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Wales’ All Blacks tour faces the axe

5 April 2020 0 comments

NZ virus lockdown In the balance: Nick Tompkins’ move to Cardiff Blues has hit a problem – see Blindside P10 PICTURE: Getty Images WALES are […]

Sale ace De Jager open to 6 Nations switch

5 April 2020 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Lock star: Lood de Jager WORLD CUP-winning lock Lood de Jager is openminded about South Africa moving away from the Rugby Championship […]

Guscott column: Lions must be ready, Springboks will only get better

31 March 2020 0 comments

For a third consecutive tour of South Africa, the British & Irish Lions will be facing a world champion team

NEXT WEEK …Don’t miss

29 March 2020 2 comments

Top 20 Wasted Talents, including Christian Wade Lions contenders to face Springboks next summer Big interview with Exeter Chief Gareth Steenson … Continue reading… Access […]

Griffiths certain Boks will head west

29 March 2020 0 comments

THE financial impact of the global coronavirus epidemic should concentrate minds like never before when it comes to resolving some of the long-standing structural issues […]

Will Greenwood picks more Scots in Lions 2021 XV than Welsh or Ireland

26 March 2020 0 comments

The shockingly low number of Scotland players to have started a Test for the Lions since 1997

Dallaglio errs towards selecting Maro Itoje as Lions captain for 2021 tour

25 March 2020 0 comments

A fans’ favourite in New Zealand almost three years ago, Dallaglio backs Itoje to be a hit again against Springboks

Expertise of team doctor prevents Springbok star Pieter-Steph du Toit from possible leg amputation

17 March 2020 0 comments

Complications from blood clot led to the reigning World Player of the Year receiving emergency surgery

The Scotland players NOT named Stuart Hogg who Jim Telfer believes should go on the Lions tour

17 March 2020 0 comments

Telfer sees two players in the Scotland team who can help the Lions against the might of the Springbok pack

New Sale Sharks lock Lood de Jager hones in on Exiles

5 March 2020 0 comments

The Springboks giant will may his long-awaited debut for Sale Sharks on Friday night

Springboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit rejects Harlequins move

4 March 2020 0 comments

Paul Gustard’s personal journey to South Africa wasn’t enough to lure the Boks star to the Stoop

Guscott column: Manu Tuilagi is ready to find holes in Wales’ defence

3 March 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott gives his thoughts ahead of England versus Wales at Twickenham, where the hosts will be looking for a display like the one against Ireland

Du Toit snubs Quins to wait for Lions tour

1 March 2020 0 comments

HARLEQUINS have suffered a blow after World Player of the Year Pieter- Steph du Toit turned down a move to the Twickenham Stoop next season. […]

Powerhouse Boks get the French firing

1 March 2020 2 comments

Brendan Gallagher looks at the history of great lock pairings during France’s golden eras of rugby Threat: Bernard le Roux of France is tackled by […]

Springboks joining the Six Nations isn’t out of the question, says Rob Andrew

27 February 2020 0 comments

Andrew points to the development of T20 in cricket, as reason not to disbelieve the prospect of a ‘Seven Nations’

Consign this shameful class system to history

23 February 2020 0 comments

Giant killers: Duncan Roke, of the National League XV, on the attack against the Springboks in 2000 PICTURE: Getty Images BRENDAN Gallagher’s recent articles on […]

Captain Hogg showshis class on Roman holiday for the Scots

23 February 2020 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER End of a 17-phase siege: Chris Harris goes over for Scotland’s second try PICTURES: Getty Images IT WASN’T pretty but it was […]

Bath flanker Francois Louw eyes last hurrah in MLR

20 February 2020 0 comments

World Cup-winner Francois Louw talks Bath, Major League Rugby interests, and how he also retired as a Springbok

Harlequins announce signing of Stormers tighthead Wilco Louw

13 February 2020 0 comments

Quins have found their replacement in the pack when Kyle Sinckler heads to Bristol

Harlequins line up Springboks star Pieter-Steph du Toit to replace Robshaw

12 February 2020 0 comments

Also, Simon Zebo appears to be on his way out of France but an Ireland homecoming might not be on the cards…

TV deals may stall Boks arrival in 6 Nations

9 February 2020 0 comments

REPORTS that South Africa are planning to join the Six Nations are nothing new, not least because the size of the broadcast revenue from a […]

Jacques Vermeulen kicking on at Exeter after brush with Nick Easter

5 February 2020 0 comments

Neale Harvey meets Exeter Chiefs’ Jacques Vermeulen and Jannes Kirsten – both already making an impact

Jackson column: Sean Lineen led the way for Six Nations invasion

5 February 2020 0 comments

How the trickle of Kiwis into the Six Nations started with Scotland centre Sean Lineen

Tough lessons will make us all stronger – Gustard

26 January 2020 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD PAUL Gustard says he has learned a lot about himself during Harlequins’ struggle to ignite their season. He admits it has been […]

Matt Proudfoot: How England’s new forwards coach left a mark on Pieter-Steph du Toit and Schalk Brits

