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Rugby Wrapped
Forget Spotify Wrapped, or pondering the personal and professional triumphs and failures of the year that is currently drawing to its...
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Nov 52 min read
Bok 23 primed for the Scots
The Autumn Nations series kicked off this past weekend with England hosting the All Blacks and Scotland taking on the Flying Fijians....
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Oct 234 min read
The countdown to RWC 2025 is on!
There’s less than a year to go until the best women’s rugby teams in the world gather in England for Rugby World Cup 2025, with the hosts...
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Sep 243 min read
A Decade of Dominance
Eben Etzebeth, is set to make history this weekend as he becomes South Africa's most capped rugby player of all time. After equaling the...
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Sep 243 min read
Bok Women build momentum
The WXV 2 competition kicks off in Cape Town this Friday evening, and the Springbok Women will be hoping to continue their current run of...
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Sep 44 min read
Ladies first
Picture it. Ellis Park, 13 August 2022. 1pm. The devoted drinkers were already starting to convene in the beer garden, preparing for the...
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Sep 22 min read
Likely changes to the Bok 23 for Cape Town
The Springboks may have walked away with a narrow 31-27 point win over the All Blacks at Ellis Park on Saturday, but it was hardly the...
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Sep 23 min read
Ellis Park Misses the Mark in Respecting Rugby’s Great Tradition
Rugby’s greatest rivalry took centre stage again as the Springboks hosted the All Blacks at Ellis Park this past Saturday, with the Bokke...
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Aug 83 min read
En route to the battle of the underdogs
Ah, August in the rugby-loving southern hemisphere. The peaks and valleys of the July Tests are firmly in the rearview mirror (though I...
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Jul 45 min read
Currie Cup Crush
I didn’t grow up in a rugby household, so I discovered the game relatively late by South African standards. I think I was in Grade 8 or 9...
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Jul 13 min read
Boks go to go full tilt against Ireland.
The World Cup winning Springboks are set to name their side to face Ireland in the first of their two-test series tour tomorrow. We got a...
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Jun 62 min read
Is this the team to face Wales?
The regular season of the URC has drawn to a close and only eight sides remain for the play-off stages. From a South African perspective,...
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Apr 12 min read
World Rugby Diffuses Bok Bomb Squad
Earlier in March, World Rugby announced a number of law variations, trials and studies aimed 'at making the game safer'. Some of the...
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Mar 293 min read
World Champ Tax
2020 saw Springbok fans robbed of their chance to see their championship side in action, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the...
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Mar 74 min read
Return of the conquering heroes
Let’s be honest (your boss isn’t reading this) – Monday morning productivity was at an all time low in South Africa this week, and not...
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Mar 34 min read
Sink or Swim
There is no longer any denying it, the Sharks are in a dire situation and fans are tired of waiting weekend after weekend to see if their...
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Feb 34 min read
Death, taxes, and couch referees
Benjamin Franklin once said that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. I’d like to add a third – rugby fans complaining about...
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Jan 193 min read
It's about to go down...
Whilst the Northern Hemisphere is gearing up for the Guinness 6 Nations kicking off at the end of the month, all of us down South have a...
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Jan 102 min read
Champions Cup - Action packed weekend ahead.
This weekend’s Investec Champions Cup promises hard-hitting rugby action, with the Bulls and the Stormers at leading the South African...
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Jan 96 min read
Sink or swim? The curious case of the Sharks
There’s a lot of negative talk about the Sharks at the moment, and I’m loathe to add to it. I don’t believe it’s particularly helpful....
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