CPUT beat WSU All Blacks in extra-time thriller to win Varsity Shield title

Winger Nathan Nkutu scored a late extra-time try as Cape Peninsula University of Technology beat Walter Sisulu University in the Varsity...

10 May

Former Leopards, NWU loose forward dies in car accident

Former Leopards and North-West University loose forward Tiaan Bezuidenhout died tragically in a car accident on Saturday.

10 May

'All Blacks' no longer performing haka after NZ Rugby write to WSU

The Walter Sisulu University All Blacks will no longer perform their rendition of the haka before Varsity Shield games, after New Zealand...

04 May

Varsity Cup's delay 'part of contingency planning' after 2nd bubble bursts

Varsity Cup organisers have given the assurance that the delayed final bio-bubble of this year's tournament is the exact type of...

04 May

WRAP | Varsity Cup - Round 6

The sixth round of fixtures for the Varsity Cup.

30 Apr

Top of the table Tuks v Ikeys Varsity Cup match cancelled

Friday's Varsity Cup match between UP-Tuks and UCT Ikeys at Loftus Versfeld has been cancelled in line with Covid-19 protocols.

30 Apr

WRAP | Varsity Cup Round 5: Wits put monster score v Madibaz

The fifth round of fixtures for the Varsity Cup take place on 26 and 27 April.

26 Apr

WRAP | Varsity Cup - Round 4

The fourth round of fixtures for the Varsity Cup took place on Thursday, 22 April.

22 Apr

OPINION | Leave WSU All Blacks to Kapa O Pango to their hearts' content

Once again, SA rugby fans have engaged in a furious debate as to why WSU All Blacks should or should not be doing the Kapa O Pango,...

15 Apr

Walter Sisulu University captain on why they copy the All Blacks' haka

Walter Sisulu University captain Litha Nkula has explained why they perform the All Blacks' haka prior to Varsity Shield matches.

15 Apr

Walter Sisulu University coach on 'haka' hysteria: 'We idolise the All Blacks'

WSU coach Akhona Mgijima said their use of the haka was to pay a compliment to New Zealand’s All Blacks, whom they idolised.

14 Apr

WRAP | 2021 Varsity Cup - Round 3

The third round of fixtures for the Varsity Cup took place on Sunday, 11 April.

11 Apr

WRAP | 2021 Varsity Cup - Round 2

The second round of fixtures for the Varsity Cup took place on Thursday, 8 April.

08 Apr

WRAP | 2021 Varsity Cup - Week 1

A wrap of the first weekend's action in the 2021 Varsity Cup.

05 Apr

How unfashionable Wits became a rugby powerhouse: 'We breed good men, not just players'

For years, Wits rugby was the proverbial poorer cousin to the University of Johannesburg, but it's a dynamic that's changed dramatically...

08 Apr

2021 Varsity Cup to be held in bio-bubble at Tuks

The 2021 Varsity Cup and Varsity Shield events will be held in a secure bio-bubble at the University of Pretoria from 4 April-24 May.

10 Mar

2021 Varsity Cup set for green light

This year's Varsity Cup university rugby tournament looks set to go ahead.

03 Feb

Pote Human heading back to the Free State as Shimlas coach

Former Bulls mentor Pote Human is heading back to the Free State as head coach of Shimlas.

20 Oct 2020