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.

Too many “passengers” in the Springbok team?

You might say a shiny locomotive has been attached, in the form of Warren Whiteley, and certain gratifying, sleek new carriages added as well. But Allister Coetzee’s first Springbok train of 2017 also carries a few too many conspicuous “passengers”.

When Strauss goes…who fills the gap?

On Saturday, Adriaan Strauss’s men might not be facing the prospect of a seventh successive Test defeat, but their prospects of a win look almost as bleak.

Sharks to stay controlled, not likely to go into frenzy

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The ACT Brumbies have abandoned his conservative game plan but Jake White’s Sharks’ side won’t when they face the Canterbury Crusaders in their Super Rugby semi-final on Saturday. The 2007 World Cup-winning coach left the Brumbies last year after guiding them to the Super Rugby final and the Canberra-based side initially adopted … Read more