Marco van Staden says the Vodacom Bulls will run out at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday driven by a greater purpose when they tackle the Glasgow Warriors for the URC title. It will be a second URC final appearance for the Bulls in three seasons, and their first final at Loftus since 2009 where they beat […]
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Head coach Philip Snyman has described the Sevens Repechage in Monaco this week as the Blitzboks’ “most important tournament in the last two years” . There can hardly be a better motivation for the Blitzboks and their haphazard season than winning the Repechage. Victory at Stade Louis II means joining the Rugby Sevens event at
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Wales prop Henry Thomas has been ruled out of Saturday’s match against the world champion Springboks at Twickenham with a foot injury. Cardiff tighthead Keiron Assiratti has been promoted off the bench to start, with Harri O’Connor named among the replacements, the Welsh Rugby Union said in a statement on Thursday. The Twickenham encounter will
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Felipe Contepomi has named a much-changed Argentina squad for the July Tests with France and Uruguay, leaving out 15 members of the setup at last year’s World Cup. Among the big-name absentees from Contepomi’s first full squad are ageing Test centurions hooker Agustin Creevy and flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez as well as utility back Juan Cruz
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Assistant coach Mzwandile Stick said the Springboks are excited to be in London and kick-start their season against Wales on Saturday, by building on last year’s successes. The world champions touched down in the English capital on Thursday morning fresh and ready to get down to business in their first Test of 2024, and with
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Assistant coach Rito Hlungwani says Ben-Jason Dixon is the kind of player the Bok selectors want, as the DHL Stormers star gears up to make his Test debut on Saturday. Dixon is set to feature for the world champion Springboks as one of four uncapped players in the matchday 23 to face Wales at Twickenham.
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When Sanele Nohamba hears that people may want to Google his home village of KwaMavuso in the Eastern Cape to find out more about where he comes from, he laughs. “Good luck finding it,” he says. But while his village may still be largely unknown, the same cannot be said for Nohamba following a breakthrough
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Israel Dagg waxes lyrical about the teams from the Republic as the former All Blacks and Crusaders star recounts his run-ins with the likes of Bakkies Botha in Super Rugby. MORE: Boks vs All Blacks blockbuster sold out Izzy Dagg misses the SA teams. pic.twitter.com/ZerJ00gPva — Jared Wright (@jaredwright17) June 20, 2024 Photo: Gallo Images
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Tickets for the much-anticipated clash between the world champion Springboks and New Zealand at Cape Town Stadium in September is officially sold out. The Boks will host the All Blacks in the Rugby Championship, on 31 August at Ellis Park, before a 7 September blockbuster in Cape Town, in a rematch of the 2023 Rugby
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Skipper Jamie George expects former boss Eddie Jones to have a few more tricks up his sleeve when England face a much-changed Japan in Tokyo on Saturday. Former England head coach Jones will lead Japan out against his old team in his first game in charge since returning to the job for a second stint
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