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Nov 19, 24 •
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Comments Off on Hendrikse brothers paired at halfback for Wales finale
Jaden and Jordan Hendrikse – the 36th set of Springbok brothers – have been paired at halfback for the season’s final Test against Wales in the last match of the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday. Cameron...
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Nov 8, 24 •
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Comments Off on Bok Friday just went 24/7/365 with Old School
SA Rugby has launched a range of off-field Springbok-themed clothing to carry the team into every corner of every day South African life in a game-changing move to meet consumer demand. For the first time, SA Rugby will be producing its own range of clothing...
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Nov 8, 24 •
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Comments Off on Smith strikes 50 as Mostert and Snyman return for Scotland showdown
Springbok loose forward Kwagga Smith will earn his 50th Test cap on Sunday when the Springboks line up against Scotland at Murrayfield in their opening Castle Lager Outgoing Tour clash. Locks Franco Mostert and RG Snyman return to the green and gold jumper...
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Oct 24, 24 •
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Comments Off on Boks call up Grobbelaar and Louw for November tour
Johan Grobbelaar (hooker) and Wilco Louw (prop) were called up to the Springbok squad for the Castle Lager Outgoing Tour on Thursday, following the injury withdrawal of utility forward Jan-Hendrik Wessels. Wessels, who is equally adept at prop and hooker, was...
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Sep 27, 24 •
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Comments Off on Boks playing for Etzebeth and South Africa
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi said the team would play for Eben Etzebeth – who will become the most capped Springbok of all time with 128 Tests – and to make the entire country proud when they line up against Argentina in Nelspruit on Saturday. The Boks...
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Sep 24, 24 •
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Comments Off on Etzebeth breaks Bok record; Hendrikse and Libbok paired at halfback
Eben Etzebeth will set the record as the most capped Springbok of all time on in Nelspruit Saturday when he runs out at lock against Argentina, while Jaden Hendrikse and Manie Libbok are paired as starting halfbacks for the first time in the title-deciding...
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Sep 17, 24 •
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Comments Off on Springboks make 10 changes for Los Pumas showdown
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has made 10 changes to his starting team for their penultimate Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash against Los Pumas in Santiago del Estero on Saturday. Salmaan Moerat (lock) leads a new-look team in a match which would see...
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Sep 10, 24 •
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Comments Off on Erasmus names 28-man Bok squad for Argentina tour
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus recalled hooker Johan Grobbelaar to his 28-man squad for their short tour to Argentina where they will face Los Pumas at Estadio Unico Madre Ciudades in Santiago on Saturday 21 September in their penultimate Castle Lager Rugby...
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Sep 9, 24 •
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Comments Off on SIYA KOLISI MAKES A WELCOME RETURN HOME
The Sharks are delighted to confirm that Siyamthanda Kolisi, the inspirational two-time winning Rugby World Cup Springbok captain will return home to join the Hollywoodbets Sharks upon completion of his current national duties. After spending a season abroad...
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Sep 7, 24 •
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Comments Off on “Cautious” Boks set sights on the Freedom Cup
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and assistant coach Mzwandile Stick set their sights firmly on trying to clinch the Freedom Cup for the first time since 2009 when they line up against New Zealand in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship at DHL Stadium in Cape...
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Sep 5, 24 •
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Comments Off on Moodie, Hendrikse back as Boks change up for NZ
Canan Moodie (wing) and Jaden Hendrikse (scrumhalf) make their first appearances in the Springbok jersey since the 2023 Rugby World Cup on Saturday while double RWC winners Willie le Roux (fullback) and Lukhanyo Am (utility back) also return to the match-23...
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Sep 2, 24 •
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Comments Off on SA Rugby apologizes over Haka interference
The South African Rugby Union has written to the New Zealand Rugby Football Union to formally apologise for a sequence of events that led to the conclusion of the Haka being obscured during Saturday’s Castle Lager Rugby Championship Test between the...
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Aug 20, 24 •
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Comments Off on Erasmus names Springbok squad for NZ Tests
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has included three Rugby World Cup winners in the national squad for the first time this year as he welcomes back Steven Kitshoff (prop), Jaden Hendrikse (scrumhalf) and Canan Moodie (utility back) from injury for the Castle...
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Aug 13, 24 •
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Comments Off on First starts for Van den Berg, Nortje as Boks make 10 changes
Morne van den Berg (scrumhalf) and Ruan Nortje (lock) will earn their first Test starts in a Springbok team that shows 10 changes to the starting line-up for the Castle Lager Rugby Championship clash with the Wallabies at the Optus Stadium in Perth on...
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Jul 16, 24 •
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Comments Off on Moerat to lead new-look Bok team featuring seven uncapped players
Salmaan Moerat will take over the Springbok captaincy for the first time when he leads a squad featuring seven uncapped players in a first Test with emerging nation Portugal in the final match of the Castle Lager Incoming Series in Bloemfontein on Saturday....
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Jul 11, 24 •
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Comments Off on Boks release nine players to Carling Currie Cup teams
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus released nine players who are not involved in Saturday’s series decider against Ireland in the Castle Lager Incoming Series at Hollywoodbets Kings Park to their provincial unions on Wednesday afternoon, as they look ahead to...
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Jul 5, 24 •
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Comments Off on CASTLE LAGER AND THE SPRINGBOKS CELEBRATES THREE DECADES OF PARTNERSHIP AHEAD OF THE CASTLE LAGER INCOMING SERIES
Castle Lager, South Africa’s beloved ‘Homegrown’ beer, has over the years solidified its position as a stalwart partner in South African sport, with 2024 marking three decades of Castle Lager’s remarkable partnership with the Springboks....
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Jul 2, 24 •
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Comments Off on Erasmus names squad loaded with RWC experience for Ireland showdown
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named an experienced squad featuring 20 Rugby World Cup-winners – the entire starting 15 and five players on the replacements’ bench – for their opening Castle Lager Incoming Series Test against Ireland at Loftus Versfeld...
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Jul 1, 24 •
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Comments Off on Boks ask SA to go “Forever Green, Forever Gold”
The Springboks will campaign to the conclusion of the next Rugby World Cup in Australia in 2027 under a new rallying cry launched on Monday. The Boks are asking South Africa to go “Forever Green, Forever Gold” to amplify the team’s demonstration...
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Jun 28, 24 •
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Comments Off on Boks gearing up for ‘Ireland mode’ as Test week approaches
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus and his team wrapped up their training camp in Pretoria on Friday gearing up for ‘Ireland mode’ in preparation for the opening Test of the Castle Lager Incoming Series against their arch-rivals from the northern hemisphere...
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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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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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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 •
281 Views •
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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,...
