Aphelele Fassi: The kick return king

Aphelele Fassi’s excellent start to the 2020 Vodacom Super Rugby season is illustrated in his dominance of the tournament’s kick return statistics.

Rewind: Kankowski finishes 80m team try

Do you remember this blast from the past when the Sharks produced a stunning team try against the Chiefs after a bit of quick thinking by Jean Deysel?

Rugby must learn less is more – Mitchell

England defence coach John Mitchell says there could be a few positives to come out of this coronavirus pandemic for rugby if it creates greater professionalism worldwide.

Paper Talk: Bulls’ player movements set to continue

A round up of what some of South Africa’s leading Sunday papers are saying, including reports of the Vodacom Bulls bringing in some promising talent.

‘We’d love to play some form of Test rugby’

New Zealand Rugby chief executive Mark Robinson says there is still no clarity on the prospects for Test rugby in 2020, but that they will explore every avenue to make it happen.

Saracens players apologise after lockdown breach

A group of Saracens players, including Billy Vunipola and Alex Goode, have apologised after breaking England’s Covid-19 lockdown regulations.

NZ Rugby exploring bold new move

New Zealand Rugby has reportedly opened talks with a multi-billion-dollar American investment firm about a potential game-changing partnership.

Pretorius extends WP contract – report

The Stormers have been further boosted as centre Rikus Pretorius has reportedly put pen to paper on a new deal with Western Province Rugby.

Saffa on coping with lockdown in Italy

Check out this wide-ranging interview with South Africa-born loose forward Johan Meyer, who has been coping with Covid-19 lockdown in Italy.

What happened to Ryan Kankowski?

In a snippet from our latest issue, SA Rugby magazine caught up with former Springbok and Sharks No 8 Ryan Kankowski.