Faf de Klerk interview: ‘Making big hits on bigger guys rattles them – and I relish winding them up’
De Klerk arrived at Sale as a relative unknown in 2017. By his own estimation, he was the Springboks’ fourth-choice scrum-half and there were plenty of South…
Betraying tradition or raising Six Nations standards? Our writers argue for and against South Africa’s inclusion
Grouping international tournaments along longitudinal lines, rather than by hemispheres, makes some sense. The multiple time-zones of The Rugby Championship make it an administrative nightmare that exhausts…
Test nations have never been closer – no wonder World Rugby’s ‘dream team’ pleases nobody
Because of how they deploy the Bomb Squad and muscle set-piece dominance, both of their loosehead props, Steven Kitshoff and Ox Nche, had claims to oust Wyn…
Test nations have never been closer — no wonder World Rugby’s ‘dream team’ pleases nobody
Because of how they deploy the Bomb Squad and muscle set-piece dominance, both of their loosehead props, Steven Kitshoff and Ox Nche, had claims to oust Wyn…
Handre Pollard is a completely different fly-half to George Ford but can still be a fine fit at Leicester
Another reservation might be his availability. Pollard would be likely to miss the start of domestic seasons up until October for the Rugby Championship window and then…
Handre Pollard’s move to Leicester could be just as beneficial for South Africa as the Tigers
It doesn’t always work, and I can think of examples – such as Jake White’s tenure at Montpellier or Alan Solomons at Northampton – where there is…
Leicester on verge of signing World Cup winning fly-half Handre Pollard to replace George Ford
Leicester Tigers are on the verge of completing the signing of Handre Pollard, South Africa’s World Cup-winning fly-half, as the high-profile replacement for George Ford. The Premiership…
Sarah Levy stars for Barbarians Women against South Africa in record attendance at Twickenham
Barbarians 60 South Africa 5 Natasha Hunt revealed how she and her Barbarians team-mates had to make a mad taxi scramble to Twickenham Stadium to keep the…
Rassie Erasmus and SA Rugby perform u-turn, withdrawing appeals and apologising to match officials
World Rugby also released a statement saying: “World Rugby welcomes the public apology from SA Rugby and Rassie Erasmus to the match officials involved in the first…