Pead paying Lions out of own pocket

Haashim Pead will reportedly contribute towards the transfer fee required to secure his move from the Lions to the Stormers. News24 reported on Saturday that the two clubs had finally reached an agreement over the 21-year-old scrumhalf after weeks of negotiations,...

SA Rugby makes call on Bok flyovers

SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer has addressed the future of pre-match aeroplane flyovers at Springbok Tests. Since an SAA Boeing 747 flew over Ellis Park before the 1995 World Cup final, flyovers have become a feature of major Bok matches in South Africa, and Oberholzer...

Hanro: It was harrowing

A family emergency saw Bulls loose forward Hanro Liebenberg pulled off after 30 minutes of the match against the All Blacks at Loftus last month. Liebenberg’s two-week-old daughter, Liviah, had gone into cardiac arrest. “She went in for open-heart surgery that Monday...

Oberholzer: RGR exceeded expectations

Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry has delivered a major financial boost for SA Rugby. The inaugural four-Test series between the Springboks and All Blacks is reported to have generated more than R250-million for the governing body’s coffers. The financial injection comes at an...

Sacha has never been ordinary

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu should be celebrated for everything he gets right rather than judged against the extraordinary standards he has set himself, writes MARK KEOHANE. Writing for the Sunday Times, Keohane has rejected criticism of Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s...