Lienert-Brown relishing Highveld advantage

Anton Lienert-Brown can’t wait to face the Springboks on Saturday in Joburg again, where the veteran back believes the All Blacks’ high-tempo game will give them the edge, reports DEVIN HERMANUS. South Africa and New Zealand will lock horns in the third Test of the...

Watch: How All Blacks cheat at scrum

The All Blacks and Australian referee Angus Gardner did all they could to depower the Springbok scrum in Cape Town. MALLETT: All Blacks ‘lucky’ at scrum time The post Watch: How All Blacks cheat at scrum appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.

All Blacks get double boost to beat the noise

Two key players for New Zealand are back on board for what has been billed as the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series decider between the All Blacks and Springboks on Saturday, reports DEVIN HERMANUS. Speaking pitchside at Athlone’s City Park on Tuesday, assistant coach...

Crying Kirwan: Boks bore me to tears

Ex-Bok lock Victor Matfield has defended South Africa’s playing style following criticism from former All Blacks wing John Kirwan after the Cape Town Test. While the world champions relied heavily on their physicality, kicking game and set-piece to secure a...

Big Vic: Eben stood up for Boks

Victor Matfield says Bok lock Eben Etzebeth showed against the All Blacks at Cape Town Stadium why he is South Africa’s GOAT. The world champions levelled the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series with a 33-26 win last Saturday, with their lineout proving a big weapon....
Airlink offers flyover black-box data

Airlink offers flyover black-box data

Airlink has volunteered black-box data from the two jets that flew above Cape Town Stadium to the South African Civil Aviation Authority. The spectacular flyover before Saturday’s Springbok-All Blacks Test by two green Airlink Embraer E190 jets generated widespread...
Watch: Brown spills Bok secret to Rennie

Watch: Brown spills Bok secret to Rennie

Dave Rennie asks Tony Brown for the secret to beating the Boks … Turns out it’s the biltong RGR tour banter heating up rugbywithaidan ig pic.twitter.com/huEzhSsgvq — MrBlack_Rugby (@MrBlack_Rugby) August 31, 2026 The post Watch: Brown spills Bok secret to Rennie...

Brannas: Nothing that a few beers won’t fix!

Hear from an elated Deon Fourie after becoming the oldest Springbok against the All Blacks in the second Test of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series. Fourie, who will turn 40 on 25 September, started the 33-26 win for the Boks at hooker in a late front-row reshuffle...

McKenzie: Boks did it their way

Former Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie says a “classic South Africa” performance with moments that made the difference clinched victory over the All Blacks in Cape Town. Speaking on the Rugby Unity podcast, McKenzie analysed the second Test of the Rugby’s Greatest...
World Cup ghost haunts Greatest Rivalry series

World Cup ghost haunts Greatest Rivalry series

A 2027 World Cup draw that puts the All Blacks and Springboks on a quarter-final collision course borders on “self-destructive recklessness”, according to New Zealand Herald rugby writer Gregor Paul. Writing after the first two Tests of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry...