forward passes devalues the game

Isn’t it fantastic that refs are blowing forward passes again, writes ZELIM NEL.