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Learn lessons and put Boks to sword!

26 November 2017 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS Excellent: Dan Biggar WHAT A Test match that was! Wales came out on the wrong side of the result, but the first thing […]

Hougaard using Boks axe to spark Warriors survival bid

26 November 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY Axed: Francois Hougaard WORCESTER star Francois Hougaard admits he will consider his Test future after being made a scapegoat by South Africa […]

We must beat Boks say Gat ‘s battlers

26 November 2017 1 comment

WALES insist their autumn campaign will be a failure unless they beat South Africa on Saturday. Warren Gatland ‘s side suffered a 30th straight defeat […]

Sharks in pursuit of big away day catch

19 November 2017 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE SALE talisman Faf de Klerk Still harbours hopes of playing in the next World Cup for South Africa despite his move to […]

Aki opens his Test account in some style

19 November 2017 0 comments

BUNDEEAki’s shuddering launch of his international career in Dublin last weekend would have been felt 12,000 miles away back home in Auckland. It would certainly […]

Beal lit up Arms Park long before Twickenham

12 November 2017 1 comment

Over the last 20 years almost as many embryonic Lions have taken their first steps at what must be the most productive nursery in the […]

Can Wales rise from ashes after 16 losses?

5 November 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Rout: Bernard Foley runs in one of Australia’s five tries in their 32-8 victory over Wales last […]

Gloucester’s Ruan Ackermann considers playing for England

2 November 2017 0 comments

The Gloucester back row could be eligible for England in 2020 and says it’s a possibility if the Springboks don’t come calling

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

22 October 2017 0 comments

BRIAN ‘BJ’ JONES FORMER NEWPORT, WALES, BARBARIANS AND COMBINED SERVICES CENTRE Nowadays it is only Test payers who get the opportunity to play against the […]

Born-again Boks push All Blacks to the very edge

8 October 2017 1 comment

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER SOUTH Africa lost a Test match but won back their self-respect in a barnstorming game that showcased the Rugby Championship at its […]

World Cup downer helped to raise my game says Reinach

8 October 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY New Saint: South African No.9 Cobus Reinach PICTURES: Getty Images COBUS Reinach has revealed how his disillusionment with South African rugby in […]

Recall for Louw as Boks look for a big response

24 September 2017 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON FRANCOIS Louw has been included in the Springbok squad for the two remaining matches of the Rugby Championship following their capitulation against […]

Springboks want Willie to go home

17 September 2017 3 comments

WASPS could lose their second marquee signing in as many seasons with Willie Le Roux under pressure to return to South Africa. The Springbok full- […]

Ruan set to choose between Boks and England

17 September 2017 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY RUAN Ackermann insists he has an open mind over where his international ambitions lie after following his father, Johan, to Gloucester. Ackermann, […]

Cheetahs cut down by Wootton 4-try blast

10 September 2017 0 comments

By DARAGH SMALL MUNSTER director of rugby Rassie Erasmus says there is still plenty of room for improvement even though the Reds made it ten […]

Wasteful Wallabies let Boks off the hook

10 September 2017 2 comments

By SAM JACKSON AUSTRALIA coach Michael Cheika rued the inability of his Wallabies to close out matches after they surrendered a big lead for a […]

Springboks could call time on Cheika’s reign

3 September 2017 4 comments

COLIN BOAG Crunch time: Michael Cheika faces a difficult match in Perth It has been open season on Australian rugby for the past few months, […]

Wallabies fire out a warning to Wales

27 August 2017 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I WROTE last week how Wales must look at this year’s Rugby Championship and take some lessons with the […]

The Bok who gave Meads his toughest challenge

27 August 2017 1 comment

THROUGHOUT his career Colin Meads was frequently asked who his toughest and most feared opponent was and although the likes of Willie John McBride, Delme […]

Southern stars shine in their adopted skies

20 August 2017 1 comment

TWO more recruits from what used to be the British Empire take up residence this week in Scotland’s training squad. Anton Bressler arrives via Windhoek […]

Yes, it looks like something is really starting to happen for Coetzee’s Springboks

20 August 2017 1 comment

By NICK VERDIER SOUTHAfrica did not have it all their own way like they did against France in the June Test series and they showed […]

Will All Blacks be fresh to go again?

