Cavaliers claw back to skin Lions

Mthokozisi Gumede scored a brace of tries as the Boland Cavaliers overcame a first-half deficit to beat the Lions in a thrilling round-five Currie Cup clash in Joburg on Friday. Trailing 17-14 at half-time, the Cavaliers scored three of their five tries in an...

Heyneke: All Blacks lack Boks’ depth

Former Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer believes the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series has come too soon in Dave Rennie’s All Blacks tenure. Rennie has won his first five matches in charge, including tour victories against the Stormers and Sharks, but Meyer says facing the...

SA U18 sides eye series clean sweep

SA U18 and SA U18 A have made rotational changes for Saturday’s final-round U18 International Series matches at Stellenberg High School. SA U18 A face France at 11:30am before SA U18 conclude their campaign against England at 3:30pm. SA U18 go into their final fixture...

Fleckie warns Boks of Rennie’s brutality

Former Stormers boss Robbie Fleck rates Dave Rennie as the best coach he’s faced, and the key to beating his All Blacks side is matching that edge the “hard-nosed” Kiwi instils. Fleck, who coached the Stormers from 2016 to 2019, faced Rennie’s Chiefs three times in...

Marshy: Staring at Bok jersey was never easy

Along with former Boks Jean de Villiers and Hanyani Shimange, All Blacks legend Justin Marshall shares his thoughts on South Africa’s kit for the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour. WATCH: ‘Bakkies pinned me, then brought me a beer’ Photo: SA Rugby/Andrew Cornaga/Photo...

Kronfeld: Springboks on another level

Former All Blacks flank Josh Kronfeld says no one can match the Springboks when it comes to size and aggression in contact. Kronfeld earned 54 Test caps between 1995 and 2000 and knows first-hand what it takes to succeed in South Africa, having been part of the All...

Cheetahs lose five for Bulls clash

Frans Steyn has rejigged his Cheetahs lineup for Sunday’s Currie Cup clash against the Vodacom Bulls XV in Pretoria, with several key players ruled out through injury. Bok scrumhalf Faf de Klerk, who claimed his second Man of the Match award of the campaign in last...

Watch: Vlok back with Bulls

New Vodacom Bulls kicking coach Vlok Cilliers is eager to work with Curwin Bosch and co having returned to Pretoria after a seven-year stint in France. Cilliers, who earned one cap off the bench for the Boks in the first Test of the 1996 All Blacks series, became...
Rewind: ‘Unbelievable’ Dan the man at Loftus

Rewind: ‘Unbelievable’ Dan the man at Loftus

Dan Carter split the uprights from 62m out in a 2006 encounter against the Springboks on the Highveld as the All Blacks brace to lock horns with the Vodacom Bulls in Pretoria. WATCH: ‘Bakkies pinned me, then brought me a beer’ The streets will never forget: Dan Carter...