South Africa

The second game on the PRO Rugby docket this weekend sees the Denver Stampede travel to sunny San Francisco to attempt to re-take the iron throne on top of the league standings. Trailing Ohio by only a single point, a big win would give Denver a psychological boost ahead of …

Daniel Hourcade has named 33 players in his Pumas squad for the Rugby Championship, set to kick off on August 20. As expected the group is composed entirely of players from Los Jaguares, with only one exception in Brumbies scrumhalf Tomas Cubelli. There are no European-based professionals included following Argentina’s …

A strong second half showing saw Los Jaguares ending their inaugural Super Rugby season with a win. The Argentine franchise will have learned a lot and Daniel Hourcade can now begin Rugby Championship preparations in advance. Early on in Buenos Aires the Lions had the better of play. Through controlled …

Denver has two weeks to make up the six-point gap that Ohio has opened up at the top of the table. Their first opportunity to take positive steps towards the title comes against Sacramento, who arrive at CIBER Field on Sunday. The Express got a bit of their mojo back …

The Super Rugby season will end for Los Jaguares this Saturday. For this reason Tomás Cubelli is to be the only Puma involved in the playoffs. His successful campaign with the Brumbies will ensure his name is on Daniel Hourcade’s list for the Rugby Championship. The naming of the list is rapidly …

Kyle Brown will captain South Africa’s men’s 7s side at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Brown has been restored to the role by head coach Neil Powell after making Philip Snyman acting skipper for the last two stops on the HSBC Sevens Series. Powell has stuck to the men that led …

A promising first half from the Breakers was washed away by Denver in a totally one-sided second half as the Stampede trampled San Diego by a score of 59-23 at CIBER Field on Sunday afternoon. The lackluster showing was well short of what the visitors might have hoped for coming …

Denver returns to CIBER Field well rested after a week’s vacation to host the mid-table San Diego Breakers on Sunday afternoon. Despite coming off a win in their last outing against Sacramento, the Stampede find themselves six points behind the usurpers Ohio albeit with two games at hand. A big …

Nine referees representing six different counties will take charge of matches during the 2016 Rugby Championship. Only three – England’s Wayne Barnes, Jérôme Garcès of France, and South African Jaco Peyper – will have two appointments in the middle. Federico Anselmi is the only Americas representative given a spot, selected …

Los Pumas will swap jerseys on Saturday and run out as Los Jaguares as Super Rugby returns following its hiatus for the June internationals. Vélez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires will host the Bulls for a 6:40pm kickoff. This will be another first as the two sides have never met before. …