Team Announcement: 1st Bok team of the year is here.
It is finally happening! The Springboks are taking on Wales at Loftus this weekend in the first game of the three test Incoming Series. A...
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Jun 27, 20223 min read
Is local the most lekker?
Jake White. Gallo Images. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas. The start of the international rugby season....
Jun 23, 20223 min read
Deon Fourie, bad omen for the All Blacks.
It has been a while since the Springboks last selected an out and out fetcher or breakdown specialist. The All Blacks wont remember that...
May 30, 20223 min read
Two sides: an emotional conclusion
Two Sides came to its emotional conclusion on 29 May, with a final episode that was slightly longer than the first two, given that it had...
May 5, 20224 min read
Out with the old and in with the new?
Jacques Nienaber. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. With just under two months to go until the first Springbok game of the year, it seems...
Apr 14, 20222 min read
Explainer: How SA will qualify for the European Rugby Champions Cup
SA is currently completing it's first full season in the United Rugby Championship and three of the four teams featuring in the...
Apr 9, 20222 min read
Wales in for a rough July if the URC is any indication
With four weeks of URC rugby under the belt on South African shores. Wales will be left with plenty to think about ahead of their tour to...
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Picking a Bok team 3 months out
On this weeks episode of our podcast, Ronnie & I undertook the difficult task of selecting a starting team to feature in the opening...
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Manie of the Match
Manie Libbok snapped up Man of the Match this weekend in the Stormers win over the Ospreys in Cape Town. It isn't only the past weekends...
Apr 4, 20223 min read
The rise and rise of Makazole Mapimpi
By now, rugby fans around the world are more than familiar with the try-scoring machine, Makazole Mapimpi. Even before he scored the...
Mar 31, 20222 min read
Peak-a-Sbu
Sbu Nkosi has been absent from the Sharks starting line up for a couple of weeks now, with debate raging about what is going on with the...
Mar 30, 20223 min read
Elrigh Louw
There is no doubt that the one position the Springboks never seem to be short of personnel in is the loose trio. South Africa seems to...
Mar 24, 20223 min read
Let's get back to the stadium
When tickets went on sale recently for this year’s Springbok home games, fans leapt at the opportunity to see our World Cup winners in...
Mar 16, 20222 min read
"I want to come home"
In an interview with Sport24, Tendai Mtawarira, also known as The Beast, who is a crucial member on the Sharks Board, explained how he...
Mar 4, 20225 min read
Reflecting on joy
When South Africa won the Rugby World Cup in 2019, I was too overwhelmed, too full of joy, to put it into words. And even now, as we draw...
Mar 3, 20223 min read
Time to get rid of the salary cap Rassie.
Rassie Erasmus needs to take a fast and hard look at removing South Africa's salary cap, if he want's to see more of his beloved Boks...
Feb 23, 20222 min read
Its that Time of the Year Again
Greeting to the readers! I am so sorry for my extended Christmas Holiday. I know, its literally almost March. But there will be a lot...
Jan 14, 20223 min read
RWC Around the Corner
The year has kicked off on a positive note already! I am late to the party as always, but happy new year to my readers! I hope that this...
Jan 6, 20223 min read
Joining the Sharks, the best move for Kolisi
Siya Kolisi signed for the Cell C Sharks in 2021 in what was a massive coup for the Durban based side over their coastal compatriots. It...
Jan 5, 20223 min read
Your 2022 Springbok Fixture's
Now that the Christmas lights are packed away and the new years champagne hangover has subsided, its time to get out those diaries and...
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