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
Handre Pollard is the perfect player to tame the Lions
Handre Pollard has always been the player for the big occasion, be it for Paarl Gym, Western Province Schools, SA Schools, the junior Springboks,... 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
RIP Dougie Heymans – Covid takes one of rugby’s toughest
Dougie Heymans, the man Os du Randt described as the toughest prop he ever faced, has passed away. RIP. This is a tribute to... Read more
Hot Hendricks is the heartbeat of the rampant Bulls
Please everyone in South African and Bulls rugby, get those medical papers of Cornal Hendricks in order and get him into the Springboks national... Read more
Willie le Roux is HUGE for the Springboks
Willie Le Roux, playing with one shoulder, helped win the Springboks the World Cup in 2019. Come July, now fully fit, he will be... Read more
Jasper Wiese has flipped the script with Springbok selection
Quietly leaving South Africa at the end of 2020, without registering on any international radar, Jasper Wiese has flipped the script with a Springbok... Read more
World champion Springboks are winners because of overseas-based players
The decision to allow Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber to unconditionally select the best South African players based overseas transformed the Springboks from 2017... Read more
Du Preez brothers & Wiese to the fore as Bok No 8
Jean-Luc du Preez, his brother Dan and Jasper Wiese’s starting No 8 stocks have risen dramatically with uncertainty around first choice Duane Vermeulen’s participation... Read more
Simelane’s super Springbok Saturday
Lions centre Wandisile Simelane will be rewarded with a first Springbok squad call-up, but for those Bulls players selected it will mean they will... Read more
Why the Kolisi Springboks debate is only about rugby
Siya Kolisi, to start for the Springboks or not, is simply a rugby discussion. Read the lines and don’t go looking for a racial... Read more
Why we go to war with Eben Etzebeth
After battling injury and illness this year, Eben Etzebeth will be back in time to stare down the British & Irish Lions and to... Read more
Siya Kolisi must captain the Springboks against the Lions
Siya Kolisi must be backed unconditionally to lead the Springboks in the three-Test series against the British & Irish Lions. A month spent in... Read more