Beaver backs All Blacks’ Bok plan B

Former All Blacks flyhalf Stephen Donald believes New Zealand have made subtle adjustments to their attacking approach ahead of Saturday’s Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry opener against the Springboks at Ellis Park. The All Blacks are expected to face a ferocious defensive...

Ex-Wallaby exposes All Blacks’ soft spot

Former Wallabies flyhalf Bernard Foley believes the All Blacks have given the Springboks a clear target ahead of Saturday’s Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry opener at Ellis Park. While Dave Rennie’s side have impressed with their attacking play during wins over the Stormers,...
FREE DIGI-MAG: Bok 100 club gets bigger!

FREE DIGI-MAG: Bok 100 club gets bigger!

CLICK HERE to read the new issue of SA Rugby magazine, which celebrates soon-to-be Test centurions Damian de Allende and Pieter Steph du Toit (print edition on sale Friday, 21 August). What’s in the mag: Damian de Allende’s 100th Test cap is recognition of a player...

Duane names his All Blacks GOAT

Springbok Mobi Unit coach Duane Vermeulen says one All Blacks legend stood out head and shoulders above the rest during his international career. Vermeulen, who came up against some of New Zealand’s finest players, had little hesitation when asked to identify former...

Love opens up on All Blacks self-doubt

Ruben Love’s rise to the All Blacks’ No 10 jersey ahead of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry opener against the Springboks at Ellis Park has been anything but straightforward. The 25-year-old returns to South Africa for his second trip with New Zealand, but this time as...
Rassie vs Rennie: Battle of minds

Rassie vs Rennie: Battle of minds

Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry will once again see the coaching philosophies of Rassie Erasmus and Dave Rennie go head to head, writes CLINTON VAN DER BERG in SA Rugby magazine. They thought it would be seamless, a baton passed in clean lines, a dynasty preserved in glass....

Faf threat has Boland on red alert

The Boland Cavaliers have been sharpening up their defence in a bid to contain the threat posed by Springbok scrumhalf Faf de Klerk ahead of their clash with the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Sunday. Fullback James Tedder believes the Cheetahs are a different...
1986 revisited: Boks repel NZ rebels

1986 revisited: Boks repel NZ rebels

In an excerpt from The Fireside Springbok – The Untold Stories that Make the Boks Great, MIKE GREENAWAY revisits the New Zealand Cavaliers’ controversial tour of South Africa in 1986. In April 1986, just six months after PW Botha had wagged his finger at the world and...