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.
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 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.
The Western Province Rugby Football Union has suspended all competitive rugby until 25 April at the earliest in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.
Flyhalf Inny Radebe has released a music track in which he reveals some of the ill-treatment he has received as a player.
Former Vodacom Blue Bulls and Sharks scrumhalf Scott Mathie has been named as Griquas head coach for the 2020-21 season.
Griquas dethroned the Pumas as Rugby Challenge title holders with a 28-13 victory in the final in Saldanha Bay on Sunday.
Defending champions the Pumas will face Griquas in the final of the 2019 Rugby Challenge in a repeat of last year’s final in Saldanha next Sunday.
Re-live the dramatic final moments as Boland claimed an upset win over Western Province to qualify for the semi-finals of the Rugby Challenge.
Pumas will meet Boland and Western Province will face Griquas next Sunday in the semi-finals of the Rugby Challenge.
Western Province and the Pumas both claimed wins in round six of the Rugby Challenge to remain undefeated and assure their places in the semi-finals.