Cash, Lions go all in for Irish tour

Cash, Lions go all in for Irish tour

Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen has named a formidable 28-man squad for a two-match tour to Ireland as the Pride chase a maiden Vodacom URC playoff berth. Skipper and No 8 Francke Horn is one of 18 forwards set to board the plane to the Irish capital on Saturday night,...

Watch: Moana bamboozle Blues with Bok move

Super Rugby outfit Moana Pasifika took a leaf out of Rassie Erasmus and the Springboks’ playbook, and it worked a treat – check it out! The hosts launched an open-field lineout off a quick tap inside the Blues’ 22, driving hooker Millennium Sanerivi over for the...

Hansen: Springboks will get beaten

Former All Blacks supremo Steve Hansen insists South Africa, reigning back-to-back world champions and the top-ranked rugby nation on the planet, are not invincible. The Springboks and New Zealand will lock horns over four Tests in the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series...

Stars are aligned for five-star Nienaber

There is no entitlement in Investec Champions Cup rugby. Not for clubs with four stars and not for coaches with two World Cup titles. That is where Jacques Nienaber starts. “The fact that you have an international squad doesn’t give you the right to a star,” he says....