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Junior Springbok head coach, Kevin Foote, has made wholesale changes to his side for Thursday’s second-round World Rugby U20 Championship clash against hosts Georgia in Tbilisi. Only four players from the starting XV that opened the tournament with a convincing 104-7 victory over Uruguay last Saturday retain their places, with two of them shifting positions for the encounter. JD Hattingh is the only forward to retain his starting spot, while […]
Springbok assistant coach, Deon Davids and uncapped loose-forward Paul de Villiers, are eager to kick off the international season on a strong note. Speaking in Johannesburg on Monday, Davids said the camp had built good momentum over the past week, with the coaching staff pleased with the progress as they moved closer to Saturday's clash against the Barbarians in Gqeberha. "The energy in camp has been excellent,” he said. “We’ve […]
The Blitzboks won two from two of their matches at World Championship in Valladolid, Spain on Friday and will now face Australia in a decisive clash for pool honours on Saturday. The South African Sevens eased past a physical Kenyan side to win 14-0, before setting up a showdown with the Wallaby Sevens side in their final pool match tomorrow at 13:23. Australia beat Kenya in extra time via a […]
Springbok coach, Rassie Erasmus, has named a 40-man squad for the world champions' second in-person alignment camp, set to take place in Cape Town next week. The group includes two uncapped players, Sibabalwe Mahashe and Zekhethelo Siyaya. Several other players, including Embrose Papier, Francke Horn, Andre-Hugo Venter, and Henco van Wyk, who have all attended alignment camps in the past, have also been included Erasmus says the camp is […]
The South African 'A' rugby team will return to action this year, when they square up against the Zimbabwe Sables, as a curtain-raiser to the Springboks’ season opener against the Barbarians in Gqeberha on 20 June. The SA 'A' side last played in 2022, when they took on Munster and the Bristol Bears in the UK, under the guidance of Springbok assistant coach, Mzwandile Stick. Zimbabwe, who are also preparing […]
