With Super Rugby set to kick off in just over a month’s time, CRAIG LEWIS makes some predictions for the season ahead.
Leinster No 10 Johnny Sexton has defended Frans Steyn after being high tackled by the Montpellier flyhalf during their European Champions Cup clash on Friday.
Sharks coach Robert du Preez says the tour of Australia that kicks off their Super Rugby season will be a tough challenge.
After a 2016 season to forget, CRAIG LEWIS identifies five youngsters the Springboks need to invest in on the road to the 2019 World Cup.
Former England flyhalf Stuart Barnes says rugby union’s zero-tolerance approach to head contact will make the sport more like rugby league.
Former Springbok wing Cornal Hendricks has left French club Toulon without getting onto the field.
Racing 92 will “initiate several legal proceedings aimed at enforcing its rights and redressing the harm done to the club” by South Africa’s Johan Goosen.
With 2016 finally behind our backs, JON CARDINELLI reflects on a year that witnessed far more lows than highs for South African rugby.
FIRST LOSS TO IRELAND AT HOME
The Springboks went into the series against a weakened Ireland side as overwhelming favourites. In the first match, however, they failed to capitalise when Ireland flanker CJ Stander was sent off, or when Ireland were reduced to 13 men later in the contest. Ireland hung on to secure a 26-20 win, their first on South African soil. The Boks had begun the new season under coach Allister Coetzee in the worst possible fashion. Unfortunately, the worst was yet to come. (more…)
Springbok utility back Johan Goosen has been linked with a move to Gloucester less than a week after it came to light that he had retired.