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.
The selection of Garth April was as surprising as any in Allister Coetzee’s first Springbok squad.
South Africa’s twelfth post-isolation national rugby coach seems determined to begin duty with a pretty clean slate.
Elton Jantjies faces a race against time to be fit for the home series against Ireland next month after it was confirmed he would have surgery on an injured hand.
In recent years, Siya Kolisi has been a standout player in the green and gold, and all things considered he is perfectly suited to lead the Springboks into a bold new era.
Rassie Erasmus will spearhead a streamlined but experienced Springbok management team until the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, SA Rugby confirmed on Wednesday.
SA Rugby announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement with Allister Coetzee to part ways with immediate effect.
Bok coach Allister Coetzee has arrived back from the end-of-year tour suggesting that the Springboks have had a successful season.
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee said a poor start cost his team at the Principality Stadium. Wales won the match 24-22 after thwarting a determined comeback from the South Africans.
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.