The Hollywoodbets Sharks welcome back a few players to balance those lost to injury as they turn their focus to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship and their week 10 clash with Cardiff Rugby at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday.
The Junior Springbok season will kick off in all earnest with the invitation of a big group of players to the first SA Rugby Under-20 Academy camp, which will be held at the Stellenbosch Academy of Sport from 26 January to 16 February.
After a victory over Zebre Parma on Sunday, the Toyota Cheetahs travel to France to face Lyon Olympique Universitaire in Round 4 of the EPCR Challenge Cup.
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi once again leads the Hollywoodbets Sharks this weekend when they play their final Investec Champions Cup pool game against Bordeaux Begles at the Stade Chaban-Delmas in France.
Zain Davids will reach a well-deserved 50th HSBC SVNS tournament cap in Australia next weekend, after the 27-year-old was named in the Springbok Sevens squad for the HSBC SVNS Perth at HBF Park from 24-26 January.
Former Junior Springbok Women head coach Laurian Johannes-Haupt has joined SA Rugby in a full-time capacity as Springbok Women assistant coach, becoming the first full-time female rugby coach involved with a national team in the organisation’s ranks.
