Quade: Wallabies should copy Boks

Former Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper has urged Rugby Australia to follow the Springboks’ blueprint for success. The Wallabies coach can currently only pick overseas-based players if they have a minimum of 30 Test caps for Australia or at least five seasons of Super...

Cheika: Bok Tests huge for All Blacks

Michael Cheika says the All Blacks’ two-match ‘series’ against the Springboks in September will be “really pivotal” for Scott Robertson’s men. The world’s top two teams meet at Eden Park in Auckland on 6 September and at the Cake Tin in Wellington a week later in a...

Injuries force Bulls reshuffle

Jaco van der Walt starts at flyhalf for the Vodacom Bulls in Saturday’s Currie Cup match against the Sharks at Loftus Versfeld. The in-form Boeta Chamberlain shifts to fullback in place of the injured Henry Immelman, with Springbok Aphiwe Dyantyi given his first start...

Star loosie starts for Lions

Coach Mziwakhe Nkosi has made three changes for the Lions’ Currie Cup match against Western Province at Ellis Park on Saturday. Renzo du Plessis, the 2024 Currie Cup Player of the Year, replaces the injured Izan Esterhuizen at openside flank having come off the bench...

WP tweak team, keep key combos

There are four new faces in Western Province’s starting XV for the Currie Cup encounter with the Lions at Ellis Park on Saturday. The changes in the backline come on both wings, with Sako Makata and Jared Africa replacing Courtnall Skosan and Quewin Nortje, while...