Fired-up Fourie ready to bleed green and gold
A possibility of reopening battle wounds won’t worry Deon Fourie if it means he becomes the oldest Springbok to make his Test debut on Saturday.
World Cup spots up for grabs in Bok ‘B Team’
Blooding a new-look Springbok side with a series on the line is the type of pressure that Jacques Nienaber believes will reveal which players he should take to France 2023.
Pollard to lead rookies in radical Bok XV
Jacques Nienaber has named two debutants in an entirely overhauled Springbok starting lineup to be led for the first time by Handre Pollard against Wales in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Boks to play midweek on end-of-year tour
An SA Select XV will take on English Premiership side Bristol Bears as part of a planned series of midweek matches for South Africa during the year-end tour to Europe in November.
PSDT ready to fire against Dragons
Pieter-Steph du Toit is fit and set to return for the Springboks as the world champions look to clinch the three-Test series against Wales in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Wales to feed rookie to Bok scrum
Injury-hit Wales will field a rookie tighthead prop in the second Test against the Springboks in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
Willemse is Bok fans’ MVP!
SARugbymag.co.za readers had their say and voted Damian Willemse as the standout Springbok on Saturday after a game-winning shift against Wales.
Boks ‘wanted it more’ than Wales
Debutant Elrigh Louw and 2019 World Cup winner Cheslin Kolbe admitted the Springboks had to dig deep to pull off a nail-biting victory over Wales on Saturday.
Nienaber: Elton will be better next week
Jacques Nienaber was delighted with Damian Willemse’s match-winning performance against Wales on Saturday, but also defended Elton Jantjies’ error-strewn first-half showing.
Willemse completes epic Bok comeback against Wales
Damian Willemse slotted a penalty after the hooter to see the Springboks come from a 15-point half-time deficit and beat Wales in the Test series opener in Pretoria on Saturday.
