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The Springboks could be without Faf de Klerk for the rest of the year, but Rassie Erasmus will be able to recall a quartet of World Cup winners for the upcoming duel with the All Blacks. De Klerk missed the opening Rugby Championship Tests in Australia, where the Springboks started their campaign with back-to-back bonus […]

Former Rebels and UCT Ikeys head coach Kevin Foote is reportedly tipped to take charge of the Junior Springboks. According to Sunday newspaper Rapport, Foote is favoured to replace Bafana Nhleko, pending approval from SA Rugby Union’s executive committee on Wednesday. Nhleko, who is highly regarded within SARU, is set to co-coach the Springbok Women’s

New Zealand captain Scott Barrett will return from injury for their Rugby Championship matches in South Africa, the All Blacks said Sunday, but the team has fitness concerns elsewhere. Barrett missed Saturday’s thumping 42-10 win over Argentina in Auckland and last weekend’s shock defeat to the Pumas in Wellington with a finger injury, but All

Eduan Keyter scored the winning try at the death as the Sharks XV sealed a late victory over the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday. Keyter’s 78th-minute try gave the Sharks XV a deserved 25-20 win after it appeared that the visitors were about to let an 18-10 half-time lead slip. The victory sees JP Pietersen’s

Challenge Cup title-holders, the Sharks are reportedly poised to lose the services of one of South Africa’s two-time World Cup winners to an overseas club. RugbyPass’ Fissler Confidential suggests that Springbok centre Lukhanyo Am is likely to leave the Durbanites at the end of this season. ALSO: ‘Satisfied’ Rassie bracing for All Blacks The Sharks

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Renzo du Plessis scored a hat-trick of tries as the Lions strengthened their Currie Cup playoffs bid with a huge win over DHL Western Province in Johannesburg on Saturday. The powerful openside flanker touched down three times inside the first 34 minutes as the Lions raced into a 28-8 half-time lead, before the hosts completed

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Happy after using a full squad to secure successive bonus-point wins in Australia, Rassie Erasmus has already turned his attention to a ‘massive mini-series’ against the All Blacks. DYLAN JACK reports. The Springboks completed a perfect start to their Rugby Championship campaign by powering to a bonus-point victory over the Wallabies in a wet-weather contest in Perth.

The Springboks outmuscled the Wallabies to claim a bonus-point victory in the Perth rain and win back-to-back Tests in Australia for the first time in 53 years on Saturday. A second-half double from Malcolm Marx and Marco van Staden’s first Test try saw the Springboks power to a 30-12 win in torrential rain at the