The Springboks could face a significant drop in the World Rugby standings if the top-ranked team lose to the All Blacks in Johannesburg on Saturday. The first of two Tests between the traditional rivals in the Rugby Championship will be played at Ellis Park, and in Cape Town a week later. Following their victory when
Bok icon Victor Matfield has questioned why New Zealand Rugby continues to overlook some of the “best players in the world” due to their policy on overseas-based stars. Matfield outlined how the policy is denying the All Blacks access to key talent, including Brodie Retallick, Richie Mo’unga and Shannon Frizell, all of whom are contracted
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.
The Money Man sounds the alarm due to radio silence from the New Zealand camp in the buildup to Saturday’s blockbuster clash with the Springboks. The post Mute All Blacks make Money Man nervous appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has shot the lights for the Springboks in 2024, and New Zealand scrumhalf TJ Perenara has acknowledged the threat of the playmaker. Handre Pollard was the starting flyhalf when South Africa beat the All Blacks in the 2023 Rugby World Cup final in Paris, but the two-time world champion will back up Feinberg-Mngomezulu
Embracing his Mzansi heritage, New Zealand speedster Mark Tele’a can’t wait to tackle the Springboks on the Highveld this Saturday. Tele’a, who has a South African father and a Samoan mother, is in line to feature off the bench for the All Blacks in the first of two Tests over the coming weeks between the
Australia head coach Joe Schmidt has dismissed claims from scrumhalf Tate McDermott that he is focusing on a “narrow” gameplan for the Wallabies. Schmidt was speaking after making three switches among the forwards and two in the backs to tackle Argentina in La Plata on Saturday, from the side beaten 30-12 by the Springboks Down
Natal-raised utility forward Dylan Richardson is champing at the bit to battle the Springboks after committing his future to Scotland. Richardson ended a three-year wait to earn his second Test cap when he played for Scotland against Canada during their tour of the Americas in July. The 25-year-old made his Test debut in November 2021,
Harry Wilson was named Australia captain as head coach Joe Schmidt made five positional changes to face Argentina in La Plata on Saturday. Schmidt made three switches among the forwards and two in the backs to tackle Los Pumas, from the side beaten 30-12 by the Springboks in Perth a fortnight ago. Schmidt expects the
Caleb Clarke says he is praying he goes the right way when the All Blacks winger tackles Springbok sidestepper Cheslin Kolbe at Ellis Park on Saturday. Clarke has been picked ahead of the benched Mark Tele’a for Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash in Johannesburg, the first time the rivals face off since the 2023 World Cup
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