Players lose millions in rugby deal

Former Springbok scrumhalf Johan Roux and rugby agent Anthony Johnson are at the centre of a failed investment deal that allegedly left players millions of rands out of pocket. According to an IOL investigation by Brandon Nel and Xolile Mtembu, players were approached...
Boks show All Blacks what they’re missing

Boks show All Blacks what they’re missing

New Zealand Herald rugby writer Gregor Paul says the Springboks have built a national identity that the All Blacks lack. Having spent six weeks in South Africa and another week in the US covering Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry, Paul believes one of the most striking...

Bok ‘gift’ shaped Wallabies boss

Wallabies coach Les Kiss “learned rugby” during his two-year stint with the Springboks. CLINTON VAN DER BERG reports. When Les Kiss walks into an Australian dressing room these days, he does so as the man tasked with rebuilding the Wallabies. But the coaching...

Rassie struggles to read Wallabies

Rassie Erasmus says the Springboks find the Wallabies “tremendously difficult to play against” as they prepare for Sunday’s one-off Test in Perth. The Boks were given a painful reminder of Australia’s threat at Ellis Park last year, when they raced into a 22-0 lead...

Pead paying Lions out of own pocket

Haashim Pead will reportedly contribute towards the transfer fee required to secure his move from the Lions to the Stormers. News24 reported on Saturday that the two clubs had finally reached an agreement over the 21-year-old scrumhalf after weeks of negotiations,...

SA Rugby makes call on Bok flyovers

SA Rugby CEO Rian Oberholzer has addressed the future of pre-match aeroplane flyovers at Springbok Tests. Since an SAA Boeing 747 flew over Ellis Park before the 1995 World Cup final, flyovers have become a feature of major Bok matches in South Africa, and Oberholzer...

Hanro: It was harrowing

A family emergency saw Bulls loose forward Hanro Liebenberg pulled off after 30 minutes of the match against the All Blacks at Loftus last month. Liebenberg’s two-week-old daughter, Liviah, had gone into cardiac arrest. “She went in for open-heart surgery that Monday...

Oberholzer: RGR exceeded expectations

Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry has delivered a major financial boost for SA Rugby. The inaugural four-Test series between the Springboks and All Blacks is reported to have generated more than R250-million for the governing body’s coffers. The financial injection comes at an...

Sacha has never been ordinary

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu should be celebrated for everything he gets right rather than judged against the extraordinary standards he has set himself, writes MARK KEOHANE. Writing for the Sunday Times, Keohane has rejected criticism of Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s...

Griquas champs cash in after title triumph

Griquas’ back-to-back Currie Cup triumph has earned the players a bonus. Rapport reports that the Peacock Blues will receive an additional R500,000 for their heroics in Kimberley after successfully defending their Currie Cup title in last weekend’s final against the...