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Former All Blacks playmaker Carlos Spencer has dismissed the idea of Damian McKenzie as a starting flyhalf for New Zealand, suggesting that the 29-year-old is better suited to fullback. With the All Blacks set to face the Wallabies in Wellington on Saturday, Beauden Barrett has been handed the No 10 jersey for the first time

Former England international Nick Easter has picked five Springboks in a Perfect XV of players he played alongside or against. Easter, who played 54 Tests for England between 2007 and 2016, named his XV in an interview with Planet Rugby. The XV includes five Springboks, all part of the 2007 World Cup-winning side that beat

John Dobson is delighted to have fit-again Damian Willemse at fullback as the DHL Stormers prepare for a tough Vodacom URC opener against Ospreys in Swansea. DYLAN JACK reports. Willemse, who has been sidelined since the end of May due to a finger injury, starts at fullback for the Stormers’ 2024-25 URC opener and first match of

Jake White has extolled the value of having an experienced and Bok-laden matchday 23 for the Vodacom Bulls’ opening clash of 2024-25 URC campaign on Saturday. Boks Ruan Nortje and Elrigh Louw on Friday were announced as Bulls co-captains for this season, but Akker van der Merwe will lead the Herd against Edinburgh at Loftus

John Dobson has poured cold water on rumours of a scrumhalf merry-go-round that would see the DHL Stormers make a move for Sanele Nohamba. DYLAN JACK reports. A Sunday newspaper report claimed that Nohamba was on Dobson’s radar, as senior scrumhalf Paul de Wet was “99% on his way to Pretoria”, with a Bulls contract expected to

Siya Kolisi said the Springboks want to cap off Eben Etzebeth’s 128th Test for South Africa on Saturday with a Rugby Championship title victory in Nelspruit. Etzebeth is set to become the most-capped Springbok of all time when the world champions line up against Argentina at Mbombela Stadium. A win for Rassie Erasmus’ charges will

SA Rugby’s laws advisor Jaco Peyper has addressed concerns around Springbok discipline as the world champs prepare for a Rugby Championship decider on Saturday. The South Africans need only one point from the match against Argentina at Mbombela Stadium, or to suffer a defeat without Los Pumas claiming a bonus point, to clinch their first

Akker van der Merwe will skipper a Bulls outfit brimming with new talent and seasoned campaigners in their Vodacom URC opener against Edinburgh in Pretoria on Saturday. The veteran hooker packs down in the front row with fellow Springbok powerhouse Wilco Louw and Alulutho Tshakweni, who is set to make his URC debut for the Herd

Damian Willemse headlines a Dan du Plessis-led DHL Stormers lineup featuring several returning players and Vodacom URC debutants against the Ospreys in Swansea on Saturday. Willemse, who has been sidelined since the end of May due to a finger injury, starts at fullback for the Stormers’ 2024-25 URC opener and first match of a three-week