O’Sullivan: Fikile’s transformation frustration self-inflicted. Take a leaf from Iceland’s playbook.
Inevitably a conversation about the Springbok team becomes a conversation about transformation.
Inevitably a conversation about the Springbok team becomes a conversation about transformation.
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee has made five changes to his match-23 – four of them necessitated by injury.
A slight tweak versus a reprieve en masse … that is probably the tormenting debate in Springbok coach Allister Coetzee’s mind.
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Ireland loose forward CJ Stander has received a one-match suspension for his late challenge on Springbok flyhalf Patrick Lambie.
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee has called Morne Steyn into the national team as cover for an injured Pat Lambie.
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt said the joy of a first Test triumph in South Africa was diluted by the “harsh” red carding of CJ Stander.
The much-vaunted “new era in Springbok rugby” got off to an historic start at Newlands on Saturday for all the wrong reasons.
Allister Coetzee is equipped to lead South Africa’s transformation on and off the field, according to Barbarians head coach Robbie Deans.
Rugby fans are like financial markets – they don’t like being blindsided. So far, there’s no mass selling of Bok shares.