Johannesburg - South Africa (PANA) -- Four coaches have been short-listed for South Africa's Springboks rugby team's job. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa is searching a new rugby coach after Harry Viljoen's unexpected resignation on Saturday. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Lack of funds has forced Zambia Rugby Football Union to abandon preparation of its under-19 team for the World Cup qualifying match against Namibia. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Thousands of South African rugby fans Saturday watched in glee as the Springboks beat Italy 54-26 in match televised from Genoa, only a week after the South African side suffered an embarrassing 20-10 defeat against France. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Diggers Rugby Football Club of Kitwe have been crowned league champions for 2001 after they convincingly won their final match. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The South African under 23 team won the 2001 Africa Cup of Nations for rugby by defeating the Moroccan team (36 to 20), in the finals held in Casablanca Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya and South Africa are drawn against tough sides in this year's Dubai Sevens rugby tournament in Dubai. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Madagascar Saturday beat Cameroon 30- 24 in Yaounde to win its ticket to the third round of the 2003 Rugby World Cup preliminaries. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroon's national rugby team takes on Madagascar on Saturday in the second leg of qualifying matches for the 2003 World Cup finals to be held in Australia. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The national men's Rugby teams of Ghana and Togo have confirmed their participation in the first Abuja International Rugby Championship scheduled for the Nigerian capital 25 October, organisers said. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Springbok rugby flyhalf Butch James was suspended Thursday from the game for six weeks with immediate effect for dangerous play during a weekend Currie Cup match. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Below are the weekend results of the South African Currie Cup rugby matches played in the various stadiums in the country. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian rugby fans have expressed disquiet over the manner in which the national rugby football union has handled its team ahead of Saturday's crucial World Cup qualifying tie in Kampala, Uganda. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's national rugby team leaves Lusaka on Thursday for Kampala to play the Ugandan side in a crucial match that will decide the qualifier to the next round of the 2003 World Cup finals. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia unconvincingly won the first of the three games to decide the winner in Pool A of the 2003 Africa World Cup qualifying rugby series. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Springboks beat the Australian rugby World champions 20-15 in a tri-nations match played Saturday at Minolta Loftus stadium in Pretoria. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Cameroon's national rugby team arrives in Lusaka Thursday for a world cup qualifying match against Zambia on Saturday in the copper and cobalt mining town of Chingola. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia has picked a 22-man squad to prepare for the match against Cameroon in the 2003 World Cup Rugby qualifying series starting 28 July. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibia's national rugby team, the Welwitschias, defeated their Zimbabwean counterparts 19-15 in an Africa Rugby Cup qualifying match at the National Stadium Saturday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Currie Cup South African inter-provincial rugby union championship results this weekend (four points for win, two for draw, none for loss, one bonus point for scoring four tries or losing by seven or less points). Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibia's national rugby team, the Welwitschias, Saturday beat their Zimbabwean counterparts 19- 15 in Windhoek in a match counting for the Africa Rugby Cup qualifying series. Full text...