
Saffas Abroad: Du Preez, Trokkie in clash of bruisers
Here’s a wrap of all the action involving South African players in the opening round of the English Premiership, including a look at the face-off between Daniel du Preez and Juarno Augustus.
Here’s a wrap of all the action involving South African players in the opening round of the English Premiership, including a look at the face-off between Daniel du Preez and Juarno Augustus.
Fiji dominated defending champions New Zealand in the final of the 2022 Sevens World Cup to claim their third World Cup title.
Angelo Davids paid an emotional tribute to outgoing Blitzboks coach Neil Powell at the Sevens World Cup on Sunday.
Neil Powell’s tenure as Springbok Sevens head coach ended with a win as the Blitzboks powered to a seventh-place playoff victory over Samoa in Cape Town on Sunday.
Canan Moodie is the latest Bok “rugby jewel” to have been extracted by Jake White, following in the footsteps of Bryan Habana, Frans Steyn and Schalk Burger.
The Blitzboks will have to settle with a potential seventh-place finish after suffering a hard-fought defeat to Argentina in the Sevens World Cup fifth-place semi-final in Cape Town on Sunday morning.
Harlequins duo Tyrone Green and Wilco Louw scored their first Premiership tries of the new season, while Leicester Tigers captain Hanro Liebenberg did the same for the defending champions on Saturday.
Elrigh Louw is set for a recall when the Springboks clash with Argentina in Buenos Aires in the Rugby Championship on Saturday.
La Rochelle survived a late scare to edge Lyon 23-21 and take pole position in the Top 14 on Saturday with champions Montpellier bouncing back from their opening round defeat to beat Bordeaux-Begles.
Playmaker Ronald Brown says the Blitzboks went off script against Ireland in Cape Town on Saturday night and it cost them a shot at winning the 2022 Sevens World Cup.