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Ox Nche and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu are looking forward to the historic clash that awaits the Springboks in Bloemfontein on Saturday against Portugal. The trip to the City of Roses, following the narrow loss to Ireland in the series decider at Kings Park, presents the world champions with an opportunity for an emphatic rebound. Rassie Erasmus’
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Former Springbok coach Nick Mallett said a change of gameplan late in the match led to South Africa’s one-point series-deciding defeat against Ireland in Durban on Saturday. In a battle between the two top-ranked teams in world rugby, Ireland won the second Test 25-24 when replacement flyhalf Ciaran Frawley kicked a last-minute drop goal. Speaking
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Former Springbok prop Richard Bands attributes Gerhard Steenekamp’s rise up the South African front-row ranks to his diverse skill set and mental toughness. The three-Test Steenekamp featured prominently for the world champion Boks in the recent series against Ireland, which finished in a 1-1 draw after a 25-24 win for the visitors at Kings Park
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SARugbymag.co.za readers had their say and voted Ox Nche as the standout Springbok in a narrow defeat to Ireland on Saturday. In a poll run after the final whistle, 35.77% decided that the burly prop had the most telling influence for the men in green and gold in Durban, ahead of three-Test playmaker Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
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Scott Robertson said on Sunday that he is still deciding how to best use the “class” of Beauden Barrett, who shone in the All Blacks’ series win over England. The two-time World Rugby Player of the Year came off the bench in Saturday’s second Test in Auckland to spark the All Blacks attack. Barrett created
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Manie Libbok will be recalled to run a Springbok backline that features just one debutant in the historic Test against Portugal in Bloemfontein on Saturday. According to Sunday newspaper Rapport, Morne van den Berg is set to get his Test debut against Portugal, as Rassie Erasmus plans to name a new-look lineup to grow South Africa’s
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Two-time Springbok world champion Jesse Kriel believes that playing his club rugby in Japan and maintaining top fitness can help extend his career by another eight years. Kriel and Damian de Allende broke the Bok midfield partnership record held by Jean de Villiers and Jaque Fourie when they ran out together in Saturday’s series decider against
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The Springboks have held onto their place as the world’s number-one-ranked team after the drawn series with Ireland. A 25-24 victory for the second-ranked Ireland in a Durban thriller levelled the two-Test series after the Boks won by seven points in Pretoria last week. MORE: Boks weren’t good enough to beat Irish The result at
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The Springboks will always have their four World Cup titles, but Ireland came to play in Durban on Saturday and the best team won, writes MARK KEOHANE. Ciaran Frawley kicked a last-minute drop goal to give the Irish a dramatic 25-24 win over the world champions at Kings Park, and a 1-1 draw in the
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