Verdict
sarugbyshop.co.za appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | An online shop presenting SA Rugby and Springboks merchandise, including Nike apparel, jerseys, accessories, memorabilia, and sale items, with delivery, returns, FAQ, and contact information. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 1 reportAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 21 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 2006252 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR2 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2006.
- VirusTotal and Google Safe Browsing had no flags for this domain; its hosting IP carries AbuseIPDB reports below the confidence level TrustSniffer treats as a flag.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is an online shop presenting SA Rugby and Springboks merchandise, including Nike apparel, jerseys, accessories, memorabilia, and sale items, with delivery, returns, FAQ, privacy, and contact information supporting direct-to-consumer retail sales.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage presents a coherent retail storefront with identifiable products, prices, VAT information, and standard ecommerce navigation; supplied content analysis found no phishing, credential-harvesting, brand-impersonation, or other fraud indicators. External reputation checks likewise recorded no malicious or suspicious detections.
- The homepage identifies the business as the “SA Rugby Official Online Shop” and displays merchandise categories and prices.
- The domain was registered on 2005-11-30 and is approximately 20.68 years old.
- Historical records contain 252 snapshots, first seen 2006-03-11 and last seen 2026-07-24, spanning 21 tracked years.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site operates as a merchandise retailer rather than presenting a regulated financial service. Its product pages show Nike and Springboks merchandise, including jerseys, apparel, accessories, memorabilia, and discounted items, with stated VAT treatment. No regulatory licence claim or licence number is apparent in the supplied content; this is a limited disclosure point requiring ordinary commercial verification, not evidence of deception. The registration record identifies Signet Licensing and Texo Web Hosting.
- The homepage provides product descriptions, prices, sale items, and VAT information.
- The registration record lists Signet Licensing as the organization and Texo Web Hosting as registrar.
- The site is hosted on AS37153, Xneelo (Pty) Ltd, ZA.
- TLS is issued by YR2 at DV validation level and is valid to 2026-09-08T18:30:48+00:00.
What to Verify Next
For institutional procurement, confirm the applicable selling entity and retain the published delivery, returns, privacy, and contact information with the transaction record. Where organizational policy requires it, independently confirm the commercial authorization relevant to the merchandise being purchased.
- The homepage links to delivery, returns, FAQ, privacy, and contact information.
- The storefront provides login and registration functions alongside standard shopping features.
Summary Verdict
This is a legitimate, established, trustworthy ecommerce website with a high-confidence benign posture. Normal interaction, including account login and standard purchasing, is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to a single hosting address operated by Xneelo (Pty) Ltd on AS37153 in South Africa, with no CDN detected. The identifiable hosting arrangement provides a conventional infrastructure profile, although it does not add CDN/WAF mitigation.
Closing Assessment
Normal browsing, account login, and standard purchasing are appropriate, subject to routine organizational procurement controls for higher-value transactions.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-01 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of sarugbyshop.co.za.
- The request stayed on sarugbyshop.co.za. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Texo Web Hosting. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by co.za, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-11-30. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2006-03-11. Clear
- It is hosted on Xneelo (Pty) Ltd, from a server in ZA. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Texo Web Hosting |
|---|---|
| Hosting | Xneelo (Pty) Ltd - Xneelo (Pty) Ltd, ZA |
| Country | ZA |
| Server IP | 129.232.157.42 |
| Name servers | ns1.texo.co.za, ns2.texo.co.za |
| SSL issuer | YR2 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-09-08 |
| Domain age | 20.7 years |
| Domain expiry | 2026-11-30 |
| Archive first seen | 2006-03-11 |
| Archive snapshots | 252 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 1 report | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about sarugbyshop.co.za at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.