No one could deny that rugby is disproportionally tilted towards the men’s game around the world, but nowhere is this imbalance more starkly represented than in South Africa, writes Daniel Gallan. Could that be about to change?
The destination of the WXV 2 2024 title will be decided at the end of the third and final round this weekend. Get all the team news here as and when it drops.
WXV 2 2024 moves inland this weekend as the action shifts to Athlone Sports Stadium and the race for the title intensifies. Get all the team news here.
The Bomb Squad. Just reading those two words stacked together like interlocking second rowers is enough to send some rugby fans into a rage. Critics of the strategy where forwards leave the bench in clumps have branded the whole affair as an affront to rugby’s spirit.
WXV 2 2024 will get underway at DHL Stadium this weekend. Get all the team news from Cape Town here.
The 30-year-old spoke to RugbyPass one year out from RWC 2025 as South Africa prepare for the second edition of WXV 2 which kicks off on 27 September.
When Babalwa Latsha signed with Harlequins, the 28-year-old prop became the 44th player from her country representing a top flight English club this season. But Latsha is unlike any other South African rugby player in England.
Fiji against South Africa might be viewed by some as an anti-climactic end to a weekend of international rugby, but both teams put on a show. The rugby was fast and loose, perhaps not a game for purists, but hugely entertaining nonetheless.
Springbok Women coach Stanley Raubenheimer retained the same starting XV for their second Rugby World Cup clash in New Zealand and made only one change to the replacements for Sunday’s match against Fiji.
The Springbok Women’s team to play France in their opening Pool C match of the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand has a familiar and experienced look to it, with only prop Sanelisiwe Charlie not a regular starter in the 2022 season.