
Owens: Bring Bakkies to Bafana!
Former Test referee Nigel Owens says he would like to see Bakkies Botha play professional football and Cristiano Ronaldo make the opposite switch to rugby.
Former Test referee Nigel Owens says he would like to see Bakkies Botha play professional football and Cristiano Ronaldo make the opposite switch to rugby.
After a successful home series against Wales, the Springboks lead the way in SARugbymag.co.za’s Dream Team based on performances in the July Tests.
As we wait for the 2022 Rugby Championship to kick off with the 102nd Test between the Springboks and All Blacks, take a look back at when the two teams met in a thrilling 10-try showdown at Ellis Park in 2000.
Tickets to the clash between Ireland, currently top of the World Rugby rankings, and the World Cup-holding Springboks at the Aviva Stadium in November have sold out.
Springbok prop Trevor Nyakane was a surprise inclusion after BBC Sport named a World XV based on performances in the recent northern- hemisphere tours to Argentina, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Kurt-Lee Arendse ticks all the right boxes to replace the injured Cheslin Kolbe for the Springboks and make the green and gold No 14 jumper his own, writes DEVIN HERMANUS.
After tripping up Frans Malherbe to the main stage, Danie Rossouw now faces the next challenger in the series to determine the most unheralded Springbok.
Before Rassie Erasmus exchanged his boots for a clipboard he was a barnstorming Springbok loose forward, as this crunching tackle on Wallabies icon Stephen Larkham attests to.
On this day in 2019, Herschel Jantjies made a starring Springbok debut with two tries in the Rugby Championship clash with the Wallabies at Ellis Park.
Rampant 2022 Six Nations Grand Slam champions France would trample the Springbok pack, according to Leinster icon Isa Nacewa.