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Former referee Owen Doyle says Eben Etzebeth’s eye-gouge leaves “no mitigation” while James Ryan’s reduced ban exposes major flaws in rugby’s disciplinary system. Writing in The Irish Times, Doyle said the footage of the Bok lock pressing his thumb toward Wales flank Alex Mann’s eye left no room for interpretation. “Whichever way you look at it, […]

Zander Reynders says the Blitzboks will need to dominate up front against Fiji and New Zealand on Saturday. Reynders returns to Cape Town Stadium a very different player to the wide-eyed rookie who made his Blitzboks debut in the Mother City a year ago. Now an established member of the squad – and a world

MyPlayers has announced the nominees for the 2025 Players’ Player of the Year Awards. Among the nominees for the Men’s Fifteens Players’ Player of the Year are Pieter-Steph du Toit, Ox Nche and Malcolm Marx, all of whom were also honoured as nominees for the World Rugby Player of the Year, with Marx taking the

The Springboks have been drawn in Pool B for the 2027 World Cup in Australia. The four-time winners, targeting an unprecedented hat-trick of titles, will face Italy, Georgia and Romania in the pool stage of the expanded 24-team global showpiece. The Boks have faced all three pool opponents in World Cups before – Romania in

The world’s top two teams – the Springboks and All Blacks – are likely to meet at the quarter-final stage of the 2027 World Cup in Australia. On Wednesday, New Zealand were drawn in Pool A with Australia, Chile and Hong Kong, while the Boks were placed in Pool B with Italy, Georgia and Romania.

Bayonne will welcome back Les Bleus flanker Alexandre Fischer for Friday night’s Investec Champions Cup opener against the Stormers. Fischer had been sidelined for a month after suffering an injury against Montauban in early November, but the former Clermont forward has resumed full training and looks set to bolster a Bayonne back row already stretched

Toulouse have received a timely boost ahead of Sunday’s Investec Champions Cup opener against the Sharks, with several key players returning to training. English flanker Jack Willis has recovered from the rib injury that kept him out of last weekend’s Top 14 victory over Racing 92 and is now available for selection. Willis picked up

Springbok hardman Eben Etzebeth may have to wait until at least Sunday to learn his fate. This after a World Rugby disciplinary panel reportedly failed to reach agreement on what punishment he should face for allegedly eye-gouging Wales flank Alex Mann. According to Netwerk24, the hearing – which began at 7pm on Tuesday and ran

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has delivered a brutally honest assessment of the Sharks’ poor start to the season. The Bok centurion says given the calibre of players in the squad, the Sharks shouldn’t be languishing at 14th on the Vodacom URC log after six rounds and need to rediscover their intensity across both the Investec

Springbok legend Naas Botha has identified the key reason Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has surged to the front of the Boks’ flyhalf pecking order. Feinberg-Mngomezulu has enjoyed a rapid rise since his debut against Wales at Twickenham last year, already banking 19 Test caps and finishing 2025 as the Boks’ preferred No 10, ahead of Handre Pollard