The Best Boks
Bulls midfielder Jan Serfontein has been a revelation for the Springboks, with Lions lock Franco Mostert the pick of the forwards. Serfontein’s performance in... Read more
Boks have golden glow
Rugby order has been restored. The Springboks played like a team closer to two than five in the world rankings. It is where they... Read more
Extending Brendan Venter’s consultancy – a MUST
Everything possible must be done to extend Brendan Venter’s Springbok consultancy – at least until the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Increased efforts hopefully are... Read more
Great start
The Springboks produced their most efficient and enjoyable performance in a year. This was more like it South Africa. France were inferior in quality... Read more
Blowing whistle on Refs
The standard of match officiating in Super Rugby is as mediocre as the overall standard of rugby in the competition. This past weekend was... Read more
Wonderboy Warren
There is such goodwill towards Lions and Springbok captain Warren Whiteley that it simply has to be rewarded with success against the French. Everyone... Read more
Local is Lekker
All the pressure is on Allister Coetzee’s Springboks to get a wining result in Saturday’s first Test against France – and rightly so. Coetzee’s... Read more
Super Rugby reality check
A bit of perspective please ladies and gentleman. If not the emotional crash will again feel colossal when doing a post mortem of South... Read more
Boks can’t lose
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee has done everything I asked for – which was to load the team with Lions Super Rugby players and to... Read more
Bok lineup to face the French
The Springbok team that starts against France will look decidedly different to the one that lost to Ireland in Cape Town a year ago,... Read more
Boks to fry French
Be comforted, there’s enough quality in Allister Coetzee’s Springboks squad to beat France 3-0 in the June Test series. There’s also a greater concentration... Read more
Load Boks with Lions
Springbok coach Allister Coetzee’s best chance of immediate success is to load his run on XV with Lions players and to trust the continuity... Read more
SA’s RWC good fortune
Smile South Africa, the rugby gods have smiled on us. The 2019 Rugby World Cup draw could not have been kinder. To be grouped... Read more
Bosch’s brilliance
Curwin Bosch is good enough to play for the Springboks against France in the June Test series. Why the hesitation in picking him? Why... Read more
My captain … my captain
Policy dictates that the Springbok captain has to be locally based, then he also has to undoubtedly be the number one in his playing... Read more
Backing overseas-based Boks
Would an overseas-based South African team beat the Springboks? Jake White thinks so – and wrote as much in a column on All Out Rugby.... Read more
