Fickou returns as France reload for Wallabies

France have recalled veteran midfielder Gaël Fickou for Saturday’s clash with Australia in Paris. Coach Fabien Galthié is turning to experience as Les Bleus look to build momentum in what has been a stop-start campaign. Fickou, 31, captained France in their tough...
Ioane recalled as All Blacks ring changes

Ioane recalled as All Blacks ring changes

All Blacks coach Scott Robertson rang the changes for their clash with Wales, bringing in 13 fresh faces to the run-on XV that lost to England last week. New Zealand’s hopes of completing a Grand Slam tour against the home nations were dashed after they went down...

Kitsie remembers Boks’ lowest point

Former Springbok Steven Kitshoff believes in 2017 Dublin disaster served as the catalyst for the current era in Bok rugby. Speaking to News24, Kitshoff vividly recalls the 38-3 mauling the Springboks suffered at the hands of Ireland in Dublin back in 2017. While a...

‘Boks 15 points better than anyone else’

Former Ireland hooker Bernard Jackman says the Springboks are comfortably the best team in world rugby. Ireland head into Saturday’s clash after a mixed November campaign, only finding fluency in last weekend’s record 46-19 victory over Australia. But Jackman, who...

Ireland banking on Nienaber know-how

Ireland insist they haven’t copied Jacques Nienaber’s famed Springbok defence, but there’s no denying the former Bok coach’s fingerprints sit deep within the Irish system. Andy Farrell has pushed back at the idea that Ireland, through their Leinster-heavy squad, have...

Marshall blasts Razor’s bench

Justin Marshall has accused Scott Robertson of refusing to modernise New Zealand’s bench strategy while their rivals cash in on forward-loaded replacements. The former All Blacks scrumhalf says the head coach’s commitment to the traditional 5-3 split is holding the...