World Rugby has confirmed that Australian referee Angus Gardner has stepped down from his duties for the two-Test series between the Springboks and Ireland for personal reasons. The post Springboks get new ref for Ireland opener appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

New Zealand Rugby have unveiled their latest jersey designs for the 2024 international season, commemorating 25 years of collaboration with its kit supplier. The post All Blacks reveal new ‘old school’ jersey appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Six Nations title holders Ireland are motivated enough for their upcoming Tests with Rugby World Cup champions South Africa to not be wound up by barbed comments from Springbok players, assistant coach Mike Catt said on Monday.

Fresh off a season-opening win against Wales, the world champions are headed home to host Ireland in Pretoria and Durban - will the Boks blank the reigning Six Nations champs? The post Poll: Boks to whitewash Ireland? appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

SA Rugby magazine circles back on the Junior Springboks who started the 2012 World Rugby U20 Championship final against New Zealand in Cape Town. The post Where are they now: 2012 Junior Boks appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

There was a moment when Sitho Mdlalose, CEO of Vodacom, stood in the stands at Loftus Versfeld on the evening before the historic Vodacom United Rugby Championship Grand Final between the Vodacom Bulls and Glasgow Warriors, and it wasn’t hard to imagine the stars above him in the Pretoria night sky aligning for something greater. The post Vodacom and rugby, and the remarkable story of South Africa appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

On this day in 2016, Faf de Klerk made a crucial tackle after the fulltime hooter as the Springboks sealed a series victory over Ireland at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium. The post Watch: Faf comes in clutch for Boks appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Glasgow Warriors coach Franco Smith said the altitude factor, which had been an advantage for the Bulls, was now fully consigned to the scrap heap after their United Rugby Championship success at Loftus Versfeld.

Huw Jones is back after Glasgow won the URC, plus we talk England, Wales PWR & Baa Baas.

Glasgow's United Rugby Championship title win is "a monkey off the back" not just for Warriors but for all Scottish rugby, says Franco Smith.

Evan Roos marked his first Test since last August with a sensational performance as the DHL Stormers loose forward showed his quality at No 8 for the Springboks. The post Roos, Mapimpi shine in Bok return appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

The Springboks offered biltong to a fellow stranded family's children and lifted the spirits of passengers when their flight back from London, where they beat Wales in a Test on Saturday, was cancelled late on Sunday night.

The Springboks' attempts to fan the flames of the rivalry with Ireland have been shrugged off by the tourists ahead of the upcoming July Test series. The post Bok jabs just ‘white noise’ to Ireland appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Fresh from victory in Japan, England have ‘incredible respect’ for New Zealand but love a challenge, the head coach says Steve Borthwick insists the days of England rugby teams being cannon fodder in New Zealand are over as his side await their two-Test series against the All Blacks. The head coach says he played in teams who were mentally beaten before they stepped off the plane but he believes the current squad are a different breed. While England have not toured New Zealand for a decade and have failed to win on Kiwi soil since 2003, Borthwick and his players have flown south determined to show the balance of global rugby power is shifting. They are also motivated by the possibility of becoming the first English team to beat the All Blacks in a multi-Test series. Continue reading...