All Blacks muscle up for Boks
Powerful left wing Caleb Clarke will play his first Test in two years as part of a new-look All Blacks match-day 23 for the opening Rugby Championship Test against the Springboks on Saturday.
Boks to put the boot into All Blacks
Handre Pollard says the Springboks won’t get drawn into an unstructured, free-for-all battle against the All Blacks when the arch-rivals clash in Nelspruit on Saturday.
Nienaber: Every coach is ‘two poor games away from being fired’
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has ramped up the pressure on opposite number Ian Foster in the buildup to a two-Test series against the All Blacks.
Wounded All Blacks desperate to bounce back
The All Blacks will be desperate to bounce back to prove their critics wrong when they go behind enemy lines to face world champions South Africa on Saturday.
Donald calls for All Blacks to target ‘erratic’ Faf
New Zealand’s 2011 World Cup hero, Stephen Donald believes the Springbok halfbacks are vulnerable, questioning the consistency of Faf de Klerk and the form of Handre Pollard.
Watch: Kurt-Lee ready to ‘fill Cheslin’s boots’
Springbok wing Kurt-Lee Arendse is excited to face the All Blacks in just his second Test match as he steps in for the injured Cheslin Kolbe.
Coetzee, Grobbelaar named Bulls’ best
The Vodacom Bulls awards evening belonged to captain Marcell Coetzee and lively hooker Johan Grobbelaar, the big winners at the ceremony alongside promising junior player Tiaan Lange.
High-flying Arendse ready for take off
Kurt-Lee Arendse made a big impression on his Test debut, and the Springbok flyer is determined to make the most of the offered big-stage clash with the All Blacks in Nelspruit on Saturday.
‘Bud Spencer’: How the Boks got their isiXhosa nicknames
Supersport isiXhosa commentator Kaya Malotana explains how some of the Springboks have earned colourful nicknames like ‘Bud Spencer’, ‘Spicy Plum’ and ‘Wrong Turn’.
Italy great makes stunning revelation
Argentina-born former Italy prop Martin Castrogiovanni has revealed that only his great-grandfather was Italian, making him ineligible to have represented the country in over 100 Test matches.
