Peter de Villiers is expected to face a disciplinary hearing after his statement that the Springboks are 100% behind murder accused Bees Roux.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) jointly announced a ground-breaking rights deal for Springbok players’ image rights with the Springbok Players’ Trust on Tuesday.

Underused World Cup stadiums could significantly boost the South African Rugby Union’s (Saru) coffers – but the four big provincial unions are likely to veto a move away from their facilities.

While SARU remained mum on Wednesday on who would replace Sasol as the new Springbok sponsors, it is widely believed that ABSA has sealed the deal.

The South African Player’s Association has called on the SANZAR partners to stop their threats of dissolving the partnership.

South African rugby is exploring the possibility of terminating their alliance with New Zealand and Australiabecause the relationship with their Sanzar partners is so strained.

Next year’s Springbok Test against New Zealand will be held in Port Elizabeth, following a decision of the Executive Council of the South African Rugby Union.

Springbok Sevens player Lionel Mapoe has lost his bid to be released from his contract at the Free State Cheetahs.

The refereeing debacle in the Tri-Nations has taken a new twist with a possible court case on the horizon and players and referees now openly questioning the application of the laws by certain referees.

“It starts at the roots: from the bottom up.”
Jurie Roux, the South African Rugby Union’s new CEO, does not plan on wasting time when it comes to changing people’s perception of what ‘true’ transformation is.

OFF-FIELD ISSUES MUST BE ADDRESSED
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, and the many controversies surrounding him, will be very high on the ‘to-do’ list of new South African Rugby Union Chief Executive, Jurie Roux.

Jurie Roux, the senior director of finances and asset management at Stellenbosch University, was chosen as the new CEO of the South African Rugby Union at a meeting of the organisation’s General Council in Cape Town on Friday.

The national coach and team are SARU’s most precious asset… so why not back the team… and why let old Boer mentalities dictate their reaction to Anglo-Saxon discrimination?

Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has clarified statements attributed to him in the media with regard to the staging of the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand next year.

SANZAR has released a statement on behalf of all three countries, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, where they state that they do not support the proposed new 20/20 rugby competition proposed by Stormers director of rugby, Rassie Erasmus.