Johann van Graan’s Bath turned the tables on defending champions Northampton Saints, exacting revenge for last season’s Premiership final defeat on the opening night of the new season. – Three months after losing 25-21 to the Saints in last season’s final at Twickenham, Bath ran in five tries to earn a sensational 38-16 victory at
Dillyn Leyds grabbed a hat-trick of tries to help La Rochelle bounce back from a second-round defeat, while Hacjivah Dayimani scored his first try for Racing 92. – Three tries from Leyds saw La Rochelle rebound from their loss to Toulouse with a 49-25 victory over Pau. The Springbok winger scored all of his tries
Henco Venter and Kyle Steyn scored a try apiece in a Vodacom URC-opening defeat for the Glasgow Warriors at Ulster, as did Rhyno Smith and Jarrod Taylor during a stalemate between Benetton and the Scarlets. HIGHLIGHTS: Saffas star in epic URC openers Photo: Ben McShane/Sportsfile via Getty Images
Duhan van der Merwe and Pierre Schoeman scored in Edinburgh’s narrow defeat to Leinster, while Cardiff’s Johan Mulder and Tinus de Beer celebrated victory over Zebre in round 1 of the 2024-25 Vodacom URC. WATCH: Duhan takes out touch judge Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images The post Highlights: Saffas star in epic URC openers
Jean Kleyn will make his long-awaited return from injury, with Thaakir Abrahams set to make his Vodacom URC debut for Munster against Connacht on Saturday. Kleyn starts in the second row for the 2022-23 URC champions in their season opener at Thomond Park, while Abrahams will run out in the No 14 jumper. The 31-year-old
SA-born Dylan Riley, who is honing his craft in midfield alongside Damian de Allende at Japanese club Wild Knights, has impressed for the Brave Blossoms in the Pacific Nations Cup. Photo: Toru Hanai/Getty Images The post Watch: Doogz’s Saffa deputy stars for Japan appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.
Hacjivah Dayimani has made a strong start to life in France, starring in a victorious Top 14 debut for Racing 92, while Madosh Tambwe scored his first try for a resurgent Montpellier. – In the second round of action over the weekend, Dayimani started at openside flank as Racing 92 bounced back from an opening-round
Two-time World Cup-winning Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has left Racing 92 with two years of his contract still to run, the French Top 14 club has announced. “Siya Kolisi and Racing 92 have reached an agreement to end the contract,” a club statement read on Sunday. Kolisi, who has been linked with a return home
Not all South African rugby heroes wear the green and gold, or play club rugby at the highest level, writes SIMON BORCHARDT. In fact, I’d argue that the vast majority of them are players you have never heard of, playing for clubs around the world you didn’t know existed. South Africa produces so many talented
A Springbok legend is one of six highly-rated South African-born tacticians earmarked to replace Felix Jones as England defence coach. Jones, a two-time World Cup-winning Bok assistant coach, is reported to have quit his current role with immediate effect – less than a year after joining Steve Borthwick’s coaching staff. In a standout group of
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