Inside Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry

SA Rugby GM of operations Yusuf Jackson has detailed the immense logistical undertaking behind the All Blacks’ blockbuster tour of South Africa later this year. In the new issue of SA Rugby magazine, Jackson reveals the scale of the planning behind Rugby’s Greatest...

Wessels calls for SA schools to be compensated

SA Rugby high-performance GM Dave Wessels says World Rugby should adopt a Fifa-style compensation model to reward South African schools and academies that develop players later recruited overseas. Several SA schoolboys headed to the UK after matriculating last year,...

Big Krappie blow for Lions, Boks

Morné van den Berg will miss the Vodacom URC playoffs and the majority of the Test season after undergoing bicep surgery on Wednesday. The Lions are in Dublin preparing for a first-ever URC quarter-final, against Leinster next Saturday. “Unfortunately it looks like he...

Ex-Bok backs Lions to roar in Dublin

Former Springbok prop Heinke van der Merwe believes the Lions can rattle mighty Leinster in next Saturday’s Vodacom URC quarter-final in Dublin. And Van der Merwe should know. The former loosehead represented both clubs during his career and was part of the legendary...