Mzwandile Stick says the Boks are ready for sweltering temperatures in Santiago on Saturday when they aim to seal the 2024 Rugby Championship title with a win against Argentina. DYLAN JACK reports. A win at the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades on Saturday will see the Springboks clinch their first Rugby Championship since 2019. With local
Erasmus opted to rest seven players who have had a heavy workload in the last few months with an eye on the final round of the competition in Nelspruit against Argentina on Saturday 28 September. Grobbelaar is back in the squad after participating in the Australian leg of the tournament, where the Boks collected a
Assistant coach Mzwandile Stick has warned the Springboks of writing off a “desperate” New Zealand outift when the teams renew hostilities in Cape Town on Saturday. The arch-rivals last week clashed at Ellis Park, where the Boks came from a 10-point deficit to triumph 31-27. The win saw the world champions extend their lead in
Canan Moodie (wing) and Jaden Hendrikse (scrumhalf) make their first appearances in the Springbok jersey since the 2023 Rugby World Cup on Saturday while double RWC winners Willie le Roux (fullback) and Lukhanyo Am (utility back) also return to the match-23 face New Zealand in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship in Cape Town. Springbok coach
Louw, who was one of the impact players on Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus’ forward-heavy replacements bench for the clash, made a strong statement as the Boks fought their way back from 27-17 down to clinch the victory, which marked only the third time ever that they defeated the All Blacks three times in a row
Assistant coach Mzwandile Stick has backed Eben Etzebeth to make a huge impact off the bench for the Springboks against the All Blacks at Ellis Park on Saturday. Initially excluded by injury for the first of two Tests against New Zealand in the Republic, Etzebeth was later cleared for the Rugby Championship clash in Johannesburg.
Erasmus made nine changes to the team that defeated the Wallabies in Perth (30-12), recalling Wiese from suspension and pairing Pieter-Steph du Toit and Ruan Nortje in the second row as a result of injuries to six other locks for the first of two Tests against the All Blacks in South Africa. However, there are
Re-energised after a successful tour Down Under, Mzwandile Stick said the Springboks are mentally and physically prepared to lock horns with the All Blacks in the Republic. The world champions in Johannesburg after a two-day break following their return from Australia, where they banked back-to-back bonus-point wins, for the home leg of their Rugby Championship
Mzwandile Stick says that the Springboks are hungry to finish their mini-tour of Australia unbeaten as they brace for a Wallabies backlash in Perth on Saturday. DYLAN JACK reports. A Springbok team featuring 10 changes from the one that claimed a comfortable victory in the opening round of the Rugby Championship in Brisbane is locked and
Louw, who was one of only five players to retain their places in Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus’ starting team from the last Test, as the coach made 10 changes to the matchday team, was excited about the clash and the opportunity to start once again, and he hoped to make the most of every opportunity
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