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Stedman Gans will captain the Springbok Sevens squad to Hamilton and Sydney for the third and fourth tournaments of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
To keep a New Zealand team scoreless in a rugby match is almost impossible; to prevent the All Black Sevens team from scoring in a final even more so.
Forget about the Springbok-All Black rivalry. The battles between the Springboks and British and Irish Lions teams have provided us with some of the most epic matches and greatest memories.
Siviwe Soyizwapi will lead a vastly experienced Springboks Sevens squad featuring a number of returning veterans at the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens tournament next weekend.
Not only did Faf de Klerk start the SA flag speedo trend when shaking hands with Prince Harry, he’s now joining the fight against testicular cancer.
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi thanked South Africans from all walks of life for coming out in their hundreds of thousands to congratulate the Boks on winning the Rugby World Cup in the last week.
Aimee Barrett-Theron was 12 years old, watching the Sydney Olympics on TV, when she turned to her mom and said: “One day, I’m going to be there.”
The first big-name Springbok to call it a day for Test rugby was Beast Mtawarira. Now the man known as Flo, Francois Louw, says a 10-year international adventure has to end.
When the view from your garden is of the H-shaped posts that beckon the bouncing ball, you begin to see just how rugby can shape a nation.
Rugby World Cup-winning Springbok legend Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira has announced his retirement from international rugby.