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Jun 18, 24 •
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Comments Off on Koch strikes 50 in exciting Bok squad featuring four debutants
Rugby World Cup-winning prop Vincent Koch will earn his 50th Test cap on Saturday when the Springboks take on Wales at Twickenham in their first international since lifting the Webb Ellis Cup in France in October last year as Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus...
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Jun 14, 24 •
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Comments Off on Junior Bok squad announced for World Rugby U20 Championship
The Junior Springbok squad for the forthcoming World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Cape Town was announced on Friday, with Zachary Porthen – one of five players who will feature in the tournament for a second time – named as the captain of the team....
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Jun 14, 24 •
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Comments Off on Erasmus pleased as Boks wrap up first camp week
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus was pleased with the bedrock laid at the first week of the national training camp in Pretoria and was satisfied that they have a solid base to build from as the squad prepares to face Wales in the opening Test of the season at...
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May 28, 24 •
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Comments Off on Fixtures confirmed for World Rugby U20 Championship
The World Rugby U20 Championship returns to South Africa in June and July when the 12 best Under-20 teams will battle it out for global supremacy, with France defending the title they won in Cape Town last year, while the Junior Springboks will look to...
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May 28, 24 •
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Comments Off on Springboks, Kolisi honoured by African Union for RWC triumph
The Springboks added prestigious continental awards to their impressive list of accolades following their back-to-back Rugby World Cup titles last year, when they received the Team of the Year and Sportsman of the Year awards at the African Union Sports...
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May 25, 24 •
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Comments Off on Etzebeth describes historic EPCR Challenge Cup win as biggest club highlight
Hollywoodbets Sharks captain Eben Etzebeth described his team’s convincing victory against Gloucester in the – EPCR Challenge Cup final at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Friday night as his greatest club highlight and lauded his team’s...
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May 16, 24 •
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Comments Off on Roos commits long-term to DHL Stormers
Loose forward Evan Roos has signed a contract extension that will see him continue to play for the DHL Stormers until at least 2027. The explosive Roos is the latest player to be confirmed as remaining in Cape Town until 2027, following the announcement of...
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Feb 27, 24 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Test tickets on sale from March
Tickets for the Springboks’ highly anticipated home Tests against Ireland, Portugal and Argentina – priced from R150 and R350 – will take the local rugby market by storm in March, only a few days before the double Rugby World Cup-champions host their...
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Feb 19, 24 •
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Comments Off on Boks to get wheels in motion with Cape Town alignment camp
The Springboks will get the wheels in motion for the 2024 season in Cape Town in the first week of March with the first in-person coaches’ strategic session and a two-day alignment camp with a group of 43 players, which will mark the team’s first...
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Feb 16, 24 •
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Comments Off on An Open Letter to South Africa By Rian Oberholzer, CEO, SA Rugby
As some of you may have read or heard, SA Rugby is engaged in conversations with a private equity company, which wishes to invest in the future commercial growth of our sport. That conversation is incomplete, and any agreement that may ultimately be reached,...
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Feb 12, 24 •
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Comments Off on Behind-the-scenes story of Boks’ RWC win launches 24 March
The highly anticipated inside story of the Springboks’ 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign, Chasing the Sun 2, premieres on M-Net and SuperSport on 24 March 2024. The five-part documentary is the sequel to Chasing the Sun, the award-winning story of the...
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Jan 26, 24 •
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Comments Off on Bloemfontein to host historic Bok Test against Portugal
Bloemfontein has been confirmed as the venue when the Springboks face Portugal in the historic first Test between the nations on Saturday, 20 July, in the final match of the Castle Lager Incoming Series as part of a thrilling 2024 home Test schedule. The...
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Nov 6, 23 •
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Comments Off on Kolisi thanks South Africa for passionate support
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi expressed his sincere gratitude to South Africa’s passionate rugby supporters on behalf of the national team on Monday after they concluded their four-day trophy tour, saying they witnessed a “united nation” in the last few...
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Oct 26, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber, Etzebeth, Libbok nominated for World Rugby awards
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber, centurion lock Eben Etzebeth and flyhalf Manie Libbok are among a top-class list of nominees for the 2023 World Rugby Awards, which will be presented at the Opéra Garnier in Paris on Sunday, 29 October – a day after...
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Oct 26, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber recalls record-breaking 2019 RWC final halfback duo for NZ showdown
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber made only two changes to his starting team for Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final, recalling the 2019 final halfback pairing of Handré Pollard and Faf de Klerk to the run-on side, making them the most capped nine-and-ten...
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Oct 19, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber names unchanged team for England showdown
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber showed faith in his match-winning Rugby World Cup quarter-final squad by retaining the same starting XV and replacements’ bench for Saturday’s semi-final against England at the Stade de France in Paris. The selection is...
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Oct 16, 23 •
419 Views •
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Comments Off on Kolisi: “We knew it would take something special”
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi declared in the early hours of Monday morning that they knew it would take something special to beat France in the Rugby World Cup quarter-final on Sunday, and both him and Bok head coach Jacques Nienaber lauded the team’s...
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Oct 13, 23 •
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Comments Off on Experienced Springbok team named for RWC quarter-final
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named an experienced team – including 15 players who featured in the 2019 final – for their Rugby World Cup quarter-final against France at the Stade de France in Paris on Sunday evening. A further four players in the...
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Oct 2, 23 •
494 Views •
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Comments Off on Lukhanyo Am called into Springbok Rugby World Cup squad
Lukhanyo Am, a member of the Springboks’ 2019 Rugby World Cup winning team, has been called into the 2023 squad as an injury replacement for wing Makazole Mapimpi who suffered a fractured cheekbone in Sunday’s 49-18 victory over Tonga. Mapimpi is expected...
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Oct 2, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber praises Boks for doing what they could to stay in RWC
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber and captain Siya Kolisi praised the team’s effort and physicality against Tonga on Sunday night in their final Rugby World Cup pool match in Marseille – steering them to a 49-18 victory – and doing all they could to...
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Sep 20, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber makes wholesale changes for Rugby World Cup duel with Ireland
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber made 13 personnel changes and a positional switch as well naming a seven-one split in favour of the forwards on the replacements’ bench for Saturday’s third Rugby World Cup pool encounter against Ireland. Nine players who...
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Sep 14, 23 •
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Comments Off on Marx ruled out of Rugby World Cup
Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx has been ruled out of the remainder of the Rugby World Cup in France with a long-term knee injury. Marx, who was not included in Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber’s matchday squad to face Romania in Bordeaux on Sunday, went down...
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Sep 14, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber names four scrumhalves in squad to face Romania
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named all four scrumhalves in the Springbok squad in the match-23 to face Romania in Bordeaux as he spread the playing load for the team’s second Pool B Rugby World Cup clash on Sunday, when Bongi Mbonambi will lead the team...
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Sep 12, 23 •
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Comments Off on Springbok Women ready for Kenyan challenge
The Springbok Women have been hard at work over the last couple of weeks and cannot wait to have their efforts tested in a match, so they are keenly anticipating Saturday’s Test against Kenya in Cape Town. That is the view of Springbok Women assistant...
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Sep 8, 23 •
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Comments Off on SAB PARTNERS WITH THE SABC TO SECURE BROADCAST RIGHTS TO TELEVISE 2023 RUGBY WORLD CUP MATCHES
Millions of sport-loving South Africans will have a collective sigh of relief after The South African Breweries (SAB) through Mzansi’s national beer, Castle Lager, announced that, together with another corporate, it has inked a partnership with the South...
