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....

Heyneke: I always knew Van Graan was brilliant

Heyneke Meyer says Johann van Graan’s genius was evident from an early age and on Sunday, the Bath boss gets his biggest test yet in an Investec Champions Cup semi-final in Bordeaux. Van Graan cut his coaching teeth at the Vodacom Bulls under Meyer, winning three...

Lions hungry to ‘play with the big dogs’

Skipper Francke Horn says the Lions are ready for a trip to Ireland over the coming weeks knowing two wins from two will seal a historic first Vodacom URC playoff berth. Horn spoke to News24 ahead of back-to-back clashes against Leinster and Munster, with the Lions...