Stormers lose Bok lock

Salmaan Moerat will leave the Stormers at the end of the season to take up an opportunity in France. The Springbok lock, who will reportedly join La Rochelle, is currently sidelined after undergoing toe surgery in January. Moerat came through the Stormers system as...

Champions Cup semi-final venues selected

EPCR has confirmed four potential venues to host this season’s Investec Champions Cup semi-finals. The semis will take place on the weekend of 2-3 May, with the final on Saturday, 23 May at Bilbao San Mamés Stadium. The clubs with the highest rankings from the pool...

Ex-Bok Sowerby highlights Woki threat

Shaun Sowerby has singled out the player he believes will be pivotal in Bordeaux Bègles’ Investec Champions Cup playoff campaign. The defending champions head into Sunday’s quarter-final against fellow French giants Toulouse with momentum and belief, after thrashing...

Blitzboks welcome back try machine

Explosive winger Quewin Nortje is set to make his first appearance of the 2025-26 season for the Blitzboks. The 23-year-old missed the entire regular season through injury, but is now fit again and ready to add firepower to the South African attack for the opening leg...

SA No 9 leaves Bath after trophy sweep

A former Junior Boks scrumhalf is returning home after helping Bath to a memorable treble-winning campaign. Neil le Roux, who hails from the Western Cape, first linked up with Bath during a rehabilitation stint with the club’s medical team before earning a contract in...
SA schoolboy set for Scotland U19 debut

SA schoolboy set for Scotland U19 debut

Former Rondebosch Boys’ High centre Harry Soboil has been selected for the Scotland U19 squad. The Scots are set to face Italy U19 in two matches. Soboil starred for the Rondebosch 1st XV last year and was selected for the Western Province U18 Academy Week squad. He...

Barrett: Bok hiding still hurts

The All Blacks’ scars from their record defeat to the Springboks are still fresh. Flyhalf Beauden Barrett says the memory of the 43-10 humiliation in Wellington continues to hang over the team months later. “There is a deep feeling of pain, almost like a deathly...
SA rugby’s latest schoolboy behemoth

SA rugby’s latest schoolboy behemoth

Rondebosch Boys’ High lock Sebastian Vermeulen is a giant specimen. Vermeulen weights 140kg and stands 2.06m tall! He featured at the Pretoria Boys’ High 125th Anniversary Easter Rugby Festival over the weekend, making a big impression in more ways than one.   The...

Stonehouse opens up on Pumas player exodus

The Pumas’ reputation as one of South African rugby’s most productive talent factories continues to grow, but it comes at a price. Players developed in the Lowveld are regularly snapped up by bigger local and overseas clubs, forcing coach Jimmy Stonehouse to...