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Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen hopes the international break has prepared his team for a second Vodacom URC block they’ve traditionally found tough. Van Rooyen said his side is “refreshed, prepared and hungry” ahead of Saturday’s Jukskei derby against the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus Versfeld, after what he describes as a perfectly timed three-week preparation […]

The Money Man and Gavin Rich preview the Springboks’ final match of the season against Wales, and discuss the URC clashes featuring the South African teams. The post Money Man & Rich Pickings: Can the Boks do it again? appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. The Money Man and Gavin Rich preview the Springboks’ final

Coach Frans Steyn is backing new flyhalf signing Jaco van der Walt to make an impact for the Cheetahs in the EPCR Challenge Cup. The 31-year-old former Scotland international has been included in the Cheetahs’ touring squad for their clashes against the Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park on 7 December and Stade Francais at the

France captain Antoine Dupont is set to return for Toulouse this weekend after more than eight months out injured. The scrumhalf suffered a serious knee injury in March but is expected to be in the French champions’ match 23 for Saturday’s home Top 14 game against Racing 92. Since October, the 29-year-old Olympic gold medallist

Cardiff on Saturday is a celebration of the power and precision of the world champion Springboks. The post Keo & Zels: Why these Springboks must bury woeful wales appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Cardiff on Saturday is a celebration of the power and precision of the world champion Springboks. The post Keo & Zels:

Captain Impi Visser says the Blitzboks want to “lay down a marker early” at the Dubai Sevens this weekend. Visser made his first appearance at the traditional captains’ photo ahead of Saturday’s season-opening SVNS tournament “It will be a no-excuses weekend for us,” he said. “We came prepared and are an experienced squad, so we

A week on from a titanic Test in Dublin, it will be Ireland vs South Africa once again as the top two in the Vodacom URC lock horns. Limerick’s Thomond Park will be the setting this time as the league’s two unbeaten sides – Munster and the Stormers – meet on Saturday evening. Both sides

A Springbok loose forward will make his long-awaited return from injury when the Vodacom Bulls face the Lions at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Elrigh Louw has been named on the bench after almost 10 months out with a serious knee injury, providing a major boost for the Bulls, who sit sixth on the Vodacom URC

Rassie Erasmus’ famed ‘Nuke Squad’ returns in Cardiff on Saturday, with an explosive 7-1 bench split he hopes will bury Wales and seal a perfect year-end tour. But the Bok mentor admits the decision to name a forward-heavy bench was not in his original plan and that he may have had to make some more

Cobus Reinach is set to earn his 50th Test cap against Wales in Cardiff for a rebuilt Springbok side featuring a 7-1 bench. Reinach, at 35 and in the form of his life, will come off the bench for his milestone appearance as Rassie Erasmus navigates a wave of enforced changes for a fixture that