13 August 2017 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER runs his expert eye over the Rugby Championship contenders ahead of next weekend’s big kick-off New Zealand have lost only two of their […]

Top Boks will follow ‘exodus to Europe’

1 August 2017 0 comments

Super Rugby‘s fading appeal is likely to provoke South Africa‘s major provinces to follow the lead of the Cheetahs and Kings by beating a path […]

Jones wants Tour to help England go the distance

30 July 2017 1 comment

Rupert Guinness, rugby writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, finds the England coach in the Alps Eddie Jones is back at Twickenham. The silence and […]

Gary Gold: Boks reborn with Venter working for the defence

27 July 2017 0 comments

The fact that the All Blacks drew the three-match series with the British and Irish Lions would have been of concern to them. Hence they […]

Etzebeth try sparks Springboks’ second half battering

25 June 2017 0 comments

By NICK VERDIER SOUTH Africa celebrated the anniversary of their 1995 World Cup triumph by completing a 3-0 whitewash of France in Johannesburg. Surprisingly, France […]

Mills finally honoured with his cap from Top Cat

18 June 2017 0 comments

THEWelsh Rugby Union have dragged the good name of the game through the mud of some shameful episodes, not least their toadying to South Africa […]

Kolisi try magic sets up series win for

18 June 2017 0 comments

By NICK VERDIER SOUTH Africa put four tries past France for the second week running to clinch their three-Test series in emphatic fashion in Durban […]

Vermeulen meets with specialist ahead of series opener against France

6 June 2017 0 comments

South Africa number 8 Duane Vermeulen will not play a part in the three-Test home series against France this month. Vermeulen picked up a shoulder […]

HowScarlets boxed clever with Byron in their corner

4 June 2017 0 comments

PETER JACKSON Before the Scarlet champions could go out on the town in Dublin last Saturday night, Munster sent a congratulatory note to their dressing-room. […]

Peter Jackson: Boks’ RWC triumph hung on a shirtsleeve

26 May 2017 0 comments

There is an old adage in journalism that news is not necessarily when it happens but when someone digs it out. Applying that principle to […]

Worcester tie down another Springbok

16 May 2017 0 comments

Worcester have announced that South Africa international Dewald Potgieter has signed a new contract to extend his stay at Sixways. Potgieter ,who follows in the […]

Rhodes now relishing life as colossus of Saracens

14 May 2017 0 comments

NICK VERDIER meets the black sheep who’s turned into a starring wolf for Saracens It can be a daunting prospect for a new, internationally unheralded […]

South African minister lifts ban on SARU’s bid for 2023 World Cup

9 May 2017 0 comments

The SARU have been given the green light to resume their bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup a newly-appointed minister in the South […]

Sale sign Faf de Klerk after all

9 May 2017 0 comments

Sale Sharks have announced the signing of South Africa international Faf de Klerk on a three-year deal ahead of next season. Only on April 17, […]

Now Springboks must head north says veteran Burger

7 May 2017 0 comments

By NICK CAIN SCHALK Burger has called for South Africa to join the Six Nations and European Cup as soon as possible to stem the […]

De Klerk and O’Connor are done deals at Sale

16 April 2017 0 comments

BLINDSIDE understands that Sale Sharks have completed deals for Faf de Klerk and James O’Connor to move to the club next season. We exclusively revealed […]

Olivier: Boks must act to end the drain of talent

26 March 2017 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By TOM BRADSHAW SOUTH AFRICA are likely to suffer a continuing drain of talent unless the South African Rugby Union do a better […]

Williams’ rich seam of talent Alun-Wyn misses the point

5 March 2017 0 comments

THERE are many examples of illustrious families to be found in the history books of the game but none, surely, to match one born to […]

Italy draft in Allan for Twickenham clash

22 February 2017 0 comments

Tommaso Allan will start for Italy in their Six Nations clash against England at Twickenham on Sunday. The Treviso fly-half, who takes over from Carlo […]

Legend Van der Westhuizen dies

6 February 2017 0 comments

Former South Africa captain Joost van der Westhuizen has died losing his six-years battle with motor neurone disease. Van der Westhuizen, who was 45, won […]

Dan’s the man for me says Bennett

5 February 2017 2 comments

By PETER JACKSON DAN BIGGAR takes centre stage for Wales in Rome today reinforced by a resounding vote of confidence from the most decorated of […]

Campagnaro wants Italy to catch the wave this time

5 February 2017 0 comments

MICHELE CAMPAGNARO has two sporting passions in life – playing rugby and surfing – and both so far have given him more grief than joy, […]

Peter Jackson: Billy Boston’s old club being left for dead by the Union

16 December 2016 0 comments

The world’s first multi-racial rugby club, the one in Cardiff docks made famous by Billy Boston, is fighting for its life. The Cardiff International Athletic […]