Junior Boks’ revival promises silverware

Junior Boks’ revival promises silverware

Following a lacklustre Under 20 Rugby Championship on home soil, to being unbeaten at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship in Italy – the Junior Boks are favourites to claim their first title since 2012. South Africa have a good record of making it to the playoffs,...
Rassie’s Boks of tricks is great for the game

Rassie’s Boks of tricks is great for the game

Rassie Erasmus’ Springboks should be lauded for becoming world rugby’s great innovators, writes SIMON BORCHARDT. Against Italy in Port Elizabeth, Erasmus pulled a couple more tricks from his seemingly bottomless bag. The match began in bizarre fashion when the Boks...

Razor: Bok ploy is old news

While he’s lauded Rassie Erasmus and the Springboks for bringing some creative elements into their game, All Blacks coach Scott Robertson says it has been done before. South Africa stunned Italy with a 45-0 demolition in Gqeberha on Saturday, but it was the clever...

More Bok debuts planned for Georgia

Coach Rassie Erasmus is likely to give two more players their Springboks debuts against Georgia at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Saturday. Following a more satisfactory outing against Italy in the second Test in Port Elizabeth, where the Boks obliterated the...

Rewind: A rematch 12 years in the making

Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane is the battleground for the first Test between the Wallabies and the British & Irish Lions on Saturday, but it also played host to the thrilling first Test between the sides back in 2013. The Lions drew first blood in the series,...