
Wallabies injury crisis deepens for Pumas rematch
Fresh from losing Quade Cooper to a season-ending injury, the Wallabies camp has been struck with another key player ruled out of the clash with Argentina in San Juan on Saturday.
Fresh from losing Quade Cooper to a season-ending injury, the Wallabies camp has been struck with another key player ruled out of the clash with Argentina in San Juan on Saturday.
Springbok hooker Joseph Dweba will start Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash with New Zealand at Ellis Park after Bongi Mbonambi withdrew from the team due to a knock in training.
New Zealand wing Julian Savea has slammed what he believes are personal attacks on beleaguered All Blacks coach Ian Foster’s character following a poor run of results.
Former Springbok centre Grant Esterhuizen was assaulted at a nightclub just outside Mbombela after watching the Test between South Africa and New Zealand on Saturday evening.
New Zealand captain Sam Cane insists the All Blacks can cope with the pressure of facing South Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday as the visitors seek to sidestep a fourth straight defeat this year.
Vodacom Bulls wunderkid Canan Moodie has received his first call-up to the Springbok squad and will join the team in Johannesburg on Monday in the wake of a four-week ban handed to Kurt-Lee Arendse.
In an excerpt from his autobiography, former Springbok captain John Smit describes what will be awaiting the All Blacks when they head to Johannesburg for a rematch at Ellis Park.
Kurt-Lee Arendse will miss the Springboks’ trips to Australia and Argentina in the Rugby Championship after being handed a four-week ban for his red card in the win over the All Blacks at Mbombela on Saturday.
SARugbymag.co.za readers have had their say and voted Malcolm Marx as the standout Springbok in the sensational victory over the All Blacks on Saturday.
Ian Foster has confirmed that he will be injecting fresh bodies to spark a response from the All Blacks, while maintaining that “something special is brewing” for the rematch with the Springboks at Ellis Park on Saturday.