Irish surge buries Bok Women

Ireland Women dominated the final quarter to beat the Springbok Women in Saturday’s WXV Global Series clash at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town. The hosts led 17-14 with 20 minutes remaining, but Ireland’s experience and attacking quality proved decisive as they pulled...

Stormers lose another hooker

Stormers boss John Dobson was forced into calling up a late replacement for Saturday’s URC clash against Ulster at Cape Town Stadium. Bongi Mbonambi was set to play off the bench after signing a one-year contract with the Stormers this week, following his move from...

Watch: Ref lays down law at ‘rude’ LRZ

Luke Pearce was having none of winger Louis Rees-Zammit’s protests during a Premiership clash between the Bristol Bears and Leicester Tigers on Friday night.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by TNT Sports Rugby (@tntsportsrugby) Photo: David Rogers/Getty...

USA Saffas smashed

Australia A completed a clean sweep of their two-match tour of the USA in New Jersey on Friday with a 52-0 rout of an Eagles side packed with South African players. Ex-Stormers and Western Province flank Marno Redelinghuys captained the Eagles, while ex-Junior Bok...

Franco expected a fight from proud Lions

Franco Smith praised the Lions for pushing his Glasgow Warriors side on Friday night, but admitted the URC front-runners have work to do over the November break. Glasgow beat the Lions 29-20 at Scotstoun to go top of the log before the conclusion of this weekend’s...