Sadie starts as Bordeaux change one

South African tighthead prop Carlü Sadie will start for Bordeaux Bègles in Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup final against Leinster in Bilbao. The defending champions have made just one change to the starting XV that beat Bath in their semi-final three weeks ago, with...

Leinster leave out Lowe, Furlong returns

Leinster coach Leo Cullen has backed the starting XV that beat Toulon for Saturday’s Investec Champions Cup final against Bordeaux Bègles in Bilbao. The biggest talking point is the absence of Ireland wing James Lowe, who misses out on the match 23 despite recently...

Lions chasing more history in Dublin

The Lions believe they are better prepared for the challenge awaiting them in Dublin after tough lessons against Leinster and Munster. LINDIZ VAN ZILLA reports. The Joburg-based outfit have remained in Ireland for their first-ever Vodacom URC quarter-final next...
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CLICK HERE to read the latest issue of SA Rugby magazine. What’s in the mag: England talk themselves into a fight when they come to South Africa – and the Springboks finish it. The performance in Paris aside, England had an abject Six Nations. Any more of that and...

Inside Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry

SA Rugby GM of operations Yusuf Jackson has detailed the immense logistical undertaking behind the All Blacks’ blockbuster tour of South Africa later this year. In the new issue of SA Rugby magazine, Jackson reveals the scale of the planning behind Rugby’s Greatest...

Wessels calls for SA schools to be compensated

SA Rugby high-performance GM Dave Wessels says World Rugby should adopt a Fifa-style compensation model to reward South African schools and academies that develop players later recruited overseas. Several SA schoolboys headed to the UK after matriculating last year,...

Big Krappie blow for Lions, Boks

Morné van den Berg will miss the Vodacom URC playoffs and the majority of the Test season after undergoing bicep surgery on Wednesday. The Lions are in Dublin preparing for a first-ever URC quarter-final, against Leinster next Saturday. “Unfortunately it looks like he...

Ex-Bok backs Lions to roar in Dublin

Former Springbok prop Heinke van der Merwe believes the Lions can rattle mighty Leinster in next Saturday’s Vodacom URC quarter-final in Dublin. And Van der Merwe should know. The former loosehead represented both clubs during his career and was part of the legendary...