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South African franchises must launch a full-on assault against Europe’s top clubs next season, writes SIMON BORCHARDT. The Champions Cup is billed as ‘The One To Win’ but that certainly wasn’t the case for French Top 14 club Lyon, South Africa’s Bulls and English Premiership club the Exeter Chiefs this season. Lyon, fighting a relegation […]

Led by the fearless Bob Skinstad and featuring Cape royalty in Breyton Paulse and Percy Montgomery, the DHL Stormers put the Vodacom Bulls to the sword at Loftus Versfeld in the 1999 Super Rugby season. The Bulls won the Currie Cup in 1998 against DHL Western Province and much was expected of the men from

A late Frank Vaenuku try for New Zealand denied the Junior Springboks victory in the opening match of the inaugural U20 Rugby Championship in Queensland on Thursday. The right winger soared over the whitewash in the 78th minute to mark the final score 13-13 with the third touchdown of the first-round match at the Sunshine

The SA Cup will kick into a higher gear this week when the two top teams on the table, Griquas and the Pumas, battle it out for top spot in Kimberley on Friday afternoon. With both teams tied at the summit of the standings, each boasting 30 points, this match could give one of the

Springbok and Sharks loosehead prop Ox Nche says there is “nothing more satisfying” than watching a rival pop out of a scrum while asserting his dominance in the set piece. Nche was called “the most destructive loosehead in the world” after his influential performance in the Boks’ last-gasp Rugby World Cup semi-final victory over England

Follow the live action as the Junior Springboks clash with New Zealand U20 in the opening match of the inaugural U20 Rugby Championship. Tweets by SAJuniorRugby Tweets by SanzarTRC  The post LIVE: Junior Boks vs New Zealand U20 appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Follow the live action as the #JuniorBoks clash with New

Blitzboks boss Philip Snyman is confident that the South Africans can finish in the top four at the Singapore Sevens this weekend. Snyman captained the Springbok Sevens in a golden era where sevens titles and Olympic and Commonwealth Games podium finishes where the order of the day. As the head coach of the Blitzboks heading

As Deon Fourie nurses his way back from knee surgery, fellow Springbok world champion Eben Etzebeth has shed light on what drives the veteran utility forward. Fourie went under the knife in early April after an ACL injury with the DHL Stormers against La Rochelle in the Champions Cup, and faces up to six months

Eben Etzebeth has hit back strongly against Courtney Lawes after the Northampton Saints veteran criticised the Vodacom Bulls for fielding a heavily-changed lineup in the Champions Cup quarter-finals. The Vodacom Bulls came under fire from northern hemisphere pundits for fielding almost an entirely new lineup for the playoff against Northampton at Franklin’s Gardens. Jake White

Kwagga Smith has opened up about how growing up on a farm gave him a mental advantage that would be key to his success with the Springboks. Smith was speaking in a wide-ranging interview with RugbyPass, during which he opened up about his formative years spent on a farm in Lydenberg. At 1.80m and 97kg, Smith