Director of rugby Jake White faces a welcome but complex challenge as the Vodacom Bulls continue to increase their Springbok representation, reports DEVIN HERMANUS. Hooker Johan Grobbelaar and prop Wilco Louw were called up on Thursday to a 35-man Bok squad for the November tour, taking the Bulls’ current contingent to nine players in the […]
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Elrigh Louw makes his return and takes over the captaincy of a Vodacom Bulls lineup featuring several changes to face Benetton in Treviso on Friday. Louw last played in round 4 of the Vodacom URC before being ruled out with a concussion, and this week he’s back in a new-look loose trio with veteran openside
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Siya Kolisi will pack down at the back of the scrum for the Sharks as John Plumtree tweaks his lineup to face Munster in Durban on Saturday. Kolisi shifts to No 8 from openside flank, with Phepsi Buthelezi playing off the bench this week and James Venter coming into the starting XV at 6, joined
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SA-born centre Dylan Riley has been named in the Japan starting XV to face New Zealand in Yokohama on Saturday. Born in Durban and raised in Australia, Riley plays alongside Damian de Allende at Japanese club Wild Knights, and starred for the Brave Blossoms in the 2024 Pacific Nations Cup. Meanwhile, loose forward Kazuki Himeno
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Hooker Johan Grobbelaar and prop Wilco Louw have been called up to the Springbok squad for the November tour, following the injury withdrawal of Jan-Hendrik Wessels. Wessels, who can play prop and hooker, was named in the initial 34-man squad on Tuesday. However, on Thursday he was ruled out of contention with an ankle injury,
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Caelan Doris will skipper Andy Farrell’s 35-man Ireland squad announced for the November Tests against New Zealand, Argentina, Fiji and Australia. The Leinster loose forward, 26, led Ireland in their Six Nations victory over Italy in February and in the win in the second Test against South Africa in July. Farrell has included two uncapped
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Veteran loose forward Marcell Coetzee is focusing on being a “team man” as the Vodacom Bulls look to finish a three-week tour on a high against Benetton on Friday. The Bulls, currently fourth on the overall Vodacom URC standings, face the Italian outfit in Treviso, in the last round of the current block of matches
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Rassie has picked a ferocious squad of World Cup winners to demolish Scotland, England and Wales. The post Keo & Zels: Ruthless Rassie out for blood appeared first on SA Rugby magazine. Rassie has picked a ferocious squad of World Cup winners to demolish Scotland, England and Wales. The post Keo & Zels: Ruthless Rassie
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Star scrumhalf Antoine Dupont is set to face the All Blacks after being named in the France squad for November internationals. Dupont last played for the France team in the 2023 World Cup quarter-final defeat by South Africa on home soil. He sat out the Six Nations to focus on playing for the French sevens
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