Head coach Robbie Deans backs a star-studded Barbarians outfit to push the “greatest team in the game”, the Springboks, when the teams clash in Cape Town next week. Speaking on Heart FM’s ‘Super Saturdays with Jeremy Harris’, the Kiwi said pride, tradition and the calibre of players in the Baa Baas side would drive a […]
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Rassie Erasmus says the Springboks’ clash with the Barbarians in Cape Town will be an unpredictable and challenging start to the world champions’ 2025 season. The invitational side, known for their free-flowing approach, arrive in the Republic for the first time to face the Boks at Cape Town Stadium on 28 June. It’s the ninth
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All Blacks star Ardie Savea will return to Japan’s Kobe Steelers in 2026, exercising a sabbatical clause in his New Zealand Rugby contract. The 31-year-old, World Rugby’s Player of the Year in 2023, helped propel Moana Pasifika to within a whisker of the Super Rugby playoffs this year. “I have so much love for what
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Two Springboks have been selected for an Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup Dream XV as part of the tournaments’ 30th anniversary celebrations. They are lock Bakkies Botha, who played an important part in all of Toulon’s three consecutive Champions Cup victories (2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15) and winger Bryan Habana, who featured in the
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Jesse Kriel, Johan Ackermann and Frans Ludeke provide unique insight into a Japan Rugby League that’s stronger than most think, writes SIMON BORCHARDT in SA Rugby magazine. Six seasons in Japan have boosted Jesse Kriel’s bank balance, but it’s also shaped him into the player and person he is today. The Springbok centre had his
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Johnny Sexton has urged Leinster and Munster supporters to back whoever is selected at 10 for Ireland. The intense debate over whether Leinster’s Sam Prendergast or Munster’s Jack Crowley should be the first-choice flyhalf at Test level has been split along Irish provincial lines. Former Ireland No 10 Sexton, who will become a full-time assistant
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A New Zealand star has been ruled out of selection contention for the Australia and New Zealand Invitational XV’s match against the British & Irish Lions in Adelaide on 12 July. Richie Mo’unga, who had expressed his desire to play in the fixture, suffered a broken hand while playing for his Japanese club, Toshiba Brave
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Ruan Ackermann is reportedly in advanced talks with a South African franchise following his release by Gloucester. The loose forward joined the English club along with his father, coach Johann, from the Lions in 2017, and went on to make more than 170 appearances across all competitions. Ackermann, whose lucrative move to the Yokohama Canon
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Former England captain Owen Farrell will return to Saracens after spending a season in France with Racing 92, the English Premiership club has announced. The 33-year-old flyhalf, who has signed a two-year deal, previously had an 16-year spell at the London club, making his professional debut at the age of 17. In his first stint
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Bath bulldozer Thomas du Toit joined the list of South Africans to win the English Premiership as the country’s foreign legion starred in Europe. English Premiership: Springbok prop Thomas du Toit crossed the whitewash to help Johann van Graan’s Bath defeat the Leicester Tigers 23-21 and secure the English Premiership title. Du Toit was reinforced
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