The Springboks as well as South Africa’s Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, have been nominated for prestigious honours in the World Rugby awards. The Springboks have been named as contenders for the title of Team of the Year while Erasmus is among the five nominations for Coach of the Year. Erasmus was also nominated for […]
Cape Town has been named by World Rugby as host venue for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The announcement was made in Tokyo on Tuesday after the World Rugby Council awarded the hosting rights for the premier tournament to South Africa at its Interim Meeting. In September 2022 the eighth edition of the showcase […]
Exciting young wing Sbu Nkosi has been drafted into the Springbok starting lineup for Sunday’s gripping Rugby World Cup semi-final against Wales at the Yokohama International Stadium. Nkosi replaces the hot-stepping Cheslin Kolbe who has not recovered sufficiently from the ankle injury he suffered against Canada and aggravated in the quarter-final victory over Japan (26-3) […]
If it depended on the size of his smile, Seabelo Senatla would have had to pay for oversize luggage when the Blitzboks boarded a flight to London on Monday for this weekend’s Athlete’s Factory Sevens in Chester. The leading Springbok Sevens try-scorer of all time was on tour with the Blitzboks again – for the […]
The Springboks produced a second half revival to clinch a place in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals after a ‘nervous’ first 40 raised hopes for a packed home crowd of a repeat of the ‘Miracle of Brighton’ which had seen Japan turn the rugby world on its head with victory over South Africa four years […]
The Springboks have reverted to the starting XV and replacements that recorded a 49-3 victory over Italy a fortnight ago for the do-or-die Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Japan in Tokyo on Sunday. It means 13 changes to the starting XV from the one that concluded the Boks’ pool campaign with a 66-7 demolition of […]