New Springbok Sevens coach announcement 'later this week'
An announcement on Neil Powell's successor as Springbok Sevens coach is expected some time this week, SA Rugby confirmed.
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Crawley leads England home to complete South African series win
LONDON :Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope steered England to an impressive nine-wicket victory over South Africa at The Oval on Monday to complete a 2-1 series victory and put the seal on an astonishing turnaround in fortunes for the home team this year.
ICC Player of Month: Sikandar Raza, Tahila Mcgrath win for August
India's Jemimah Rodrigues missed out as Australia's Tahlia McGrath and Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza were on Monday voted as ICC Player of the Month for August following their outstanding international performances in their respective categories. Rodrigues was nominated for the award in the women's category, which also featured Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning Australian duo of Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath. However, McGrath became the latest Australian star to win the ICC Women's Player of the Month award after helping her country claim the Commonwealth gold in Birmingham.
Wallabies staff struggle to put finger on see-sawing form
MELBOURNE : Australia have not had back-to-back wins for nearly a year, leaving fans frustrated and the Wallabies coaches scratching their heads in the lead-up to a crunch Rugby Championship test against New Zealand.
New Zealand Rugby fined for not meeting gender diversity target on board
New Zealand Rugby has been penalised for not meeting Sport New Zealand's requirement for having 40 per cent representation of women on the board, New Zealand Rugby Chairman Stewart Mitchell said on Monday.
African champions Banyana to play historic clash against Australia in London
Banyana Banyana, the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations champions, will travel to the United Kingdom next month to face Australia in an international friendly.
Australia in no hurry to appoint new ODI skipper
Aaron Finch's replacement as one-day captain, coach Andrew McDonald said. Finch bowed out of ODIs after leading Australia to a 3-0 series sweep of New Zealand in Cairns on Sunday but the opener remains in charge of the T20 side. McDonald said staff were more focused on Australia's T20 World Cup defence on home soil than deciding on Finch's successor.
New Zealand leave Australia frustrated again
MELBOURNE : A despondent New Zealand face a period of introspection on home soil after a stinging white-ball series loss against Australia rocked the Black Caps' confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup.