Bulls hooker Adriaan Strauss is new Bok captain
Adriaan Strauss will become the 57th Springbok captain after the Vodacom Bulls hooker was named to lead South Africa in the Castle Lager Incoming Series against Ireland.
Adriaan Strauss will become the 57th Springbok captain after the Vodacom Bulls hooker was named to lead South Africa in the Castle Lager Incoming Series against Ireland.
Hooker Bismarck du Plessis and centre Frans Steyn have been withdrawn from the Springbok group because of injury.
Sean Fitzpatrick spoke exclusively to Sport24 about Saturday’s Super Rugby final between the Lions and the Crusaders at Ellis Park, as well as the row over referee Jaco Peyper’s appointment.
You might say a shiny locomotive has been attached, in the form of Warren Whiteley, and certain gratifying, sleek new carriages added as well. But Allister Coetzee’s first Springbok train of 2017 also carries a few too many conspicuous “passengers”.
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee on Tuesday named a 31-man squad for a three-Test series against France in June.
On Saturday, Adriaan Strauss’s men might not be facing the prospect of a seventh successive Test defeat, but their prospects of a win look almost as bleak.
In an exclusive interview with Sport24, Gary Teichmann discusses the Sharks’ leaky defence, poor crowd attendance and the clash with the Hurricanes on Saturday.
The say that good things come to those who wait, and right now it looks like Scarra Ntubeni could be waiting a long, long time for that Springbok cap.
Allister Coetzee put aside any loyalties, made no promises, owed no favours and simply picked a team based on current form, says David O’Sullivan.
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The ACT Brumbies have abandoned his conservative game plan but Jake White’s Sharks’ side won’t when they face the Canterbury Crusaders in their Super Rugby semi-final on Saturday. The 2007 World Cup-winning coach left the Brumbies last year after guiding them to the Super Rugby final and the Canberra-based side initially adopted … Read more