Sporting Digest: Rugby Union

STEVE PILGRIM returns to 15-a-side rugby on London's tour of Zimbabwe later this month - a year and a half after surrendering his amateur status after appearing unpaid in a rugby league trial with Leeds.

SOUTH AFRICA (v New Zealand, Auckland, 6 August): T van Rensburg; J Small, J Mulder, C Williams, B Venter; H le Roux, J Roux; J le Roux, J Allan, G Kebble, M Andrews, S Atherton, T Strauss, F Pienaar (capt), A Richter. Replacements: A Joubert, J Claassens, J van der Westhuizen, F van Heerden, K Andrews, J Dalton.