Super Rugby to trial new tackle law
Referees will issue players with warnings for high-risk tackle techniques and two such transgressions will result in a one-match suspension.
Du Toit is the leader of the pack
Pieter-Steph du Toit capped off a sensational season when he was named World Rugby Player of the Year, writes CLINTON VAN DER BERG.
Weekend on social media
The SA Rugby magazine team rounds up what the rugby community shared on social media this past weekend.
Premiership final date to remain unchanged
Premiership Rugby has reiterated it won’t alter the date of the 2021 final despite it taking place just a week before the British & Irish Lions’ opening game on their tour to South Africa.
Dobson slams Guscott’s subs proposal
Stormers coach John Dobson says Jeremy Guscott’s radical law-change proposal regarding the use of substitutes in rugby is impossible.
Boks to host Scotland in July – report
Scotland will reportedly tour South Africa in July next year for a two-Test series against the world champion Springboks.
Top ref backs Guscott’s proposal
Nigel Owens has come out in support of Jeremy Guscott’s radical law-change proposal to reduce the number of substitutions per game.
De Kock questions Guscott’s comments
Former Springbok scrumhalf Neil de Kock said he was left perplexed by Jeremy Guscott’s comments regarding the use of substitutes after the World Cup final.
SRU accepts penalty for RWC petulance
World Rugby has confirmed that the Scottish Rugby Union will not appeal the sanction handed to it for misconduct during the World Cup.
Krige challenges Guscott’s view
Corne Krige has questioned whether Jeremy Guscott would have called for a law amendment of the use of bench players if England had won the World Cup.
