“Bigger picture at play” as Boks’ main goal remains transformation
Springbok forwards coach Matt Proudfoot has reiterated that the main priority of the coaches is transformation in the national side. While the Springboks have... Read more
All Blacks big guns back for Boks
The injured trio of Sonny Bill Williams, Sam Cane and Ryan Crotty have all been declared fit and ready to return come Saturday’s clash... Read more
Barrett brothers back Boks for physical contest
All Black brothers Beauden and Scott Barrett, instrumental in last year’s 57-0 thrashing of the Springboks, are under no illusion about the physical contest... Read more
Get results or get fired, acknowledges Rassie
Bok coach and director of rugby Rassie Erasmus is fully aware that if he doesn’t get results with the side, he faces being fired.... Read more
De Allende and Kriel, SA’s most statistically successful centre pairing in recent years
Juandre Joubert, writing for SportsClub online, lets statistics tell a story when it comes to analysing Damian De Allende and Jesse Kriel as a... Read more
Springboks must break Suncorp’s spell
Juandre Joubert writes for SportsClub online that the Springboks must use Saturday as an opportunity to break the hoodoo of Suncorp stadium. The Springboks... Read more
Stransky urges Boks to”embrace moment and do something special”
1995 World Cup winning flyhallf Joel Stransky presented the Springboks with their Jerseys in Brisbane on Friday, ahead of their test against the Wallabies.... Read more
Six changes as Boks gear up for Wallabies
As predicted earlier in the week, coach Rassie Erasmus has made six changes to the side that lost 32-19 in Mendoza and one positional... Read more
Boks to ring changes for Saturday?
Come Saturday, the Springboks could have made up to six changes to the side for what coach Rassie Erasmus has called a “win at... Read more
Whiteley doesn’t compare himself to Duane Vermeulen
Current Springbok Eighthman Warren Whiteley says he does not want to be compared to teammate and counterpart Duane Vermeulen. “He is a very special... Read more
Cheslin brings “extra zip” – Proudfoot
After a surprise inclusion in the Springboks’ touring squad last week, Cheslin Kolbe joined the Boks in Brisbane for their first training session on... Read more
Folou’s fitness a 50-50
While reports welcomed Wallabies Fullback Israel Folou back to action ahead of Saturday’s clash against the Boks, he’s giving himself a 50/50 chance of... Read more
“Hurting” and “desperate” Boks looking to turn it around come Saturday.
Coach Rassie Erasmus did not sugarcoat his side’s feelings when speaking to the press upon their departure from OR Tambo on Saturday. According the... Read more
Kolbe a surprise Springbok call up
Former Blitzbok and Western Province outside back Cheslin Kolbe, currently playing in France, has earned a surprise call up to the Springbok squad ahead... Read more
Centre shift for Pollard, Willemse to ten?
While Handre Pollard is currently the first choice flyhalf in the country, he is certainly not settled. Evidently neither is the rest of the... Read more
Australia and New Zealand plans out the window – Erasmus
Following the Springboks’ loss to Argentina in Mendoza on Saturday, coach Rassie Erasmus has stated that plans to test out new players and combinations... Read more
