Jake’s Fiji ‘going to surprise people’

Fiji head coach Jake White’s former colleagues at Loftus Versfeld believe the South Pacific national team has put the right man in charge. The 62-year-old White was named on Tuesday from 31 applicants, replacing interim coach Senirusi Seruvakula. He was the Bulls’...

‘Wandi deserves more rugby’

The Stormers’ “critical path” and Paul de Villiers’ captaincy experiment should afford Wandisile Simelane another crack at outside centre next week. Originally not named in the match 23, Simelane started at 13 in Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup win over the Bristol...

De Klerk relishing Bulls return

Bulls wing Sebastian de Klerk capped a long, difficult road back from injury on Saturday with a performance coach Johan Ackermann described as “a great game”. The Bulls ran in eight tries in a 56-20 win against Stade Français in their Investec Champions Cup opener....

Europe’s big guns must show up

The Investec Champions Cup needs more strength-versus-strength contests like the Gloucester-Bordeaux Bègles thriller and fewer weakened touring teams, writes MARK KEOHANE. Writing for the Sunday Times, Keohane believes the defending champions’ 36-36 draw at Kingsholm...

Lappies lands coaching job back home

Former Japan loose forward Lappies Labuschagné has secured a post with a prestigious rugby institution in the Republic. The 37-year-old will coach defence for Grey College’s U15 team, one of the appointments made by new director of rugby Wessel du Plessis. Former...