The show must go on as Rugby Championship heads to Australia bubble
A big relief to all rugby lovers as the remainder of the Rugby Championship has been scheduled to be completed in Queensland, Australia.
A big relief to all rugby lovers as the remainder of the Rugby Championship has been scheduled to be completed in Queensland, Australia.
World Cup champions SA opened a lead on top of the global rankings as the domestic rugby season gains traction.
Blitzbok coach Neil Powell congratulated the All Blacks Sevens team after they were named winners of the 2019/20 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
The Springboksâ 23-13 defeat by New Zealand in their Rugby World Cup opener had not deflated the belief of Rassie Erasmus.
The Springboks will field an unchanged 23 for the first time since the last Rugby World Cup for their opening match of the 2019 version in Yokohama on Saturday.
The body language of the players as the final whistle was blown in the Rugby Championship Test between New Zealand and South Africa in Wellington was telling.
Experienced No 8 Duane Vermeulen will lead the Springboks against the All Blacks on Saturday, when the two traditional rivals clash in Wellington in the second round of the shortened 2019 Castle Lager Rugby Championship.
The disappointed Springboks rued âsoft momentsâ that cost them a famous double over world No 1 New Zealand, but came away with burgeoning self-belief.
Damian de Allende, Francois Louw and Steven Kitshoff are back in the Springbok starting line-up for Saturdayâs Castle Lager Rugby Championship match against the All Blacks at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
Experienced flanker Francois Louw re-joined the Springbok squad on Monday in Pretoria following a two week stay at his English Premiership club side Bath.