These Aussie club players couldn’t keep their mouths shut – and it cost their team big. The post Watch: Rugby’s first backchat penalty try? appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. These Aussie club players couldn’t keep their mouths shut – and it cost their team big. The post Watch: Rugby’s first backchat penalty try? appeared […]
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On 25 June in 2005, British & Irish Lions captain Brian O’Driscoll suffered a tour-ending injury after a hit from All Blacks rival Tana Umaga and Keven Mealamu in Christchurch. Photo: Ross Land/Getty Images The post On this day: BOD speared by All Blacks appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. On 25 June in 2005,
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Lions prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye got put through his paces at Bok scrum coach Daan Human’s farm. READ: How Daan’s farm whipped Asenathi into shape Kamp Daandraad!! pic.twitter.com/NNPlkZ5i4c — Johan Erasmus (@RassieRugby) June 24, 2025 The post Watch: Asenathi at ‘Kamp Daandraad’ appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Lions prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye got put through his
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A South African officiating team takes charge of Saturday’s match between the Springboks and Barbarians at Cape Town Stadium. AJ Jacobs is the man in the middle, with Christopher Allison and Stephan Geldenhuys the assistant referees. Egon Seconds is the TMO and Ben Crouse is in the bunker. Saturday’s match does not have Test status,
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Rassie Erasmus has acknowledged the opportunity for lock Ruben van Heerden to stake his claim for Test recognition when the Springboks and Barbarians clash on Saturday, reports DEVIN HERMANUS. Overlooked by Erasmus to face the Baa Baas, Italy and Georgia over the coming weeks, the uncapped Van Heerden is set to partner SA-born England skyscraper
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Barbarians assistant coach Sam Whitelock expects Stormers lock Ruben van Heerden to make his mark against the Springboks at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. SIMON BORCHARDT reports. Van Heerden, who is coming off a standout season in the Vodacom URC, is expected to start in the second row for the Baa Baas alongside another South
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Lock Jacobus van Tonder has been included in a youthful France squad, captained by centre Gael Fickou, for their tour of New Zealand in July. Perpignan’s Van Tonder represented the Cheetahs at age-group level and was named in the SA Schools A side in 2016, before signing with French Top 14 side Clermont. A Grey
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Barbarians prop Cian Healy plans to do his “homework” before scrumming down against Springbok debutant Asenathi Ntlabakanye at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. SIMON BORCHARDT reports. The first match of the Springboks’ 2025 season marks the end of Healy’s decorated 18-year professional career. The 37-year-old is Ireland’s most capped player with 137 Test appearances, his
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Vincent Tshituka’s “race” to make his Springbok bow against the Barbarians on Saturday represents the culmination of a long-held dream for the Sharks loose forward, reports DEVIN HERMANUS. Saturday’s historic clash represents everything Tshituka envisioned during his eligibility struggles, the DRC-born flanker set to run out in the world champions’ 2025 season opener at Cape
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Rassie Erasmus has revealed the behind-the-scenes conditioning work that has earned Asenathi Ntlabakanye his Springbok debut against the Barbarians on Saturday, reports DEVIN HERMANUS. Speaking during Tuesday’s team announcement conference in the buildup to the Cape Town Stadium clash, Erasmus credited scrum guru Daan Human for helping to prepare the hulking Lions tighthead prop for
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