The Junior Springboks are expecting a fierce battle upfront against Argentina when they open their U20 Rugby Championship campaign at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Thursday.

New Australia coach Les Kiss will have little over a year to mould the Wallabies into a force to challenge for their home Rugby World Cup in 2027.

Kurtley Beale is thrilled to be back as the veteran Wallabies playmaker opens up on his challenging recovery from a ruptured Achilles. The post Beale: I considered retiring appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Pieter-Steph du Toit's return to action is set to be with the Springboks in June, with the star forward set to miss the rest of the Japanese club season. The post PSDT to make comeback for Boks appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

New service refers quarter of those seen for treatmentConcern over high numbers of participants dropping out A significant number of former elite players who have participated in World Rugby’s new brain health service programme have been identified as being “at risk” of cognitive problems in later life. So far 131 former rugby union players have registered to take part after last April’s launch, although only 65 have completed the process. Of those, one quarter were referred for specialist treatment. The service is not designed to provide a diagnosis, only to provide a risk assessment for former players. Continue reading...

Tickets for the Springboks’ three home Test matches in July are set to go on sale. The post Bok tickets up for grabs appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Ireland flanker Dorothy Wall is ruled out of the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup with an Achilles tendon injury.

Les Kiss will take over as coach of the Wallabies from Joe Schmidt from mid-2026, Rugby Australia announced Wednesday.

Veteran Wallabies playmaker Kurtley Beale makes his comeback from a long-term injury for the Western Force against the Blues on Friday. The post Beale back to boost Force, Wallabies appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

Les Kiss said it would be "the honour of a lifetime" to lead Australia in their home 2027 World Cup after being unveiled as Joe Schmidt's successor as Wallabies head coach. The post Kiss new Wallabies coach from 2026 appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

An extended transition from the Joe Schmidt era should be smooth before Kiss sets about solving one of the great brain strainers in sport: how to return Australian rugby to greatness Les Kiss was an injured rugby league winger looking down the barrel of retirement and a day job flogging poker machines when the idea of a career in coaching struck. The art of gelling many disparate personalities into one united team intrigued him. “On the sideline I saw the game differently,” he realised. “I started thinking deeply.” The ex-North Sydney Bear turned Queensland Reds boss has plenty to think on now, having been appointed as Wallabies coach from mid-2026. The 60-year-old must now unpuzzle one of the greatest brain strainers in Australian sport: how to return the Wallabies – a rugby superpower now ranked eighth in the world – to greatness. Continue reading...

Les Kiss will replace Joe Schmidt as Australia head coach in 2026 and will lead the Wallabies in their home Rugby World Cup the following year.

Kiss to see out Super Rugby Pacific contract with Queensland Reds Schmidt to remain in charge for end-of-season European tour Joe Schmidt will remain as Wallabies coach until next mid-2026 before Less Kiss takes over, Rugby Australia has confirmed. Schmidt was to have finished up after this year’s Rugby Championship but RA was keen for “minimal disruption to the Australian rugby ecosystem” and for Kiss to complete his Super Rugby Pacific contract with the Queensland Reds in 2026. Continue reading...

Former Western Province Rugby Football Union president Zelt Marais will not be eligible to hold any position in rugby until 2034.