Gaza: We want to be clinical

Damian Willemse insists the Springboks must sharpen their edge in attack if they want to topple the All Blacks in Wellington on Saturday. The utility back, who will start a Test match in the No 12 jersey for the first time, admitted that South Africa’s inability to...

Watch: Boks stun All Blacks, then snatch draw

Rassie Erasmus’ Springboks love playing the All Blacks at the Cake Tin. The Boks were given no chance of winning in Wellington in the 2018 Rugby Championship, having been humiliated 57-0 by their greatest rivals in Albany the year before. It looked like another...

Bok Women go nuclear for quarter-final

Springbok Women head coach Swys de Bruin has gone with a bold 7-1 bench split for Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand in Exeter. De Bruin has doubled down on South Africa’s physical strengths, with locks Vainah Ubisi and Anathi Qolo, loose forwards...
Carter handed All Blacks debut, Ioane dropped

Carter handed All Blacks debut, Ioane dropped

All Blacks coach Scott Robertson believes debutant Leroy Carter can provide the “point of difference” as one of five starting changes for Saturday’s Rugby Championship showdown with the Springboks in Wellington. Robertson has turned to the speedster he once called the...