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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 •
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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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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 7, 23 •
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Comments Off on De Klerk reaches 50 in settled Springbok team for momentous RWC opener
Springbok scrumhalf Faf de Klerk wins his 50th Test cap in a settled Springbok team for the momentous Rugby World Cup opener against Scotland in Marseille on Sunday. De Klerk is one of 11 players to retain their starting places from the team which recorded a...
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Sep 6, 23 •
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Comments Off on Jean talks all things rugby, becoming a dad, and owning two Beagles
What is the strength of the Springbok team? We are proud to represent our country and are united in our dream and cause. How do you stay focused on the now when the World Cup is so close? Every week is as important as the next in the lead up to the World Cup....
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Sep 5, 23 •
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Comments Off on Duane talks about his proudest achievements, playing for Ulster and campervanning.
What are your proudest achievements? My proudest achievement is being selected to represent my country and everything after that was a bonus. What do you love about your position? Being able to connect between the forwards and the backs and carrying the ball...
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Aug 26, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber pleased with win, but says there’s still work to do
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber was proud of his charges on Saturday after delivering a record 35-7 victory over New Zealand in their final Rugby World Cup warm-up game at Twickenham, but he said there was still work to do before they arrived in France and...
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Aug 21, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber mixes things up for All Blacks Test
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber made eight personnel changes – and one positional switch – to his starting lineup for the final warm-up game, against the All Blacks at Twickenham on Friday, as he continued to fine tune preparations for the opening Rugby...
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Aug 8, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber names youth and experience in exciting RWC squad
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named 21 players with Rugby World Cup experience (nine of whom will be appearing at their third RWC tournament) when he revealed the defending champion’s squad of 33 players for the 2023 edition in Johannesburg on Tuesday....
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Jul 25, 23 •
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Comments Off on Vermeulen leads new-look Springbok team against Los Pumas
Springbok No 8 Duane Vermeulen will lead a new-look Bok team in their final Castle Lager Rugby Championship match against Argentina at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Saturday in what could be the competition decider depending on the result between...
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Jul 5, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nche injury forces late change to Bok team to face Wallabies
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber was forced to make a late change to his team for their opening Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test against the Wallabies in Pretoria on Saturday with prop Steven Kitshoff replacing Ox Nche, who suffered an injury to his...
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Jul 4, 23 •
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Comments Off on Vermeulen to lead Boks as Kleyn earns SA debut against Australia
Experienced No 8 Duane Vermeulen will lead the Springboks for the third time in their opening Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash against Australia at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Vermeulen leads a team featuring a core of Rugby World Cup winners and...
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Jul 4, 23 •
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Comments Off on New Nike Springbok playing jersey and Kit Collection revealed
The nine-month long wait to reveal the new Nike-designed Springbok jersey finally ended on Tuesday when the Springboks’ new Castle Lager Rugby Championship jersey was revealed. The six-year partnership was announced in September since when the design and...
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Jun 23, 23 •
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Comments Off on Jean Kleyn eligible for Springbok Test selection
Former Irish international lock Jean Kleyn has been cleared for Springbok selection under new eligibility rules. World Rugby confirmed on Thursday that the Johannesburg-born 29-year-old fulfilled the necessary ‘birthright transfer’ requirements. The...
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Jun 10, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber names Springbok Castle Lager Rugby Championship training squad
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber named a Castle Lager Rugby Championship training squad of 40 players – which features a handful of overseas based players – for their next assignment, a three-week training camp in Pretoria from Sunday until Thursday, 29...
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Mar 3, 23 •
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Comments Off on Nienaber satisfied as Boks wrap up week two of camp
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber expressed his satisfaction with the strides made at their physical and rugby development camp in Cape Town and said they were ticking the desired boxes, as the second week of the camp concluded on Friday. A group of 14 players...
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Feb 18, 23 •
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Comments Off on Boks kick into gear with three-week camp
The Springbok coaches, management and a group of 14 players will kick off the 2023 season with a three-week physical and rugby development camp in Cape Town – from Sunday until Friday, 10 March – in the first team activity of the year as the side gear up...
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Nov 22, 22 •
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Comments Off on Springboks mix it up for final Test of 2022
Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber made eight changes and two positional switches to his matchday squad to face England at Twickenham on Saturday in the final Castle Lager Outgoing Tour clash, with a handful of South Africa ‘A’ players and Canan Moodie, who...
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Nov 8, 22 •
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Comments Off on Boks make switches for France with Libbok on bench
Former SA Under-20 flyhalf Manie Libbok has been included on the Springbok bench for Saturday’s Test against France in Marseille as head coach Jacques Nienaber named a team showing five changes and two positional switches from the side that ran out against...
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Nov 1, 22 •
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Comments Off on Kolbe returns in settled Springbok team to face Ireland
Cheslin Kolbe will play his first Test at fullback when he makes a return to the Springbok team for the first time since July in a settled team to face the top-ranked team in the world, Ireland, at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday as Springbok coach...
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Oct 31, 22 •
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Comments Off on Uncertainty on Nkosi, Van Staden joining Springboks
SA Rugby Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus and Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber have delayed the call-up of Springbok wing Sbu Nkosi and flank Marco van Staden until the results of medical scans are available following rib injuries suffered by the pair in the...
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Oct 28, 22 •
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Comments Off on Exciting mix named in Springbok and SA ‘A’ squads
Former Junior Springbok backs Manie Libbok and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu earned their first Springbok call-ups on Friday, while there was a recall for Jason Jenkins, who is back in the national set-up four years after making his Test debut, as head coach...
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Oct 23, 22 •
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Comments Off on Boks call up DHL Stormers trio for training camp
The DHL Stormers trio of Manie Libbok, Sacha Mngomezulu and Evan Roos will join the Springbok training camp in Stellenbosch on their return from Wales following their Vodacom United Rugby Championship tour, while Vodacom Bulls flyhalf Johan Goosen and Elrigh...