Rugby South Africa

South africa boks participation in rugby champs in doubt news.

Rugby south africa.

The country hosted and won the 1995 rugby world cup and won again in 2007 and 2019. Top level rugby returned in south africa on saturday after a six month shutout because of the coronavirus pandemic as the bulls beat the sharks 49 28 in the first of two exhibition games involving the country s super rugby teams. The stormers were set to play the lions later also at the bulls. The board of sa super rugby pty ltd which trades as the southern kings has placed the insolvent company into voluntary liquidation to secure the longer term financial future of rugby in eastern province.

Sa rugby has confirmed the start date for the local rugby season and also launched a one off exhibition match that will mark the return of the game within south african shores. As with much else in south africa the organisation and playing of rugby has been entangled with politics and racial politics in par. Durban there will be two competitions in one when south africa s domestic rugby season resumes on october 10 with a local super rugby competition woven into the currie cup. Sanzaar is a membership body and most of.

10 ending a seven month hiatus due to the covid 19 pandemic. The national team is among the strongest in the world and has been ranked in the top seven of the world rugby rankings since its inception in 2003. Sa rugby u21 champs scheduled for johannesburg next month. South africa new zealand australia and argentina rugby sanzaar has become an increasingly toothless organisation that exists in little more than name.

The springboks play in green and gold jerseys with white shorts and their emblem is the native antelope springbok. Australia was picked over new zealand to host the coronavirus affected rugby championship on friday but the pandemic may prevent world champions south africa from even taking part. The south africa national rugby union team commonly known as the springboks colloquially the boks or bokke and amabokoboko is the country s national team governed by the south african rugby union.