Rugby

TIAAN STRAUSS TURNS 61: THE BOK WHO WON THE WORLD CUP IN GOLD, NOT GREEN

Birthday Tribute | Tiaan Strauss | 28 June 2026 | Western Province | Springboks | Wallabies | Rugby Union Picture the scene. It is 1995....

JUNIOR SPRINGBOKS GOES SCORCHED EARTH ON URUGUAY

The defending champions have arrived. And they've arrived with a message that leaves nothing open to interpretation. The Junior Springboks opened their 2026 World Rugby...

SA RUGBY’S BILLION-RAND CONVEYOR BELT IS MAKING OTHER COUNTRIES GREAT

Josh Neill pulled on an Ireland jersey in Tbilisi on Saturday and started at blindside flanker for Ireland Under-20 against England at the World...

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING PAT LAMBIE EVER WORE

There is a photograph that stops you cold. Pat Lambie, mid-roar, fist clenched, green jersey blazing under the Kings Park floodlights. October 8, 2016. South...

FAF DE KLERK TO CAPTAIN THE BARBARIANS AGAINST WALES

A week after coming off the Springbok bench in Port Elizabeth, Faf de Klerk has been handed the captain's armband for the Barbarians. The...

CURWIN BOSCH TURNS 29: THE TALENTED FLY-HALF WHO NEVER QUITE GOT HIS CHANCE

Birthday Tribute | 25 June 2026 | Sharks · South Africa · Rugby He is 29 years old, living in France, and playing second-tier rugby...

SIX NEW NAMES IN RASSIE’S NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 SQUAD ANNOUNCED

Rassie Erasmus did not stumble upon six uncapped players on Saturday night. He built toward them, methodically, across months of alignment camps, warm-up fixtures,...

AKKER VAN DER MERWE TURNS 35: THE WARTHOG NEVER STOPS CHARGING

Birthday Tribute | Akker van der Merwe | 17 June 2026 | Bulls · South Africa · Rugby Union Picture a ruck on the floor...

RILEY NORTON LEAPS FROM JUNIOR BOKS CAPTAIN TO STARTING FOR THE SPRINGBOKS

Siya Kolisi leads the Springboks against the Barbarians at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha on Saturday, with kick-off at 15h00 SAST. The...

SIYA KOLISI TURNS 35: THE LAST LINE OF DEFENCE

Picture the young Siya Kolisi. He sleeps near the front door of his grandmother's two-room house in Zwide township, Port Elizabeth, on a makeshift...

THE JUNIOR SPRINGBOKS NAMED TO DEFEND THEIR CROWN IN GEORGIA

There is a peculiar kind of pressure that comes with defending a title. It is different from the pressure of trying to win one...

KWAGGA SMITH TURNS 33: THE ANIMAL THAT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO EXIST

There is a theory in South African rugby that certain players don’t fit the template. Too small, too light, not quite a six, not...

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