Watch: Dubai Sevens mascot shows true colours

Watch: Dubai Sevens mascot shows true colours

The match mascot pulled a cheeky stunt before the Dubai Sevens final. “That is cheeky!” Before the SVNS final between Australia and New Zealand, the mascot whipped out a Springboks jersey while running off the field The tournament heads to Cape Town this weekend...

Eddie downplays Eben’s red card

Eddie Jones has shrugged off Eben Etzebeth’s red card for an apparent eye-gouge as “quite a minor incident” in the context of the Springboks’ 73-0 demolition of Wales. In fact, Jones feels the real story is the crisis unfolding in Welsh rugby. The Japan head coach...

Boks applauded for dominant, era-defining 2025

SA Rugby president Mark Alexander has paid glowing tribute to the Springboks after a landmark 2025 season. It’s been a season that delivered silverware, history and another reminder of the team’s power to unite South Africans everywhere. MORE: 50-cap Cobus hails...

Blitzboks in tough pool for Cape Town Sevens

The Blitzboks will look to bounce back from a fifth-placed finish in Dubai at this weekend’s Cape Town Sevens. But the hosts are going to have to do it the hard way after being drawn in Pool A alongside Dubai champions New Zealand, as well as Fiji and Great Britain....

Saffas Abroad: Thomas the Tank banks Bath win

Thomas du Toit marked his return to the English Premiership with a vital try for Bath as South Africa’s foreign legion impressed across Europe. French Top 14 Former Western Province hooker Ru-Hann Greyling packed down for Montauban in their 54-28 defeat to Toulon at...

Stormers target Champions Cup semis

Deon Fourie says the Stormers are embracing the challenge of another European adventure. The Cape side opens its 2025-26 Investec Champions Cup campaign away to Bayonne on Friday (10pm SA time) in a clash that will set the tone for their bid to reach the playoffs,...