“I have a lot of confidence and the team has also done well. It’s the first time in a long time that I’ve been so comfortable with my own game.”
On 25 May 1995, the Springboks began their home World Cup campaign with victory against the Wallabies at Newlands. The post On this day: Hendriks shows Campo who’s boss appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.
Matt Dawson and Paul Grayson join Chris for immediate reaction to the Champions Cup final
The Pumas dethroned Griquas with a convincing win in the SA Cup final at the Mbombela Stadium on Saturday. The post Pumas claw Griquas to capture SA Cup appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.
The match got off to a bad start for Suzuki Griquas when their front ranker Cebo Dlamini was red carded for a head-on collision in the seventh minute.
French club offer a blueprint for how to thrive in the modern game and it was all too apparent on and off the field in Cardiff A new name is on the cup. They reckon Union Bordeaux Bègles are the best-supported rugby union club in the world. To be in Cardiff was not to be disabused of the notion. Rugby is massive in France, on a par with football, and bigger in the southern half of the country. It creates a different kind of animal. Northampton were proud, brave, inventive – but in the end overpowered. The narrative was wild and, Saints might say, liable to have gone either way. A raucous stadium – for Northampton are one of the best supported in England – was treated to crazy fluctuations in fortune, tries scored and overturned, penalties, knock-ons and high tackles subject to review after review. Continue reading...
Janse van Rensburg continues the tradition of a South African player in every final of the Champions Cup era, named on the Bordeaux bench ahead of Saturday’s clash with Northampton Saints.
The Chiefs achieved their largest-ever victory margin in Super Rugby to shoot back to the top of the log. The post Watch: Chiefs run riot in record win appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.
The great rivalry between the Pumas and Griquas hits another level as they again battle it out in the SA Cup final this weekend.
An epic battle is expected when the Pumas host Griquas in the SA Cup final in Nelspruit on Saturday. The post Pumas coming for Griquas’ SA Cup crown appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.
Rassie Erasmus was buzzing with excitement on Friday as the Boks closed out a productive alignment camp in Cape Town. The post Rassie fired up after second Bok camp appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.
Canada 45-7 Australia in final Pacific Four Test in Brisbane Wallaroos loss a setback before Rugby World Cup in August The rise of Australia’s rugby women has been rocked by a clinical Canada in Brisbane, walloped 45-7 by the world No 2 side to crush local hopes of a first Pacific Four title. It extends the Wallaroo’s dismal run against the North Americans to 0-7 in XVs and leaves them plenty to ponder in the three Test lead-in to the World Cup in August. The eight-try trouncing salts the wound of Australia’s shock defeat to Canada in the Sevens semi-final at the 2024 Olympics where a 12-0 lead at Stade de France imploded into a 22-12 cataclysm. It ended their gold medal dreams and impacted the playoff for bronze where a late USA try ultimately left the 2016 champions without a medal. Continue reading...
Sevu Reece became Super Rugby's all-time leading try-scorer during the Crusaders' match against the Highlanders on Friday. The post Watch: Reece breaks Super Rugby try record appeared first on SA Rugby magazine.
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Rugby powers debate the dominance of the Springboks and the struggle of Irish and other teams to reclaim glory.
