Griquas host the Cheetahs in a central derby in Kimberley on Saturday afternoon with play kicking off at 14:30.

Springbok veteran Frans Steyn delighted fans by downing a beer after the Cheetahs’ Currie Cup win over Western Province.

The Bulls host WP in the feature Currie Cup fixture on Wednesday in Pretoria, while there are also matches set for Kimberley and Nelspruit.

Free State Rugby has announced contract extensions of several Cheetahs stalwarts as well as the arrival of some new faces.

Follow the action as the Free State Cheetahs take on Griquas at Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein in a Currie Cup round one match.

An on-duty Free State police officer allegedly shot his girlfriend nine times on Wednesday before turning his service weapon on himself.

Toyota Free State Cheetahs have announced FOUR new signings for the 2022 Carling Currie Cup season which gets underway in January.

Here we look at who tops the Currie Cup key stats stakes after the 2021 tournament has completed its round-robin phase.

Follow the Cheetahs vs Lions Carling Currie Cup match from the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein with our live score updates.

Western Province vs Cheetahs: WP and the Free Staters will be giving their all for a win to ensure they remain close to the top four.

Curwin Bosch kicked 22 points and the Sharks ran in five tries to beat the Cheetahs 47-30 in Bloemfontein on Saturday and go top of the Currie Cup log.

The Cheetahs made it back-to-back Currie Cup wins when they thumped Western Province 38-21 in Bloemfontein on Wednesday.

SA Rugby has confirmed that due to the situation of unrest currently being experienced in Gauteng, two matches scheduled to take place in Johannesburg on Saturday have been cancelled or postponed.

The Cheetahs held on to pull off a great escape and claim their first win of the season over a game Pumas outfit on Friday afternoon.

The Currie Cup Premier Division match between the Cheetahs and Bulls, scheduled for Bloemfontein on Wednesday, has been cancelled in line with Covid-19 protocols.

Griquas beat the Free State Cheetahs 31-10 in Kimberley in a Currie Cup Central derby matchup plagued by errors.

“We decided on a lofty objective for the Currie Cup as early as February already and we know exactly what we want to achieve,” said the coach.

One of South African rugby’s toughest front-row forwards, Cheetahs veteran Dougie Heymans, has tragically become a victim of the coronavirus.

Evardi Boshoff has signed a short-term contract with the Cheetahs from the UCT Varsity Cup side, bringing to five the number of players heading to Bloemfontein.

Cheetahs coach Hawies Fourie has urged everyone to take a good look at Rosko Specman in this weekend’s Toyota Challenge match.

Johan du Toit has been named as captain of the Toyota Invitational side for the Toyota Challenge in Bloemfontein on Saturday afternoon

Cheetahs head coach Hawies Fourie has included Springboks Frans Steyn, Ruan Pienaar and Oupa Mohoje in a strong starting team

The Toyota Cheetahs rugby side has announced that they will be taking on a Toyota Invitational side at the Toyota Stadium at 16h00 this Saturday.

The Toyota Cheetahs confirmed the signing and return of “one of its favourite sons” Robert Ebersohn on Monday afternoon.

William Small-Smith has announced that he will be hanging up his boots following a 10-year professional rugby career.

Cheetah prop Charles Marais has announced that he will be hanging up his boots following a professional career that spanned 10 years.

The EP Elephants had no answer for the Cheetahs as the Free Staters finished the 2021 Kick-Off Pools with a commanding win in Bloemfontein.

Former Cheetahs prop Luan de Bruin has swapped Leicester for Edinburgh.

The start of the 2021 rugby season will signal the beginning of an exciting new era for WP Rugby at its new home – Cape Town Stadium.

Springbok lock Marvin Orie has signed with Western Province Rugby and will join the Stormers squad in their preparations for the 2021 season.

Bulls captain Duane Vermeulen and stalwart centre Cornal Hendricks have been nominated for the top honour, the Players’ Player of the year alongside the Cheetahs Frans Steyn and Sharks pivot Curwin Bosch.

Scottish side Edinburgh Rugby have announced the acquisition of promising Cheetahs loosehead prop Boan Venter.

English club London Irish have confirmed the appointment of Cheetahs forwards coach Corniel van Zyl.

The Cheetahs have signed one of very few recognisable players in the Southern Kings’ set-up, front-ranker Schalk Ferreira.

English club Bath Rugby have confirmed the signing of Cheetahs hooker Jacques du Toit with immediate effect.

English club Bath Rugby have welcomed South African playmaker Tian Schoeman to the club on an 18-month contract.

There appears to be no end in sight to the mass exodus of players and coaching staff from the beleaguered Cheetahs.

The Cheetahs travel to Kimberley with only pride at stake on the final weekend of the round-robin phase of the Currie Cup while the Bulls are in Nelspruit.

