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          Former Springbok hooker handed eight-year doping ban

          Former South Africa player Chiliboy Ralepelle has been handed a career-ending eight-year ban for doping, some 18 months after testing positive for a banned substance, South Africa's Institute for Drug-free Sport said on Wednesday.

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          Jones, myself suffered racism on SA tour - Genge

          England prop Ellis Genge has said head coach Eddie Jones and himself suffered racist abuse during the tour to South Africa in 2018.

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          Australia want to host Rugby Championship "hub"

          Rugby Australia is in talks with the government about allowing New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina's teams to enter the country and be based in a "hub" for a condensed Rugby Championship later in the year.

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          Kolbe prefers Lions SA tour over Olympics

          Springbok Cheslin Kolbe has said he would rather play against the British & Irish Lions next year and forego the chance to compete at the Tokyo Olympics.

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          Warrick Gelant signs for Stormers from Bulls

          The South Africa international has been been signed to fill the gap left by another Springboks fullback, Dillyn Leyds, who has moved from Cape Town to La Rochelle in France.

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          SANZAAR rebuffs trans-Tasman Super talk

          SANZAAR has moved to quell talk of breakaway rugby competitions being created amid the coronavirus pandemic in declaring that all four member unions remain committed to the alliance through to 2030.

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          Janse van Rensburg suspended for signing with two clubs

          Rohan Janse van Rensburg has been handed a two-week suspension and fined £32,500 after signing playing contracts with two Premiership clubs, Gloucester Rugby and Sale Sharks, the RFU said on Friday.

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          79dSam Bruce and Tom Hamilton

          How can rugby reach its full potential?

          Rugby faces a potentially sport-changing decision when World Rugby votes for its chairman on Sunday. But in the middle of coronavirus pandemic, experts Sam Bruce and Tom Hamilton suggest some changes of their own.

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          SA Rugby plans one-off alternative to Super Rugby

          South Africa Rugby will seek to cut spending by 1 billion rand over the next eight months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has plans for a new domestic competition to replace Super Rugby and the PRO14 on the 2020 calendar.

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          World Rugby considering revamped Nations Championship proposal

          World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont believes the unity shown in the global game during the coronavirus pandemic will finally lead to a new international competition along the lines of last year's Nations Championship proposal.

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          No financial bailout for SANZAAR, Pichot says

          Vice-chairman Augustin Pichot says World Rugby won't bail out SANZAAR nations that hit the financial skids, making it critical they extract themselves quickly from the coronavirus pandemic.

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          Rugby Championship could replace November tour

          Rugby Australia is set to indefinitely extend their suspension of professional competitions beyond May 1, but already has several drawn up several models for rescheduled domestic and Test competitions.

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          Rugby Championship proposal dampened by NZ

          New Zealand Rugby says the concept of Australia staging every match in a rapid-fire Rugby Championship this year is a long way from becoming a reality.

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          South Africa's Kolisi donates masks to breastfeeding mothers

          South Africa captain Siya Kolisi and his wife, Rachel, have donated 1,000 masks to a Cape Town hospital's neonatal unit for mothers who have to breastfeed their babies amid the coronavirus crisis.

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          World Rugby delays decision on July Tests

          The fate of planned mid-year rugby union internationals will be decided this month, but the indications are they will be called off.

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          Lions' South Africa tour dates remain unchanged

          The Olympics have been pushed back a year due to the global coronavirus pandemic, and will now start on July 23, 2021, the day before the first of three Tests on consecutive weekends between the Lions and the Springboks.

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          Jake White joins Bulls as Director of Rugby

          South African Super Rugby side the Bulls have appointed World Cup winner Jake White as their new Director of Rugby, the team announced on Wednesday.

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          116dESPN Staff

          South Africa considering domestic Super Rugby replacement

          SA Rugby plans could see South African franchises and other provincial teams contest a locally-based competition in view of the current suspension of Super Rugby and the Guinness PRO 14.

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