Bok stars lead SA Rugby Awards nominations
Five Springboks have been nominated for the SA Rugby Player of the Year for 2021.
Bok duo makes Jordan’s five standouts of 2021 list
Will Jordan has included two senior Springboks among the five toughest opponents he faced while playing for the All Blacks this year.
Wallaby prop better than every Springbok in Top 100
Wallabies prop Taniela Tupou is rated higher than every member of the current Springbok squad in a Top 100 list of the best players in 2021.
Stats show McGeechan was talking foreign
Following Ian McGeechan’s comments on the number of overseas-based players in the Springbok squad, here’s a breakdown of the number of foreign-born players in each of the world’s top 10-ranked Test teams.
Ulster fail to complete Bok coup
Ulster have reportedly aborted their quest to add another Springbok forward to their payroll due to contractual issues.
Woodward: Boks, All Blacks won’t make RWC semis
Sir Clive Woodward says northern hemisphere teams are ready to dominant Test rugby and believes the 2023 World Cup semi-final lineup will be made up of just Six Nations sides.
De Allende: Springboks are on the right track
Centre Damian de Allende believes South Africa are on the right track in terms of where they would like to be despite a mixed bag of results this season after wrapping up their 2021 end-of-year tour campaign against England on Saturday.
Award nominees selected before November Tests
The selection of nominees for the 2021 World Rugby Awards was made after the Rugby Championship.
Boks to end 2021 top of World Rugby rankings
The Springboks will finish the year with a nearly two-point lead over the second-placed All Blacks in the World Rugby rankings.
Nienaber laments another ‘last kick’ defeat
Jacques Nienaber says the Springboks will come back stronger in 2022 after ending the year with a “spanner in the engine” following a one-point loss to England in the final Test of the year.
