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While questioning the rarity of the clash between the old rivals at Eden Park, Andy Goode rated the Springboks’ chances of beating the All Blacks at their fortress in New Zealand this year. The Boks will face the Kiwis in Auckland and Wellington in the 2025 Rugby Championship, and the world champions are set to […]

Forward Jan-Hendrik Wessels says the Vodacom Bulls are primed to open their 2024-25 Investec Champions Cup account with a statement performance against Castres on Saturday. The Bulls will return to action in the third round of the EPCR competition following a two-week break, and face a massive test in the south of France as they

Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie believes an equity partner proposal led by billionaire Johann Rupert is a better option for SA Rugby (SARU) than a revised Ackerley Sports Group (ASG) bid. According to reports, the US investment group ASG has renewed its efforts to invest in SARU by working with a local consortium that includes Rupert,

Bok prop Ox Nche says the Sharks won’t be caught off-guard by the new law amendment that gives scrumhalves more protection around scrums, rucks and mauls. The Durbanites are expected to face a full-strength Toulouse in the Champions Cup at Kings Park on Saturday, with star No 9 Antoine Dupont travelling to the southern hemisphere

Charles Ollivon said on Tuesday that a right knee injury had brought an end to his season, meaning the veteran France flanker will miss the Six Nations. The former France skipper, 31, is to undergo an operation after sustaining the injury in the seventh minute of Toulon’s 36-24 Top 14 victory over Racing 92 on

Evan Roos is among a trio of star players returning for the Stormers in the buildup to Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup clash against the Sale Sharks at Cape Town Stadium. Speaking in a Stormers conference on Tuesday, assistant coach Norman Laker confirmed that Springbok No 8 Roos, experienced prop Sti Sithole and Englishman Ben Loader

Springbok fullback Quan Horn returns for the Lions as part of a 26-man group that has travelled to the south of France to face Montpellier at GGL Stadium in the EPCR Challenge Cup on Saturday. Horn, who has been sidelined with an unspecified injury since the end of November, is in line to run out

American investment group Ackerley Sports Group (ASG) has reportedly renewed its efforts to invest in SA Rugby (SARU) by working with a local consortium. According to IOL Sport, ASG is now open to collaboration with the group that includes billionaire Johann Rupert, Sharks controlling owner Marco Masotti and Stormers owner Johan le Roux. ASG, whose

South African rugby will be spoilt for choice when Rassie Erasmus decides to leave his post as Springbok head coach, writes SIMON BORCHARDT. Erasmus’ current assistants – Deon Davids and Mzwandile Stick – will be in a prime position to apply, especially if they do so after the Boks have won a third consecutive World Cup. Jacques

Ulster prop Tom O’Toole will be unavailable for Ireland’s first two Six Nations Tests of 2025 after being handed a six-game suspension for dangerous play. The 26-year-old, who has 17 Ireland caps, was sent off for a dangerous clean-out on Munster centre Alex Nankivell during a Vodacom URC defeat by Munster at Kingspan Stadium last