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Road closures, free parking and ride services announced for Springboks vs. All Blacks clash

By Ragheema Mclean In preparation for the highly anticipated clash between South Africa’s Springboks and New Zealand’s All Blacks on Saturday, 7 September 2024, the City of Cape Town has announced an expanded free park and ride service for match attendees. This match marks the first time since 2017 that the Springboks and the All Blacks will face off in Cape Town. The DHL Stadium is expected to be filled […]

6 September 2024

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DHL Stormers lineup Springboks’ stars for clash

In a significant lineup shift, the DHL Stormers have announced a formidable squad for their upcoming second-round Champions Cup clash against reigning champions La Rochelle from France. The highly anticipated match is set to take place this afternoon at the Cape Town Stadium. The DHL Stormers, coming off a challenging 35-26 defeat to the Leicester Tigers at Welford Road in England last week, have strategically reintroduced World Cup-winning Springboks to […]

16 December 2023

News

South Africans call for holiday as they revel in World Cup success

South Africans woke up in a jubilant mood and with some sore heads on Sunday, basking in the glory of back-to-back Rugby World Cup wins following their nail-biting 12-11 victory over old foes New Zealand in the 2023 final in Paris. Rugby arguably means more in SA than any other nation in the world as a unifying force between people of all races, and with the power to lift those […]

30 October 2023

Local

South Africa dig deep to retain World Cup title

South Africa became the first team to win the Rugby World Cup four times when they beat New Zealand 12-11 on Saturday after the All Blacks were reduced to 14 men in the final at the Stade de France. New Zealand captain Sam Cane, the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final, was shown a red card for a high tackle after half an hour as […]

29 October 2023

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HSBC Cape Town Sevens 2021 succumbs to COVID-19 challenges

SPORTS The popular HSBC Cape Town Sevens tournament, which was scheduled to take place from 10-12 December this year, has been called off due to ongoing challenges caused by the COVID-pandemic. World Rugby and SA Rugby announced on Friday that the Cape Town leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, as well as the tournament in Singapore, planned for 29-30 October, have been cancelled. “We highly regret that we […]

3 September 2021

Features

Springboks welcome and prepared for the next test match against the British & Irish Lions

Assistant coach Mzwandile Stick says they await the challenge and are ready for the next test against the British & Irish Lions . He mentions that amongst the squad Handre Pollard and Wandesile Simelane are quality players and have great potential and as the test only comes around once very 12 years this was an incredible live experience to a test match for the latter. Stick and Pollard makes mention […]

19 July 2021

Features

Springboks resume training on Sunday

The Springboks have resumed training in preparation for the Lions Series after six rounds of COVID-19 testing and a six-day preventative self-isolation period cleared a large group of players to return to the field. All the players and management who had COVID-19 Tests on Saturday returned negative test results, which paved the way for the players to train on Sunday. Four rounds of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing in the […]

11 July 2021

Features

Statement by Georgia Rugby on cancellation of test match with Springboks

In light of the ever present third wave of Covid-19 in South Africa, the Georgia national rugby union team have issued a retraction of their second test match in the country. "We knew that this match was under doubt but still were hoping to go ahead, but with the latest results we have six positive cases in players and management as well. Both teams did everything possible to play this […]

7 July 2021

Features

Springboks suspend training following positive COVID-19 test

Springbok training has been suspended for Monday following a positive test in the squad. The players have been placed in preventative isolation prior to further PCR testing and a review of the testing data by the Medical Advisory Group (MAG). Lood de Jager retuned a positive outcome in scheduled testing and, because of his close contact with a number of squad members, the entire group has gone into isolation. An […]

5 July 2021

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