super rugby

Super Rugby next year promises to bring more excitement as two new entrants make their debut in the competition. South Africa's Cheetahs will play at home against an Argentinian team at the start of the competition, while another local side, the Lions, will face the Japanese in Tokyo.

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer called seven uncapped players up for national duty as he named a 36-man squad for next month's Castle Lager Incoming Series following the conclusion of the first stage of the Super Rugby competition on Saturday.

A new Springbok captain will need to be appointed after Jean de Villiers was ruled out of next month's Castle Lager Incoming Series. The 95-test veteran will be out of action for eight weeks with a knee injury.

The Junior Springboks are set to depart for the IRB Junior World Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. After an excellent build-up, they're aiming to uphold a strong record in the event, which they last won in Cape Town in 2012.

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer will evaluate a squad of 36 players - veteran World Cup winners Victor Matfield and Schalk Burger among them - when the first national training camp of 2014 starts in Durban on 25 May. "This is a very big year for us," he said on Tuesday.

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer will evaluate a squad of 36 players - veteran World Cup winners Victor Matfield and Schalk Burger among them - when the first national training camp of 2014 starts in Durban on 25 May. "This is a very big year for us," he said on Tuesday.

Vodacom Bulls flyhalf Handre Pollard will captain the Junior Springboks at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship in New Zealand in June, South Africa under-20 coach Dawie Theron announced on Tuesday.

Vodacom Bulls flyhalf Handre Pollard will captain the Junior Springboks at the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship in New Zealand in June, South Africa under-20 coach Dawie Theron announced on Tuesday.

The three-nation Vodacom Super Rugby league will expand into South America and possibly another new continent as well from 2016, and will include a sixth South African team, the SA Rugby Union confirmed on Thursday.

The three-nation Vodacom Super Rugby league will expand into South America and possibly another new continent as well from 2016, and will include a sixth South African team, the SA Rugby Union confirmed on Thursday.