.Preparations for the up and coming CAR tournament to be held in Rwanda have begun. Players were called to national training last weekend. The training sessions will be held at the Kwaluseni Campus sports ground. The CAR tournament kicks off on June 1st with four countries participating, Burundi, Rwanda, Swaziland and Tanzania.

The Swaziland Rugby Union have received an invitation to participate in the 2013 CAR Africa Cup Division II East rugby tournament to be played in Rwanda in June. Four countries have been invited to play in the tournament, host Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Swaziland. "We are delighted to have received the invitation to play in the CAR tournament and to be back playing international rugby" said SRU president, Michael Collinson.

Ngwane Groups, Njabulo Fakudze (l) with Man of the Match Thando DlaminiAt the end of the Test Match against Botswana played on Saturday, the coaches named Thando Dlamini the 'Ngwane Group' Man of the Match. Thando was given his prize of 'Top Score' Mealie Meal by Ngwane Group representative Njabulo Fakudze after the game.

Sizeze EswatiniThe Botswana national side, the Vultures proved to be too good for Sizeze Eswatini at the weekend. The seconf Test Match in the two Test series was played at the Mavuso Sports Centre in Manzini. A good sized crowd were in attendence to witness this the first home game for Sizeze in six years.

Scrumhalf Wilson Dlamini with the new FNB Sizeze Eswatini rugby jerseySizeze Eswatini showed off their new playing jersey today at the Rugby Union's offices. The First National Bank logo will be on the front of the new jerseys.The jersey will be worn on Saturday November 24th for the Test Match against Botswana.

Following the final training session for the national squad held on Saturday at the Kwaluseni Sports Ground on Saturday, the Rugby Union coaching team met on Sunday to select the twenty two man squad to face Botswana on Saturday 24th of November at the Mavuso Sports Centre in Manzini.

Following lengthy discussion between the Swaziland and Botswana Rugby Union's a date has been agreed upon for the second Test Match to be played in Swaziland. The new date will be Saturday November 24th and the game will be played at the Mavuso Sports Centre in Manzini.

The Swaziland Rugby Union were informed today that the Vultures the Botswana national side would not be travelling to Swaziland to play the return leg of the two Test Match series. The Botswana Rugby Union gave the ongoing truck drivers strike in South Africa and the fear for the safety of their players as the reason for cancelling the game. BRU President, Bob Lekan has assured the SRU that the return test Match will be played in 2012 at a later date.

Sizeze Eswatini players passing through Kwaluseni during the Border to Border runAll the players from the national squad 'Sizeze Eswatini' took part in a fundraising Border to Border run from the Ngwenya border post in the west of the country to the border post in the east. Even the torrential rain didn't deterr the players from completing the mammouth task.

Wilson Dlamini and Callum Oliver with ladies from the Luve market with their 'Rugby Fever Friday' Rugby jerseysThe coaches were in the town of Luve today to hold a coaching session at the Elephants Rugby Club, however. Before the coaching session the coaches gave out rugby jerseys to celebrate 'Rugby Fever Friday' at the local market.