Boks muscle up for Italy battle
Andre Esterhuizen will make his second start for the Springboks of 2022, while Jasper Wiese returns to a rejigged match-day 23, when the world champs and Italy clash in Genoa on Saturday.
Razor: England job is ‘pretty special’
Crusaders head coach Scott Robertson has continued applying pressure on New Zealand Rugby by expressing interest in taking on the England job.
Nominate Eben for World Rugby award
World Rugby excluded Eben Etzebeth and Ardie Savea from the four-man shortlist for the 2022 World Rugby Player of the Year award, here’s your chance to right that wrong.
England want to cut New Zealand down to size
England head into Saturday’s Test with New Zealand buoyed by the memory of how coach Eddie Jones’s novel use of a samurai sword paved the way for a remarkable win at the 2019 World Cup semi-finals.
Watch: Wonderful Willie under the high ball
With a one-hand catch that would make any Proteas outfielder proud, Willie le Roux calmly retrieved this Thomas Ramos strike under the uprights in the clash between the Springboks and France.
Du Toit set to hear Bok tour fate
A remorseful Pieter-Steph du Toit will plead his case in front of a World Rugby disciplinary panel on Tuesday morning after being sent off in the loss to France in Marseille.
Am among World Rugby player of the year nominees
Last year’s winner Antoine Dupont as well as the Springboks’ Lukhanyo Am are among four nominees for the World Rugby men’s player of the year award, the global body announced on Monday.
Watch: World Rugby reveals 2022’s best tries
Louis Rees-Zammit’s score for Wales against the Springboks features among World Rugby’s nominees for the 2022 Try of the Year award.
Bok fans fume over ‘k*kest’ ref
Supporters took to Wikipedia to vent their frustrations with Wayne Barnes’ officiating of the clash between the Springboks and France on Saturday.
Marx in doubt, Dweba on standby
Joseph Dweba’s absence from the South Africa A side to tackle Bristol on Thursday owes itself to a potential Springbok recall after Malcolm Marx picked up a knock against France.
