Melvyn Jaminet has been slapped with a lengthy suspension from all competitions after the Frenchman recorded a video in which he made racist comments. “After the FFR Disciplinary Board meeting held today [Friday], it was decided that Melvyn Jaminet had ‘harmed the higher interests of rugby’,” read a French Rugby Federation statement. The 25-year-old fullback
Siya Kolisi’s Springboks can make an argument for being the best World Cup team, but the title of the greatest professional team goes to Richie McCaw’s mighty All Blacks, writes MARK KEOHANE. Writing for TimesLive, Keohane says the McCaw-captained All Blacks that won the 2011 and 2015 World Cups is the greatest team since rugby went
Which is the greatest rugby team of the professional era? Mighty Richie McCaw’s All Blacks or Rassie Erasmus’ Springbok world champions? You decide! Don’t forget about the 2003 England team, spearheaded by Clive Woodward, Martin Johnson and Jonny Wilkinson, or the New Zealand side that won back-to-back World Cup titles for the first time behind
Which is the greatest rugby team of the professional era? Mighty Richie McCaw’s All Blacks or Rassie Erasmus’ Springbok world champions? You decide! Don’t forget about the 2003 England team, spearheaded by Clive Woodward, Martin Johnson and Jonny Wilkinson, or the New Zealand side that won back-to-back World Cup titles for the first time behind
The powerful Elrigh Louw will start for the Springboks at the back of the scrum in their 2024 Rugby Championship opener against Australia, according to readers. Rassie Erasmus on Tuesday announced a 33-man squad for the southern hemisphere competition, which kicks off between the Boks and Wallabies in Brisbane on Saturday, 10 August. There is
Springbok centre Andre Esterhuizen has been hit with a hefty suspension after being red-carded for a controversial tackle in the historic Test against Portugal. The hulking midfielder has been handed a four-match suspension following his dismissal for a hit on Jose Lima in Saturday’s Test in Bloemfontein. Initially issued a yellow card for head-on-head contact
Vodacom Bulls skipper, Ruan Nortje leads an eight-man Vodacom Bulls ensemble called up to the Springboks setup for the 2024 Castle Lager Rugby Championship. Nortje is joined by Johan Grobbelaar, Elrigh Louw, Gerhard Steenekamp, Jan-Hendrik Wessels and Bok regulars in Kurt-Lee Arendse, Marco Van Staden and Willie Le Roux. The octet out of the capital
With incumbent Evan Roos left out of the Rugby Championship squad, Rassie Erasmus faces a big decision over who starts at No 8 for the Springboks in the opening Tests against the Wallabies in Australia. Erasmus on Tuesday officially announced a 33-player squad for the Rugby Championship campaign, which kicks off against the Wallabies in
Scott Robertson’s All Blacks need to run the Springboks off their feet if they are to defeat the two-time defending world champions in South Africa during the Rugby Championship, says John Kirwan. New Zealand went unbeaten through their July internationals against England and Fiji and will now turn their attention to defending their Rugby Championship
Ben-Jason Dixon marked his first Test start with a sensational performance as the DHL Stormers loose forward showed his quality at blindside flanker for the Springboks. Dixon earned his second cap in the green and gold jumper as the world champions capped off a three-Test July schedule with a 10-try mauling of minnows Portugal in
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