Three Springboks have been nominated for the 2025 World Rugby Player of the Year award. Who deserves it the most? READ: Four Boks crack Player of the Year nods Who should be crowned 2025 World Rugby Player of the Year? Pieter-Steph du Toit Malcolm Marx Ox Nche Louis Bielle-Biarrey ResultsVote The post POLL: Pick your […]
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Jonah Lomu died 10 years ago today. In the January-February 2016 issue of SA Rugby magazine, MARC HINTON wrote a moving tribute to the All Blacks legend. How cruel is life? How perverse its age-old antagonist death? Jonah Lomu was blessed with a mixture of physical gifts that made him the most feared rugby player on
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Former Wallabies flank Michael Hooper believes hosts Australia could meet England in the 2027 World Cup final. Speaking on Stan Sport’s Between Two Posts, Hooper said the momentum building in English rugby reminds him of their march to the 2003 title – when Jonny Wilkinson’s famous extra-time drop goal stunned the Wallabies in Sydney. “This
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Two British & Irish Lions return to fitness for Ireland as they prepare to take on the world champion Springboks in Dublin on Saturday. Garry Ringrose and Josh van der Flier have been given the green light, but the hosts will be without injured centre Stuart McCloskey. FARRELL: Boks have been brilliant The influential midfield
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Like Rassie Erasmus, the boys are at peace with the fact the Boks will be a man down in Dublin long before half time. The post Keo & Zels: Rassie on red alert for Dublin delights appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Like Rassie Erasmus, the boys are at peace with the fact the Boks
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Coach Andy Farrell says Ireland are relishing the chance to measure themselves against the “best in the world” in Dublin on Saturday. Fresh off a record 46-19 victory over Australia, Farrell said the Springboks’ form speaks for itself. “They’re the best in the world. Everyone’s talking about them and the type of rugby they’re playing,”
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Eben Etzebeth says he won’t hold back despite recent red-card controversy involving fellow Springbok locks Lood de Jager and Franco Mostert. De Jager received a straight red against France in Paris and a four-match ban, while Mostert faces a disciplinary hearing this week after getting his marching orders against Italy in Turin. Asked by media
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Mzwandile Stick has hit out at what he calls unfair, inconsistent disciplinary decisions as the Boks prepare for Franco “Sous” Mostert’s looming hearing. Mostert, who was shown a red card against Italy, faces his judicial process in the coming days, and Stick made it clear the Boks are growing increasingly disillusioned with the current landscape.
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Eben Etzebeth says facing Ireland on Saturday is a “nice opportunity” to try to change fortunes in Dublin, where the Springboks last won a Test in 2012. Since then, the Boks have suffered three defeats at the home of Irish rugby, in 2014, 2017 and 2022. Speaking at a press conference in the Ireland capital
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Jeff Wilson says New Zealand’s coaching exodus is at the heart of the All Blacks’ alarming slide. Speaking on The Breakdown after the All Blacks’ 33-19 defeat to England at Twickenham, Wilson said fans were right to demand answers. “We’ve been patient … but this isn’t Super Rugby. This is international rugby,” he insisted. “This
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