Springbok speed merchants Breyton Paulse and Brent Russell praise an All Blacks legend for how he broke the mould. MORE: Williams taking nothing for granted Christian Cullen was in a league of his own The All Blacks’ very own Pocket Rocket #SSRugby | #RugbysGreatestRivalry pic.twitter.com/rAQRzL0niY — SuperSport Rugby (@SSRugby) August 20, 2026 Photo: Duif du […]
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Jake White argues whether Ardie Savea’s absence at the start of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour has produced a better-balanced back row for the All Blacks. The talismanic Savea is set to lead New Zealand in the opening Test of the series against the Springboks at Ellis Park, after being rested for the wins over
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Check out the match 23s for this weekend’s Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Test and Currie Cup matches. RUGBY’S GREATEST RIVALRY SPRINGBOKS vs ALL BLACKS (Saturday, 5:10pm) SPRINGBOKS – TBC ALL BLACKS – TBC CURRIE CUP PUMAS vs GRIQUAS (Friday, 3pm) PUMAS – TBC GRIQUAS – TBC BULLS XV vs STORMERS XXIII (Friday, 5:05pm) BULLS XV –
The Springboks are too good a team to be playing games with the All Blacks, writes DEVIN HERMANUS. It started Monday, with Rassie Erasmus and technical adviser Jaco Peyper fronting a press conference for Saturday’s opening Test in the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series. Erasmus explained away the delayed team announcement as respect for New Zealand,
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Former Springbok captain Gary Teichmann looks back at their 1996 series defeat to the All Blacks and ahead to the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry showdown. FITZY: All Blacks must get everything right The post Watch: Teich backs Rassie’s Boks to avenge 1996 appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Former Springbok captain Gary Teichmann looks back at
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Stormers XXIII loose forward Louw Nel says Friday’s Currie Cup clash against the Vodacom Bulls XV at Loftus Versfeld is an ideal opportunity to catch John Dobson’s eye ahead of the next URC campaign. The Stormers are sixth on the log heading into the penultimate round and must win to keep their semi-final hopes alive.
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Former All Blacks captain Sean Fitzpatrick believes New Zealand have no room for error if they are to match the feat of his 1996 team and win a Test series in South Africa. The All Blacks begin the first four-Test edition of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry against the Springboks at Ellis Park on Saturday, with the
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Manie Libbok starts at flyhalf in a Springbok team selected to tackle the All Blacks at Ellis Park. More than 6,000 SARugbymag.co.za readers voted in our team selection poll earlier this week, ahead of Rassie Erasmus’ team announcement on Thursday at 2pm. SARugbymag.co.za Readers’ Springbok XV 15. Damian Willemse 14. Cheslin Kolbe 13. Jesse Kriel
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South African URC Player of the Season Embrose Papier picked up more silverware at the Vodacom Bulls’ annual awards at Loftus Versfeld on Wednesday night. The Springbok scrumhalf walked away with two of the biggest honours after an outstanding 2025-26 campaign, being named both the Bulls’ Players’ Player of the Year and Senior MVP/Player of
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Nick Mallett believes the Springboks have won the war of words with the All Blacks ahead of the first Test at Ellis Park on Saturday. The build-up to the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series opener has featured plenty of off-field sparring, with the All Blacks accusing South African teams – including the Boks – of intentionally
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