A tentative timeline has been set for Ethan Hooker’s return to the Springboks following surgery to his injured shoulder. According to Rapport, Hooker will definitely miss the Nations Championship Tests against England, Scotland and Wales in July, but is targeting the opening Test of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series against the All Blacks at Ellis Park […]
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Former Wallabies scrumhalf Will Genia believes Manie Libbok’s stint in Japan’s second division has honed the flyhalf’s attacking game. Genia works as skills coach with Libbok at the Hanazono Kintetsu Liners, where former Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper serves as attack coach. The 28-year-old Libbok joined the Liners from the Stormers at the end of last
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The Stormers’ thrilling draw against Ulster delivered three log points but exposed costly flaws at a crucial stage of the Vodacom URC season, writes MARK KEOHANE. Writing for the Sunday Times, Keohane says the 38-38 result in Ulster strengthened the Stormers’ top-two push, but the failure to secure a bonus-point win leaves them vulnerable heading
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Jan Serfontein says his body was screaming at him to stop, but the mental battle to walk away from rugby nearly broke him. The former Springbok centre has revealed the agonising internal struggle that preceded his shock retirement announcement, admitting he wrestled daily with conflicting voices telling him to quit and to carry on. “One
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Leinster scored five tries, including three in the last 10 minutes, to beat the Lions at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. The 31-7 victory moved Leinster up to third on the Vodacom URC log, with the Lions dropping from third to fifth. Ivan van Rooyen’s men now travel to Munster for their final-league stage match
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JP Pietersen believes Zekhethelo Siyaya has shown he is more than capable of filling the No 10 jersey, after the teenager starred in the Sharks’ emphatic Vodacom URC win over Benetton at Kings Park. The 18-year-old was handed a surprise start at flyhalf and produced a mature performance as the Sharks ran in eight tries
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The Vodacom Bulls boosted their URC home playoff push with a 54-19 win over Zebre on Saturday, but are sweating on winger Cheswill Jooste’s fitness. The 19-year-old, who was one of the try-scorers in a dominant first half, made way for Stedman Gans at the start of the second half. “The only little bit of,
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Jurenzo Julius bagged a hat-trick as the Sharks put Benetton to the sword in their Vodacom URC dead-rubber clash in Durban on Saturday. The hosts ran in eight tries to hammer their Italian visitors 46-7 on a balmy winter’s evening. The first half at Kings Park was a stop-start affair, with both sides guilty of
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The Junior Springboks clinched their first Sanzaar U20 Rugby Championship title after drawing with New Zealand at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday. Having hammered Argentina and Australia, the reigning U20 world champions needed a single bonus point to finish top of the log, while the Baby Blacks – who lost to Los Pumitas
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