Bok greats on Lions’ radar for coaching roles
The Lions are reportedly eyeing a shock move to secure former Springbok duo Victor Matfield and Jaque Fourie as coaches.
Bulls confirm Verity-Amm signing
The Vodacom Bulls have announced the acquisition of utility back James Verity-Amm from Griquas effective immediately.
SA Rugby registers spike in transformation progress
SA Rugby’s annual audit has shown that the governing body has registered a 22% increase in its transformation progress in the 2019 calendar year.
Rugby only back at level 1
The director-general of the department of Sport and Arts & Culture, Vusumuzi Mkhize, says contact sport in South Africa will resume at level 1 of the lockdown.
South African rugby’s Covid-19 timeline
Take a look at the timeline of significant rugby events and/or announcements throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
SA rugby’s financial impact plan confirmed
All South African rugby stakeholders have jointly confirmed pay cuts and other economies to offset up to R1.2bn from the sport’s budget by the end of the year.
SA players facing salary cut
Local players could lose just under half of their salaries to help stabilise SA Rugby and the local unions’ finances during the Covid-19 pandemic.
SA Rugby set for multi-million rand loss
SA Rugby stands to lose millions of rand per month if the national lockdown is not lifted by May and the 2020 rugby season does not resume by June at the earliest.
SA Rugby suspends all rugby until end of April
SA Rugby president Mark Alexander has announced that all rugby in the country will be suspended until the end of April following government’s Covid-19 policies.
Covid-19 also halts all Western Province rugby
The Western Province Rugby Football Union has suspended all competitive rugby until 25 April at the earliest in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.
