Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has selected a new halfback combination for their Nations Championship opener against Ireland in Sydney on Saturday. Carter Gordon and Ryan Lonergan will perform the crucial playmaker roles. Gordon was preferred at No 10 to Ben Donaldson – Schmidt’s third different flyhalf in as many Tests. He has never played a […]
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Dave Rennie has made an immediate statement by naming a bold All Blacks side to face France in Christchurch on Saturday. The new coach has handed starting roles to several players in unexpected positions, while Hurricanes prop Xavier Numia and exciting winger Fehi Fineanganofo are in line to make their Test debuts from the bench
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Check out the match 23s for Saturday’s Nations Championship matches. ALL BLACKS vs FRANCE (Saturday, 9:10am SA time) ALL BLACKS – 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Quinn Tupaea, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Ruben Love, 9 Cam Roigard, 8 Ardie Savea (c), 7 Luke Jacobson, 6 Peter Lakai, 5 Sam Darry,
Zach Porthen will take his place on the Springbok bench against England, but the young prop insists he has already been battle-hardened in a far more unforgiving arena, the training paddock. CLINTON VAN DER BERG reports. In a squad stacked with world-class front-rowers, the 22-year-old says nothing comes easy. “A [Springbok] scrum session is tougher
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Eddie Jones says selecting players based in France would transform Steve Borthwick’s England squad from “B-plus to A-star”. England face the Springboks in Saturday’s Nations Championship clash at Ellis Park without a host of experienced stars who are ineligible for selection because they don’t play their club rugby in the country. Jones believes the current
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The boys are expecting a brutal, beautiful belter at Ellis Park on Saturday when the Boks host England in the Nations Championship. The post Keo & Zels: Boks vs England is always a bloody war! appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. The boys are expecting a brutal, beautiful belter at Ellis Park on Saturday when
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Schalk Brits questions Rassie Erasmus’ call to omit Handré Pollard from the Springbok 23 for Saturday, while backing Manie Libbok to take his shot at 10 against England. Pollard misses the Boks’ Nations Championship opener at Ellis Park after a poor Vodacom URC final for the Bulls, while Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is out injured, leaving Libbok
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Manie Libbok would like it known that he’s fit, refreshed and ready for anything England may throw his way on Saturday. CLINTON VAN DER BERG reports. The Springbok flyhalf insists he arrived back in SA from his club in Japan a more complete player, sharper in mind, broader in skill set and quietly confident in the
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The Sharks and Cheetahs’ pool opponents in next season’s EPCR Challenge Cup have been confirmed. The 2026-27 tournament will once again have 18 clubs – eight from the Vodacom URC, six from the Top 14, two from the English Premiership and two invited clubs (Cheetahs and Georgia’s Black Lion) – competing in three pools of six. Frans Steyn’s
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The Stormers, Lions and Vodacom Bulls will all cross swords with heavyweight French opposition in the pool stage of the 2026-27 Investec Champions Cup. South Africa’s three representatives in rugby’s premier club competition, which kicks off on the weekend of 16-18 October, learned their fate during the draw in Dublin on Wednesday. The Lions, set
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