Currie Cup final: Players to watch

ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE picks the Vodacom Bulls and Sharks players to look out for ahead of the Currie Cup final.

Currie Cup semi-final standouts, Jacobs leads the way

ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE takes a look back at some of the standout performers in this past weekend’s Currie Cup semi-finals.

Finding solutions to rugby’s ‘dead time’

From scrum resets to TMO checks, drinks breaks and injuries – rugby is rife with stoppages. While one way to increase the appeal of the game is to reduce this ‘dead time’, we should also look to use it better, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.

Column: SA must court sleeping giant of American rugby

At a time when finances are tightly squeezed, South Africa cannot be blind to the commercial opportunity of involvement in the US market, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.

Column: The irresistible rise of Tiaan Swanepoel

Lions fullback Tiaan Swanepoel’s meteoric rise is a lesson in perseverance, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.

SA rugby to benefit from move north

The involvement of the Vodacom Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers in the Rainbow Cup will have a positive impact on South African rugby as a whole, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.

Preview: Currie Cup crunch time

Heading into the final two rounds of the Currie Cup’s regular season, there is plenty to play for. ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE looks at the permutations.

Coetzee’s switch to Bulls is a statement of intent

The newly-created Rainbow Cup may have already seen the birth of rugby’s first cross-hemisphere club rivalry, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.

Five players who impressed in 2020

As the year draws to its close, ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE picks out five players who have impressed in the domestic season to date.

Nkosi knocking on the door for the Lions series

It is becoming increasingly difficult to visualise a Springbok team without Sbu Nkosi in it, writes ANDRE-PIERRE CRONJE.