Frans Malherbe puts the right shoulder into Georgia
Frans Malherbe may take a few blows on social media because of his build, but no one lands a blow to him at scrum... Read more
British & Irish legend Gibbs raves about Faf de Klerk
British & Irish Lions three-tour veteran Scott Gibbs believes scrumhalf Faf de Klerk will be decisive for a Springbok series win against the tourists,... Read more
And on this ‘good’ Friday the Springboks play again!
Crowd or no crowds, the rugby will be special and while we can bemoan the lack of a stadium audience, we still have the... Read more
Damn the South African Duhan haters. Show our boy some love
Damn the South African online haters of Duhan van der Merwe. Show the British & Irish Lions big winner some love because while he... Read more
King Kolbe drops in for the French double with cracker of a kick
Springbok Cheslin Kolbe kicked a 50 metre drop goal in Toulouse’s Top 14 final win against La Rochelle, showing there is nothing he can’t... Read more
Duhan looks right at home in the winning Lions den
Duhan van der Merwe scored a try and looked as if he had been in a British & Irish Lions jersey all his career.... Read more
The Angel number ’45’ makes Black Caps Test World Championship win heavenly
Three South Africans and a Zimbabwean all contributed to the New Zealand Black Caps winning of the first ever Test World Championship, but Cape... Read more
Why the bio-bubble bizarrely will be a Bok bonanza
The British & Irish Lions Test team won’t know what it feels like to be tackled until that first Bok hit in the first... Read more
26 Years on: The tension of the 1995 World Cup Final week
Mark Keohane reported on the 1995 World Cup final and this is how he experienced that week that culminated in the Springboks beating the... Read more
Gatland’s coaching gives the British & Irish Lions challenge in SA substance
New Zealand’s Warren Gatland is the best non-South African coach in the world and his last dance with the British & Irish Lions in... Read more
It feels like the World Cup all over again for Faf & the Springboks
Don’t underestimate the World Cup connection in restoring the Springboks imbalance of not having played a Test in nearly two years. World Cup winner... Read more
Benetton butcher Bulls in wake up call for South African rugby
FFS … if you can’t beat Benetton, you can’t beat the Blues. And you most certainly won’t beat the Crusaders. Forget the challenge of... Read more
It feels good to have Jake White back in South African rugby
Jake White’s return to South African rugby has made the game stronger in this country. It is good to have the 2007 World Cup-winning... Read more
The ‘forward pass’ video that has everyone up in arms
Rugby analyst and SA Rugby Magazine’s Zelim Nel’s ‘forward pass’ video has been labelled irresponsible by South African referee Stuart Berry. Nel’s insistence is... Read more
Rugby collision or a card? the pictures that show referees don’t have a clue
Someone needs to sort out what constitutes a high tackle and what is a rugby collision before the start of the Springboks three-match Test... Read more
Enforcing the reality of Bakkies Botha & giving perception the red card
Bakkies Botha was the Enforcer of all things on a rugby field. The legendary Springboks, Bulls and Toulon hard man, who started his career... Read more