Rugby reminiscences: How England blew 2019 Rugby World Cup final – analysis
Months after the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final there is still no definitive answer as to how England, which was a favourite to win, could lose.
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Julian Roup – Dancing with the devil Ep40
In Episode 40 of his new book Life in a Time of Plague, author Julian Roup watches England dancing with the devil of Covid-19.
Julian Roup – Boris lifting UK lockdown – but he only speaks for England Ep37
In Episode 37 of his new book, author Julian Roup puzzles over Boris’s roadmap out of Covid-19 lockdown.
Despite Saturday’s drubbing, there is still something England can teach SA
Just like in 1995, a jovial SA national president stood out among besuited VIPs by wearing a replica of his captain’s jersey. With No 6 on the back of course.
Kolbe returns for World Cup Final
Fit-again wing Cheslin Kolbe returns to the Springbok team in the only change to the match 23 for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final against England.
Ancient score to be settled in Boks “arm wrestle” with England
Not only do the Boks have old scores to settle, the need to win may once again pull us through as it did with Francois Pienaar’s team in 1995.
South Africa allow England to burgle a win at Twickenham
It was a match South Africa didn’t deserve to win, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t deserve the last-gasp penalty from referee Angus Gardner.
5 captains in Bok team to face England at Twickenham
Duane Vermeulen and Warren Whiteley both return to the Springbok starting team and together with Siya Kolisi (captain) they will form a new-look loose forward combination.
Beast Mtawarira to reach a century of Test matches
Tendai Mtawarira will make his 100th Test appearance for South Africa in Bloemfontein on Saturday in the second Test in the Castle Lager Incoming Series against England, becoming only the sixth Springbok to reach this special milestone.
How rugby’s new dawn made me happy to be South African all over again – Ben Karpinski
The performance by both the Springboks and the Blitzboks last weekend turned social media into a happy place where South Africans seemed genuinely proud to be South African again.