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All Blacks happy with ‘hard’ title win

A relieved Ian Foster was satisfied on Sunday after his All Blacks side took “a very different journey” to retain their Rugby Championship crown.

Bittersweet victory for Boks

The world champion Springboks missed out on winning the 2022 Rugby Championship despite beating Argentina by a comfortable margin in Durban on Saturday.

Hendrikse zones in on Bok No 10 jersey

The Vodacom United Rugby Championship in the next month will be Jordan Hendrikse’s springboard to the Springboks.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by ≈≈≈ (12465618f) Manie Libbok (DHL Stormers) United Rugby Championship match Benetton Rugby vs DHL Stormers, Treviso, Italy - 25 Sep 2021

‘For the Love of Money’ blasts from the speakers whenever flyhalf Manie Libbok lands a successful goal-kick for the DHL Stormers, and his every strike of the ball that splits the uprights sends the team’s faithful supporters into delirium.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 29: Grant Williams of the Cell C Sharks during the United Rugby Championship match between Cell C Sharks and DHL Stormers at Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium on January 29, 2022 in Durban, South Africa.

Hawk-eye Williams ready to take the gap

Through adversity comes opportunity. Cell C Sharks scrumhalf Grant Williams has had his fair share of both in 2022, and he’s emerged the better player for it.

Victor Sekekete with Ruan Pienaar in action for Cheetahs against WP

New pack leader for Cheetahs

The versatile Victor Sekekete has been named captain of the Cheetahs for the Toyota Challenge and 2022-23 Challenge Cup campaign.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 02: Frans Steyn of South Africa looks on during the Rugby Union international match between South Africa and Georgia at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on July 02, 2021 in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Watch: Steyn starting to run out of steam?

Jacques Nienaber reckons 35-year-old Springbok playmaker Frans Steyn can still run-and-gun with the young bucks, but the jovial two-time World Cup winner admits he’s starting to feel his age.

Andre-Hugo Venter of the Stormers during the United Rugby Championship 2021/22 game between the Stormers and the Sharks at Cape Town Stadium on 5 February 2022

Venter spearheads Stormers golden generation

The unsung hero of last season’s title win, Andre-Hugo Venter has all the ability to establish himself as a regular in the DHL Stormers’ starting lineup in the 2022-23 Vodacom United Rugby Championship.

epa07966505 (L-R) Makazole Mapimpi, S'busiso Nkosi and Lukhanyo Am of South Africa react after the Rugby World Cup final match between England and South Africa at the International Stadium Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama, Japan, 02 November 2019. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ NO COMMERCIAL SALES / NOT USED IN ASSOCATION WITH ANY COMMERCIAL ENTITY

Watch: Nkosi’s best Bok memory

World Cup-winning wing Sbu Nkosi, who’s back in the Springbok squad after almost a year, reveals his most memorable moment with the world champions.

Watch: ‘No hope’ for Marx’s throw-ins

A beast off the back of a Springbok rolling maul yet, here, Malcolm Marx battles to grasp the basics of his job at the lineout during a training session.