Rugby

The home side have now won all four of their Super Rugby Aotearoa matches and ended the Blues' seven-game winning streak across both Super Rugby and the local competition.

The home side had built a 12-0 lead by halftime and 17-0 shortly after, but despite dominating possession were unable to pull too far away from the visitors.

Unless SA Rugby bosses are able to launch some kind of competition, fans should forget about the Springboks playing any Test rugby in 2020.

Former Bulls captain Burger Odendaal has swapped Pretoria for Joburg and will turn out for the Lions when rugby action gets under way again.

I must stress to the public that there is no clarity or confirmation just yet. These are the proposals that are being looked at but nothing is cast in stone. – Sean Everitt

EW Viljoen will add depth to the Lions backs as he is comfortable in the centres and on the wings. He is also able to play fullback, where he shone as a schoolboy.

Werner Kok, the World Sevens Player of the Year in 2015 and an Olympic Games bronze medallist (2016), joined the Sharks last week after 183 appearances for the Blitzboks.

After weeks of uncertainty, SA Rugby and the British & Irish Lions have confirmed that the 2021 tour to South Africa will go ahead as scheduled.

New Zealand has been confirmed as the preferred hosts of a centralised Rugby Championship later this year.

New Zealand Rugby’s announcement that their Super Rugby future lay within the Australasia-Pacific region paves the way for SA Rugby's move to Europe.