Pretoria, Afrique du Sud | AFP | Outside centre Damian de Allende will debut for South Africa Saturday against Argentina in a Rugby Championship first-round match in Pretoria. The uncapped 22-year-old Western Stormer is among eight changes to the starting team that whipped Scotland 55-6 in Port Elizabeth two months ago. De Allende, inside centre … Read more
By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – IRB Junior World Player of the Year Handre Pollard will receive his first South Africa cap when he starts at flyhalf in the one-off test against Scotland in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. The rising Bulls star, who recently captained South Africa to second place at the Junior Rugby … Read more
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Prop Trevor Nyakane has been added to South Africa’s squad for their upcoming tests against Wales and Scotland, the South African Rugby Union said on Sunday. Nyakane, who plays Super Rugby for the Cheetahs, comes in after a poor performance from the front row in Saturday’s 47-13 win over a World … Read more
The Cheetahs will have to make do without scrum half and star playmaker Sarel Pretorius when they take on the Brumbies in a Super Rugby encounter in Bloemfontein on Saturday. The ever-present Pretorius injured his ankle in the Cheetahs 16-23 loss against the Western Force last weekend in the City of Roses and will be … Read more