24 January 2020 0 comments

The two Springboks reveal the inner teachings of Proudfoot who worked under Rassie Erasmus in the World Cup triumph

“I’d done my time in Cape Town” – Eben Etzebeth talks Toulon move

23 January 2020 0 comments

Springboks enforcer Eben Etzebeth switched the Stormers for Toulon after winning the World Cup

Harlequins sign Andre Esterhuizen after meeting lofty wage demands

22 January 2020 0 comments

Quins win race for Springbok centre’s signature after facing competition from rival Premiership club

World Cup hero focused on European domination

19 January 2020 1 comment

By ALEX BYWATER South Africa enforcer: Eben Etzebeth EBEN Etzebeth ended 2019 on top of the world and South Africa’s giant lock has no plans […]

Cobus Reinach to leave Northampton Saints at the end of the season

14 January 2020 0 comments

Will Chris Boyd be bringing in a new signing to replace the departing Reinach?

The Rugby Paper’s team of the 2010s

27 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher has watched a lot – and we mean, a lot – of rugby this decade. So we asked him to pick a team of the decade

Beast off to new Glory in Washington

22 December 2019 3 comments

FORMER South Africa prop Tendai Mtawarira is joining Washington’s Old Glory DC in America’s fledgling Major League Rugby. The ‘Beast’ will sign for a year […]

Not all rosy in Rainbow nation

15 December 2019 0 comments

Decision: Aphiwe Dyantyi and Chiliboy Ralepelle THESE are heady days for South African rugby but there is one very dark cloud on the horizon and […]

Gallagher column: Root of Israel Folau case grew from shame of apartheid

12 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher examines the vitriol espoused by sacked Wallabies star Israel Folau and how it correlates with attitudes during the apartheid era

Jackson column: Days of romance, song and drama with Lions

11 December 2019 0 comments

Peter Jackson looks back on the 1955 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa, when attitudes were different but the rugby just as dramatic

Guscott column: It beggars belief that the Lions are treated so badly

10 December 2019 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott believes it is as important as ever for the Lions to win in South Africa to not fall to the total will of the professional club game

Days of romance, song and drama with Lions

8 December 2019 1 comment

PETER JACKSON Miss: Van der Schyff hangs his head No touring team in any theatre of global sport can match the Lions for outrageous storylines, […]

Five warm-ups are enough to get the Lions ready

8 December 2019 1 comment

IT WAS interesting to see the eight-game schedule for the British & Irish Lions tour. Five warm-up games is more than enough to prepare for […]

Root of Folau case grew from shame of apartheid

8 December 2019 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Controversy: Israel Folau this week reached a settlement with Rugby Australia PICTURE: […]

Seeds of Springboks multi-racial glory were sewn by student ‘yobs’

6 December 2019 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher recalls the ‘Protest Tour’ of 1969, fifty years on

Botha puts World Cup disappointment behind him

1 December 2019 1 comment

Power: Ruan Botha on the surge for Irish BATTLE-HARDENED lock Ruan Botha has vowed to overcome the frustration of his Springboks snub by helping London […]

C’mon Eddie, let players break free and flourish

1 December 2019 0 comments

GUEST COLUMN “Jones wants even greater levels of managerial control over his international personnel” One by one, England’s World Cup elite have been dribbling back […]

Seeds of Boks multi-racial glory were sewn by student ‘yobs’

1 December 2019 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER RECALLS THE ‘PROTEST TOUR’ OF 1969, FIFTY YEARS ON It’s barely a month since the first truly multi-racial South African rugby side gloriously […]

Twickenham victory thrilled Duckham

1 December 2019 0 comments

Captain: Bob Hiller The Sixth Springboks will always be known as the Protest Tour but there was some rugby played – 25 games in fact […]

My Life in Rugby: Former Ireland prop Paul Wallace

28 November 2019 0 comments

One of the Lions’ victorious tourists to win in South Africa in 1997

England were too fancy says Springboks star Jean de Villiers

21 November 2019 0 comments

The former South Africa and Leicester centre believes Eddie Jones got the selection wrong for the World Cup final

Cronin late try so vital for Irish

17 November 2019 0 comments

MUNSTER head coach Johann van Graan stressed the importance of Munster’s lastminute try which secured them a winning bonus point. Replacement hooker James Cronin touched […]

Du Preez sends his stunning reminder to Rassie

17 November 2019 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE DANIEL DU PREEZ hopes his stunning start to the season will catapult him back into the international arena with the Springboks. The […]

Lions Tour 2021 has tasty look to it says former Springbok captain John Smit

13 November 2019 0 comments

John Smith and Francois Pienaar look ahead to the Lions tour of South Africa in 2021

Lions and Baa-baas lined up for Twickenham

10 November 2019 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON Backing: Jason Leonard THE Lions are planning to play the Barbarians at Twickenham for the first time since the Gareth Edwards-Phil Bennett […]

The Beast has become a beauty for Springboks

10 November 2019 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points FEW players get to announce their retirement off the back of possibly a career […]

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