Rassie: Frans nearly walked away

Rassie Erasmus has revealed that veteran Springbok prop Frans Malherbe considered retirement last year. The double World Cup winner was struggling with persistent back problems. “I had a meeting with him last year and Franna was close to retiring,” Erasmus told...

Bulls hold firm in Bok tug-of-war

The Vodacom Bulls have fought off a major raid from the Stormers to secure the long-term future of a Springbok forward. After weeks of negotiations and strong interest from the Stormers, Rapport claims the Pretoria-based club has managed to keep Cobus Wiese in blue...

Unbeaten Blitzboks book semi-final spot

The Blitzboks beat New Zealand at the Vancouver Sevens on Saturday to finish top of Pool A. South Africa, who had defeated Great Britain (21-5) and Spain (28-7) earlier in the day, scored three tries through Impi Visser, Shilton van Wyk and Siviwe Soyizwapi to take a...

Big blow for Tahs

The Waratahs have been rocked by a hamstring injury to Wallabies star Joseph Suaalii. The powerful outside centre suffered the injury during the team’s warm-up ahead of Friday’s Super Rugby Pacific clash against the Hurricanes in Sydney – a match the Waratahs went on...