Former Springbok Johan Goosen looks set to turn down a move to the Bulls and rather join the Cheetahs when he returns to SA in mid-year.

Enjoy Currie Cup highlights after the penultimate round in the world’s oldest provincial rugby competition.

The Cheetahs defence of the Currie Cup was ended by a dramatic 31-29 last gasp defeat to Western Province in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

The Currie Cup teams will look to start 2021 with a bang as the competition reaches its penultimate round on Saturday.

Cheetahs coach Hawies Fourie has made two changes to his team to face Western Province in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

David Meihuizen comes into the starting line-up in the only change to a WP team still missing Siya Kolisi for their clash against the Cheetahs.

SA Rugby has confirmed a required change to the Currie Cup fixtures for this coming weekend due to the imposing of Covid-19 lockdown Level 3.

Captain Siya Kolisi will miss Western Province’s Currie Cup match against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein next Saturday.

The Lions jumped two spots into second position on the Currie Cup log with a superb victory over the Sharks at Ellis Park on Saturday.

The Cheetahs have not ruled out taking legal action against SA Rugby after being excluded from next season’s expanded PRO16 tournament.

Cheetahs centre Frans Steyn will have to pass a late fitness test to determine his readiness for Saturday’s Super Rugby Unlocked match against the Stormers in Cape Town.

After two weeks of inactivity, the Cheetahs visit the Sharks in Durban for the weekend’s first Super Rugby Unlocked fixture.

The Pumas are set to become the eighth South African team to contest a Super Rugby fixture buoyed by the fact that each of the last two South African teams to enter the competition have won their maiden games.

The Cheetahs open their Super Rugby Unlocked campaign with a home match against the Pumas in Bloemfontein on Saturday 10 October.

The Cheetahs are set to be pulled from Pro14 Rugby with the four Super Rugby franchises set to enter an expanded tournament.

The four, existing franchises (Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers) will be joined by the Cheetahs, Pumas and Griquas for Super Rugby Unlocked.

SA Rugby has announced another step towards the return of competitive action, with professsional teams set to resume full-contact training.

According to SA Rugby, a total of eight South African professional teams will be able to return to training from Monday.

The Pro14 has been added to the list of sports events suspended in an effort to quell the rapid spread of the deadly Coronavirus.

The Cheetahs and the Southern Kings each suffered heavy defeats in the latest round of PRO14 action.

The South African contingent of the Guinness PRO14, the Cheetahs and Kings, will return to the field on Saturday after their festive season breaks with clashes against Zebre and Edinburgh respectively.

The Cheetahs broke a run of three successive away defeats by notching their first win on the road in this season’s Guinness PRO14 against the Ospreys.

Frans Steyn owns a house in Bloemfontein and might consider a spell with the Cheetahs before hanging up his boots for good.

The Free State Cheetahs, led by the vastly experienced Ruan Pienaar, have made the perfect start to their Pro14 campaign bagging maximum points in the opening three rounds.

Franco Smith will take charge of the Free State Cheetahs for the last time on Friday evening when Munster visit Bloemfontein in the Pro14.

After losing several players before the start of the season, the Cheetahs managed to rebuild and claimed a sixth Currie Cup title.

Another big day ahead.

Springbok hooker Scara Ntubeni did not do himself any favours with a spur of the moment incident, but a nice gesture afterwards seems to have won him new fans

Every match will be vital in the Currie Cup this weekend as two teams play their penultimate pool games, while the other four sides enter the second half of the competition.

Jake White has set the record straight regarding his rumoured interest in the soon-to-be-vacant Cheetahs job.

A trip to Bloemfontein on the cards in the all-South African clash as the Cheetahs host the Southern Kings. Follow live updates here.

South African rugby is not only struggling on the field.

It’s the safari derby! As the Italian minnows journey south to the Free State Stadium for the first time, they may be doing so with little more than survival in mind against the wounded hosts.

Limerick plays host to the second verse of South Africa’s northern hemisphere rugby adventure. But can the visitors bounce back from an opening night defeat and put poetry in motion?

The year was 1997.

Tough opener and two costly yellow cards.

A new era for South African rugby begins on Friday night at Kingspan Park in Belfast, while the Currie Cup is left gasping for the oxygen of publicity back home.

With the team to face the Baa-Baas at Wembley Stadium on Saturday out in the open, the keyboard warriors have delivered their assessment ahead of the Boks’ first game on tour.

The Blue Bulls were mauled by rampant Cheetahs during the Currie Cup final in Bloemfontein. The Cheetahs won 36-16 after leading 18-9 at half-time. Here’s what the good people of the internet had to say.

As the big cheeses of the sport descended on Cape Town to fix everything from Super Rugby to the Springboks, we look at what, if anything, came out of it apart from hot air.