MAILBOX: Losing to England gives the Boks a ‘dark horse’ edge
Losing to England is the best thing that could have happened to the Boks. That may sound sacrilegious, but losing by one point on Saturday was a blessing in disguise.
Losing to England is the best thing that could have happened to the Boks. That may sound sacrilegious, but losing by one point on Saturday was a blessing in disguise.
In an unprecedented stance of activism, Springbok DOR Rassie Erasmus lambasts the officiating in last weekend’s B&I Lions series opener.
The unthinkable prospect of the Springboks abandoning the Southern Hemisphere appears to be gaining traction, if media speculation is to be believed.
The Cape Town leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series – provisionally scheduled for 4-6 December this year – has been cancelled, World Rugby announced.
Blitzbok coach Neil Powell congratulated the All Blacks Sevens team after they were named winners of the 2019/20 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
Springbok wing Aphiwe Dyantyi has been nominated as one of three candidates for World Rugby’s Breakthrough Player of the Year Award for 2018.
Warrick Gelant and Dan du Preez will get their first starts for the Springboks in the final Test of 2017, against Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
The Springboks will kick off their 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan with a blockbuster opening encounter against the reigning champions, New Zealand.
Have the Cheetahs and Kings retained enough players of experience and substance to be competitive in PRO14?
Four Southern Kings players, Chris Cloete, Andisa Ntsila, Lionel Cronje and Makazole Mapimpi, are amongst an extended group of players who have been invited to the third Springbok training camp, from May 21-23 in Johannesburg.