Flash Briefing: More loadshedding; social media giants scramble after NZ massacre; electric cars rule Geneva
More loadshedding, up to stage 2, can be expected until the middle of the week after stage 4 loadshedding over the weekend.
More loadshedding, up to stage 2, can be expected until the middle of the week after stage 4 loadshedding over the weekend.
Due to next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan, the Springboks will play their only two home Tests in 2019 in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Handré Pollard will start at flyhalf for the Springboks on Saturday when they take on the All Blacks in Wellington, while Malcolm Marx and Lukhanyo Am are also back in the starting line-up.
No one flies across 8 time zones to New Zealand, to the fortress that is AMI Stadium in Christchurch, and beats the Crusaders. Why should it be any different for the Lions?
This time last year, the Blitzboks ended the Australasian leg of the World Sevens Series with two wins from the two tournaments. This season, they finished second each time.
New Zealand claimed their maiden HSBC Cape Town Sevens title as South Africa had to settle for bronze after a pulsating day of action in the Mother City.
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.
It’s too easy to point out the differences between the roaring success of the Blitzboks and the depressing failure of the Springboks.
How good a team could the Springboks field if its selection criteria embraced all its global citizens? Alec Hogg draws up a global top XV.
In the thick of the ancient rivalry between the Boks and the All Blacks, lie many stories of fortitude, honour, and lessons forged in battle. Here is one such tale, learned by chance in a barbershop in New Zealand.