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The past weekend saw a historic win for the Springboks over the World Champion All Blacks. This week’s Rants and Raves is of the Boks’ courage...
Siya Kolisi’s Springboks stunned world champions New Zealand 36-34 in Wellington. The Springboks made 226 tackles & won with just 30 percent of the ball. The...
South African Rugby Union president Mark Alexander endorsed Rassie Erasmus’s appointment as the coach to take the Springboks to the 2019 World Cup. Erasmus this past...
Juandre Joubert, on SportsClub, writes that Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus will start with Elton Jantjies in Brisbane against Australia as confirmation that the Lions flyhalf remains...
The Boks will beat the All Blacks in 2018 Rugby’s greatest rivalry in the last decade has turned into a one-sided romp for New Zealand, but...
In my weekly rants and raves for Independent Media’s IOL, my focus is on Eben Etzebeth’s immediate and enormous impact in his 80 minute return to...
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus is refusing to give up on Elton Jantjies with the Lions flyhalf set to start against Argentina this weekend. Jantjies has played...
For 35 minutes Australia looked a word-class rugby team. For 35 minutes Australia kept New Zealand scoreless. And then the two Smiths, Ben and Aaron, combined...
Crusaders in-form flyhalf Richie Mo’unga was named in the All Blacks’s Rugby Championship squad but the All Blacks coach Steve Hansen was insistent that his starting...
Siya Kolisi, originally appointed captain for the three-Test series against England, will continue to lead the Springboks in the Rugby Championship. Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus confirmed...
My rants and raves for Independent Media’s IOL, following the Super Rugby semi-final weekend which saw wins for the Lions and Crusaders. TOP RAVE Fijian and...
The Lions will travel to Christchurch to play the Crusaders in a repeat of the 2017 final. It is the Lions’s third successive final. The hosts...
Malcolm Marx was colossal for the Lions in their 40-23 Super Rugby quarter-final win against the Jaguares in Johannesburg. The Lions will host the Waratahs in the...
Hurricanes scrumhalf TJ Perenara was inspirational and potent in his team’s 32-31 home quarter-final win against the Chiefs. The Hurricanes got the best possible start when...
Among my IOL Sport Rants is a Super Rugby structure that gives a team hosting play-off rights to the final when it actually finishes with the...
The Sharks beat the Jaguares 20-10 in Durban to claim the eighth and final play-off position. They will play the table-topping Crusaders. The Lions, who finished...
