Three stalwarts have been recalled to the Springbok Women’s Sevens squad to contest the HSBC SVNS 2024 play-off tournament in Madrid next weekend, with head coach Renfred Dazel opting for experience for the most important tournament of the season. Former captain Sizophila Solontsi, playmaker Libbie Janse van Rensburg and wing Veroeshka Grain were recalled by…
World Cup-winning loose forward, Marco van Staden has extended his stay with the Vodacom Bulls by a further three years. The 28-year-old returned back to the fortress in 2021 after spending time with English Premiership side, Leicester Tigers and signed an initial two-year deal which has seen him make 31 appearances for the franchise to…
Jake White has been coaching for some 30 years now and has already won the biggest prize in the game, but there is no sign of his enthusiasm waning. “Someone asked me just the other day, ‘How long are you going to do this for?’” reveals the 60-year-old Vodacom Bulls boss. “I said ‘As long…
The 12 best Under-20 sides in the world will return to South Africa in June after World Rugby announced on Wednesday that the World Rugby U20 Championship will again be hosted in the Western Cape. The World Rugby U20 Championship 2024 will be played over five match days in Stellenbosch and Cape Town, with the…
In a thrilling and hard-fought contest, the Springbok Women’s Sevens secured their long-awaited Olympic dream by winning the Rugby Africa Women’s Sevens Olympic Qualifier in Tunisia on Sunday. The victory not only marked their ticket to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris but also stood as a testament to their unwavering determination and teamwork. The…
Fearless is an excellent way to describe Tracey Mthunzi when she flies out to France next week to play two tournaments with the Delta Drone Tuks Sevens Team. She has never executed a tackle or sidestepped an opponent in an official sevens game. This does not faze the former Tuks Varsity and Jaguars netball player…
Imagine the moment. One minute left to play in a crucial Rugby World Cup match; South Africa are awarded a penalty, and you nail it to put your side ahead 17-14 against Fiji with one more play left in the game. At that moment, Libbie Janse van Rensburg’s rugby career and 2022 season were at…
Playing rugby and getting paid is a dream comes true for the Springbok women’s player Libbie Janse van Rensburg. As a little girl playing rugby with her nephews on the farm, she would have laughed if someone had told her that she would be playing for the Springboks one day. Well, dreams do come true….
The 2023 FNB Varsity Cup Rugby season kicks off on Monday,20 February. The first kickoff is still a few weeks out, but it’s not too early to start learning who’s who: Here’s a small selection of the best players to track in the months ahead. The focus is on players that have already shown a…
Tuks’s rugby team could rewrite the Varsity Cup Tournament records books should they be victorious in the final in April. It would be the third consecutive time Tuks will claim the title. Only Maties (2008-2010) has been able to do so. It would be Tuks’s sixth title. As things stand, Tuks and Maties have both…
