Marvellous Marx crowned SA’s best

Malcolm Marx capped a remarkable 2025 by being named SA Rugby Player of the Year on Thursday night. The Springbok hooker added the prestigious domestic honour to the World Rugby Player of the Year award he received late last year, underlining a standout 2025 campaign...

Watch: MLR replaces TMO with RRS

Who better to announce Major League Rugby’s new Referee Review System than Nigel Owens in a bubble bath surrounded by his cows. What is the RRS? For years, the TMO has been the standard for reviewing on-field decisions in rugby. Starting in 2026, MLR is replacing it...

Schoeman starts for Scots, Duhan dropped

Pierre Schoemann returns to Scotland’s starting XV for Saturday’s Six Nations match against France at Murrayfield. The South African loosehead prop and hooker George Turner, both replacements in the tense, come-from-behind 26-23 win against Wales in Cardiff a...

Watch: ‘Brutal’ act gets 19-match ban

Provence loose forward Guillaume Piazzoli received a 19-game ban for this act of foul play during a Pro D2 clash against Dax. Piazzoli was red-carded for kneeing Romuald Séguy in the back of the head after tackling the flyhalf. He was found guilty of “brutality”,...