South Africa

British and Irish Lions will face Japan at Murrayfield Stadium in June next year ahead of their three-Test series tour of South Africa.

SANZAAR has unveiled the fixtures for the revised Rugby Championship following the decision of South Africa Rugby to withdraw from the tournament.

South Africa Rugby has confirmed withdrawal from the upcoming Rugby Championship tournament that is set to kick-off on 31st October in Australia.

SANZAAR has given a deadline of 48 hours to South Africa Rugby Union to confirm the participation of the Springboks in the Rugby Championship tournament.

Springboks' participation in the Rugby Championship tournament is still yet to be confirmed with the South Africa Rugby Union set to make a decision next week.

New Zealand Rugby has said that they are looking for 'more domestically related competitions' next year following South Africa Rugby's decision to exit Super Rugby.

South Africa Rugby have preferred joining Top 14 tournament in Europe over Super Rugby following a voting process by the provincial unions.

SANZAAR have unveiled the fixtures for the Rugby Championship tournament which will kick-off on 7th November in Brisbane.

World Cup winning South Africa international Lood de Jager is set to miss the upcoming Rugby Championship tournament following a shoulder injury.

South Africa international Handre Pollard will face a lengthy period on the sidelines after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligaments while playing for the Top14 club Montpellier.

South Africa players will be able to resume full contact training from next week after the restrictions set to ease following the pandemic coronavirus.

South Africa Rugby is planning to resume professional rugby next month after receiving green-light from the government for full-contact training sessions and games without spectators.

Springboks lock RG Snyman revealed that he would be preferring to play for South Africa in the Rugby Championship at the end of the year over Munster.

Incoming South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber has warned that the Springboks players should get sufficient match time if they are to feature in the upcoming Rugby Championship tournament at the end of the year.

British and Irish Lions have announced telecommunications company Vodafone as the lead sponsor for the upcoming tour of South Africa next year.

South Africa Rugby affirmed that they would prefer the Rugby Championship tournament in November over the European tour.

New Zealand Rugby's proposal of a revamped model of Super Rugby competition for the 2021 season has received backlash from South Africa Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux.

New Zealand Rugby revealed plans to leave out South African Super Rugby teams and Argentina's Jaguares from next year to make the competition more competitive.

The British & Irish Lions have confirmed that their upcoming 2021 tour of South Africa will go ahead as per the original schedule.

Cecil Afrika announced his retirement from Rugby Sevens this week.