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...
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...
Nov 10, 20233 min read
Thor’s new role...
Duane Vermeulen this week announced his retirement from rugby after an incredible career for both club and country. The 76 capped...
Oct 12, 20234 min read
The Boks big secret.
After 40 games have been played in the tournament so far, this week sees the Rugby World Cup progresses to the play-off stages. From 20...
Oct 5, 20235 min read
DEFINED BY CHOICE
The Springbok coaching duo of Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber or RasNaber as we prefer, have a few tough choices awaiting them in the...
Oct 3, 20236 min read
Perceptions, permutations, and a little perspective
When I booked my Rugby World Cup trip in early 2021, I was heartbroken. The Springboks still hadn’t played a game since the RWC 2019...
Sep 13, 20233 min read
The Boks Superior Discontent.
It was in the Springbok World Cup documentary, Chasing the Sun that the phrase 'superior discontent' was first coined by now head coach,...
Jul 7, 20233 min read
The perfect build-up
The Springboks head into the international season tomorrow with their opening test against the Wallabies at Loftus. Much of the talk...
Aug 26, 20225 min read
It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it…
Springbok Coach, Jacques Nienaber. Photograph by Johan Rynners/Gallo Images/Getty Images. There are some jobs I wouldn’t do for all the...
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 26, 20222 min read
Our Springbok 23 for Test 1
Test week has arrived and the Springboks are gearing up to host Wales in the first of 3 tests at Loftus next Saturday. What makes this...
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 23, 20224 min read
Two Sides: it’s war, both on the field and off it
Episode two of the brilliant Two Sides documentary aired on 22 May, and viewers were once again treated to unparalleled insights into...
May 16, 20224 min read
Two Sides: the tour that almost never was
The first episode of the new three-part docuseries, Two Sides, which deals with the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa,...
Apr 24, 20222 min read
Evan Roos: have Bok coaches seen the light?
The Stormers put a very powerful performance in on Friday night to beat Glasgow 32 - 7 and move up to 2nd on the overall URC log. Whilst...
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, 20223 min read
No room for the weak, SARU's self created problem
Speaking to the Daily Mail again, South African Director of Rugby, Rassie Erasmus discussed an issue he believes the South African...
Mar 11, 20223 min read
Sir Rassie? Will he be singing 'god save our gracious queen' soon?
It’s been a few days since Rassie Erasmus sat down with the Daily Mail to discuss in full the British & Irish Lions series, the...
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...
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